Author Topic: Nationals @ White Sox, Game 1 (Read 101661 times)

If this game was a girl and the Nats were in competition with the Sox for getting laid, they were able to win her over with the tequila shot in the top of the 14th. It was an interesting back and forth of drinks bought (I mean we all know this girl is a major tease but she is 15/10 rated by Ebert and Roeper). So with the successful game that the Nats had, they deserve to have the night of their life.

Pretty sure you mean 14/9

OldChelsea · « **Reply #2130 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:04:11 am »

Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 39th win, each season:

2005 - 15th June (66th match of season)
2011 - 24th June (76th match)
2010 - 9th July (87th match)
2006 - 16th July (93rd match)
2007 - 18th July (94th match)
2008 - 1st August (109th match)
2009 - 8th August (111th match)

Sharp · « **Reply #2131 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:10:53 am »

What on earth was going on with that 2005 team? They weren't nearly as good as this year's team.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #2132 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:11:59 am »

Quote from: Sharp on June 25, 2011, 09:10:53 am

What on earth was going on with that 2005 team? They weren't nearly as good as this year's team.

NANF

Sharp · « **Reply #2133 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:14:10 am »

Quote from: PANatsFan on June 25, 2011, 09:11:59 am

NANF

Huh?

houston-nat · « **Reply #2134 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:16:44 am »

Quote from: PANatsFan on June 25, 2011, 09:11:59 am

NANF

Not A Nice Face?
Needs A Nice F*cking?
...those are the only two I can think of, sorry.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #2135 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:17:23 am »

Quote from: houston-nat on June 25, 2011, 09:16:44 am

Not A Nice Face?
Needs A Nice F*cking?
...those are the only two I can think of, sorry.

Not a Nats Fan

Sharp · « **Reply #2136 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:21:14 am »

Quote from: PANatsFan on June 25, 2011, 09:17:23 am

Not a Nats Fan

Well, I wasn't even a baseball fan at the time, so I guess that's accurate. But looking at the lineup, run differential, etc., that team was the textbook definition of smoke and mirrors.

Obed_Marsh · « **Reply #2137 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:24:36 am »

2005 was special. Cherry popping season for the next generation of D.C. baseball. You missed out.

That said, we should have buried that .500 record long ago. Get cracking Nationals.

Evolution33 · « **Reply #2138 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:26:31 am »

Quote from: Sharp on June 25, 2011, 09:21:14 am

Well, I wasn't even a baseball fan at the time, so I guess that's accurate. But looking at the lineup, run differential, etc., that team was the textbook definition of smoke and mirrors.

A lot of teams are more talented now.

OldChelsea · « **Reply #2139 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:39:38 am »

Quote from: Obed_Marsh on June 25, 2011, 09:24:36 am

2005 was special. Cherry popping season for the next generation of D.C. baseball. You missed out.

That said, we should have buried that .500 record long ago. Get cracking Nationals.

The reason why the 2011 edition hasn't been able to gain ground on the Overachievers of '05 is that the '05 edition went 20-6 in June (best single-month record in Nats history, if I recall aright)...ironically that team's 39th win (away to Angels) also made them winners in 12 of their last 13, just like last night's win did for the current edition. The '05 Overachievers would continue strongly through 3rd July when they would be 50-31...it was from the Fourth of July onward (start of a series in which they dropped 3 of 4 at home to the Mets) that they would lose the plot. Even if today's Nats continue as hot as they've been, they're not going to seriously gain ground on the Overachievers till the win totals hit the low 50's.

Conversely, the reason the '08 edition joined the '09 train-wreck at the bottom is that their 39th win (home over Reds) snapped a nine-match losing streak.

So, all in good time...the current edition just needs to keep winning.

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #2140 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:45:42 am »

The 2005 season was special is becuae it was our first time. (Sort of.) And you never forget your first time.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #2141 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:49:58 am »

Quote from: Sharp on June 25, 2011, 09:21:14 am

Well, I wasn't even a baseball fan at the time, so I guess that's accurate. But looking at the lineup, run differential, etc., that team was the textbook definition of smoke and mirrors.

I'm just razzing you. They won all of their 1 run games in the first half and then lost them all in the second half. They also DESTROYED the AL West.

Obed_Marsh · « **Reply #2142 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:51:08 am »

I know OldChelsea. I was there.

It was a hell of a start. The later half was

and a sign of the losing to come.

The Chief · « **Reply #2143 on:** June 25, 2011, 10:06:57 am »

holy crap 86 pages? I'm never going to finish reading this thread

houston-nat · « **Reply #2144 on:** June 25, 2011, 10:08:53 am »

Quote from: The Chief on June 25, 2011, 10:06:57 am

holy crap 86 pages? I'm never going to finish reading this thread

I didn't really bother. Just checked every five or so to see if people were actually talking about the game. Mostly it seemed like they were. I have NO idea how they could have written 86 pages of posts just about the ballgame, unless there were like 200 people watching last night. Thought for sure I'd find a pocket of 10 pages where Stras37 flamed all the Riggleman haters.

blue911 · « **Reply #2145 on:** June 25, 2011, 10:09:03 am »

Quote from: The Chief on June 25, 2011, 10:06:57 am

holy crap 86 pages? I'm never going to finish reading this thread

page 43 has a boob shot

OldChelsea · « **Reply #2146 on:** June 25, 2011, 10:11:55 am »

Quote from: The Chief on June 25, 2011, 10:06:57 am

holy crap 86 pages? I'm never going to finish reading this thread

Fourteen innings on a Friday night away match, coupled with the first full day after the Riggleman bombshell, can do that....

PatsNats28 · « **Reply #2147 on:** June 25, 2011, 10:15:33 am »

Quote from: blue911 on June 25, 2011, 10:09:03 am

page 43 has a boob shot

OldChelsea · « **Reply #2148 on:** June 25, 2011, 10:32:18 am »

Quote from: Obed_Marsh on June 25, 2011, 09:51:08 am

I know OldChelsea. I was there.

It was a hell of a start. The later half was and a sign of the losing to come.

Got to educate the young'uns as to the way things were...we're taking on new fans* these days (only one home fixture in June with less than 20k attendance).

*bandwagoners, if one must

Obed_Marsh · « **Reply #2149 on:** June 25, 2011, 10:33:21 am »

I do wish someone would take another shot at a 2005 documentary video. The one they came out with was weak tea. Only watchable due to homer tendencies where the Nationals are concerned.