Author Topic: Nationals vs Phillies, Game 1 (Read 24204 times)

houston-nat · « **Reply #400 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:55:37 am »

Quote from: NoShoesNoShirtNoDice on August 20, 2011, 12:19:39 am

Walk-off grand salami now

Also, Bubbles McCoy is reporting that if you include warm-ups, Livan Hernandez threw 300 pitches last night

PANatsFan · « **Reply #401 on:** August 20, 2011, 05:56:34 am »

Quote from: RobDibblesGhost on August 20, 2011, 02:01:00 am

Wow, we're tied for 4th in all of MLB for number of wins at home (behind the Yankees, Phillies and Brewers). Nice...

That's the start of a good team!

ernie0326 · « **Reply #402 on:** August 20, 2011, 07:35:12 am »

Quote from: RobDibblesGhost on August 20, 2011, 02:01:00 am

Wow, we're tied for 4th in all of MLB for number of wins at home (behind the Yankees, Phillies and Brewers). Nice...

This is one of those baby steps to respectability/contending I was talking about. Make your home field a PIT. Visiting teams would consider it a blessing to get a win in your place.

ernie0326 · « **Reply #403 on:** August 20, 2011, 07:39:12 am »

Quote from: Nathan on August 20, 2011, 01:46:14 am

Boosh!

Charlie's call

tomterp · « **Reply #404 on:** August 20, 2011, 08:26:52 am »

Wow, what a night.

My friend (EdStroud's friend too) found us a place to hang out during the rain delay under the overhang above 1st base. A guy there invited us down after the game restarted, so we sat with him 1st row, immediately behind the Nats dugout.

We stayed through the end. Awesome. Even the Phils fans behind us had to just bow to the Zimm greatness. High drama, and I think I might have got a little gatorade on me...

shoeshineboy · « **Reply #405 on:** August 20, 2011, 08:28:23 am »

Quote from: tomterp on August 20, 2011, 08:26:52 am

Wow, what a night.

My friend (EdStroud's friend too) found us a place to hang out during the rain delay under the overhang above 1st base. A guy there invited us down after the game restarted, so we sat with him 1st row, immediately behind the Nats dugout.

We stayed through the end. Awesome. Even the Phils fans behind us had to just bow to the Zimm greatness. High drama, and I think I might have got a little gatorade on me...

Thought that was you I saw you on TV.

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #406 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:05:19 am »

Words do not do this victory justice.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #407 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:11:53 am »

Admission time. I went to sleep after the bottom of the 8th. I woke up, hit the head, heard WTOP sport start with the skins, flushed, then heard the end of what sounded like a Nat talking about a homer before they gave the other baseball scores. I did not think it was Ramos, so I began thinking, maybe they came back in the 9th. started up the computer, went to CBS's site for a scoreboard, and saw 6 in the 9th and a win. Thankfullly, that replay of Charlie's call was awesome.

All I have to say is I think it is great that Beck looked so well in a preseason game. The drama and intensity. Indeed, it would be miraculous if the landover 11 came up with a QB.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #408 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:13:26 am »

Quote from: spidernat on August 19, 2011, 11:11:26 pm

The dude sitting in the first row atop the Nats' dugout looked like tomterp.

you are a man of vision

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #409 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:27:32 am »

Quote from: OldChelsea on August 20, 2011, 12:51:05 am

Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 60th win, each season:

2005 - 12th August (115th match of season)
2011- 19th August (123rd match)*
2007 - 2nd September (137th match)
2006 - 4th September (137th match)
2010 - 6th September (138th match)
[2008 - finished 59-102]
[2009 - finished 59-103]

*okay I realise the winning run was scored at 00.25 the morning of the 20th, but we're talking matchdays-of-record here.

I like it when we are closer to '05 than '07.

BTW - everyone going tonight should wear the "Mr.

alkoff" jerseys if they have them.

Mr Clean · « **Reply #410 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:29:34 am »

MASN should cancel all programming this afternoon and replay this game!!

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #411 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:32:39 am »

Good lord 2008 and 2009. It feels bad even now looking at that. Ha.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #412 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:40:01 am »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on August 20, 2011, 09:11:53 am

Admission time. I went to sleep after the bottom of the 8th.

Wife came in the room at about that time and wanted to watch her show on the DVR, we argued, I lost. Sorry I missed that one.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #413 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:40:40 am »

Quote from: tomterp on August 20, 2011, 08:26:52 am

Wow, what a night...

How many fans were there for the final out?

PANatsFan · « **Reply #414 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:44:16 am »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on August 20, 2011, 09:40:40 am

How many fans were there for the final out?

Seemed like enough Nats fans!

Terpfan76 · « **Reply #415 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:52:10 am »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on August 20, 2011, 09:40:40 am

How many fans were there for the final out?

Looked like the house was still reasonably full.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #416 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:30:13 am »

The de Sade came through in the damn clutch again, just like that Ryan Morrissey guy.

tomterp · « **Reply #417 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:32:30 am »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on August 20, 2011, 09:40:40 am

How many fans were there for the final out?

Hard to day, maybe 1/3 of the initial crowd. The long rain delay certainly caused some to bail. I would have left if it had been a worknight. Didn't make it home until 2 a.m. as it was, including a 40 minute delay on 66 west due to construction.

I was still in the car when Phil Wood signed off at 1:33 a.m.

Here's a shot of Zimm with his shaving cream pie, puddle of gatorade visible. Bad cell phone camera, but you can see the view from my seat.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #418 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:57:15 am »

Good shot of Debbi's sexy booty...

EdStroud · « **Reply #419 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:57:29 am »

Sole Possession of 3rd Place

National League
EAST W L PCT GB
Philadelphia 80 43 .650 ---
Atlanta 74 52 .587 7.5
Washington 60 63 .488 20.0
NY Mets 60 64 .484 20.5
Florida 57 68 .456 24.0

tomterp · « **Reply #420 on:** August 20, 2011, 11:10:49 am »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on August 19, 2011, 08:44:28 pm

Too bad Blue and I weren't there. We'd be down with kicking some skullz in.

I think Mathguy was more thinking about where his next steak and cheese was going to come from.

And that after he held me down and forced me to drink 3 Dogfish head Raison d'etre's on an empty stomach, which is probably what helped grease my anger.

2IPAs · « **Reply #421 on:** August 20, 2011, 11:13:02 am »

We were among the bailees

because I got soaked trying to escape to the concourse. That rain storm went into torrent mode almost immediately. Glad Zimm is back to being his clutch self (late b-day present for Terp!).

spidernat · « **Reply #422 on:** August 20, 2011, 11:18:57 am »

Quote from: Terpfan76 on August 20, 2011, 12:54:42 am

Since I'm getting ready to head to bed, how man times was "game" posted?

I don't believe it was posted at all in this game thread.

tomterp · « **Reply #423 on:** August 20, 2011, 11:22:01 am »

Quote from: spidernat on August 20, 2011, 11:18:57 am

I don't believe it was posted at all in this game thread.

I think this one sort of makes the same point:

Quote from: imref on August 19, 2011, 10:19:06 pm

well at least this game ended at the normal time.

Kentucky_National · « **Reply #424 on:** August 20, 2011, 11:22:26 am »

Amazing game. Zimmerman is SO good. And to do it against the Phillies is just so sweet. Hopefully we can take the series at least. And we're in 3rd place!