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Offline mitlen

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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1175 on: June 20, 2012, 11:49:38 am »
Indeed...besides the championship the Bullets made a total of four trips to the Finals in the 1970's.

Wes Unseld played for the Bullets from 1968-81...the only non-playoff season for the Bullets during that period was his final season (1980-81).



One of my most disappointing Bullets' seasons was the Championship sweep by Golden State.

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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1176 on: June 20, 2012, 11:55:35 am »
I was sure that Robert Pack was the answer.  And I though Jim MacIlvaine was a playoff caliber defensive center.  And that Calbert Cheaney would be a great scorer.

I was a Bullets Sunshiner.

Every year I think that the Bullets and Skins are playoffs bound, I have no idea why I've been less optimistic about the Nats.

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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1177 on: June 20, 2012, 11:57:23 am »
In baseball you have to be good to get into the playoffs- just getting in is the equivalent of round 2 in other sports

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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1178 on: June 20, 2012, 12:11:29 pm »
I time the decline of basketball to when gym shorts changed from traditional length to bermuda length.  Became too much about the style and less about the game :old:

'80s - don't forget Moses's and Hakeem, the Erving / Barkley 76ers, and Detriot in the 2d half.  The reason the Dream Team was so wow was because all of those guys built their rep in the '80s.

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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1179 on: June 22, 2012, 08:09:14 am »
Jabby Burns, some blogger I had never heard of before this morning, has taken over as the Commissioner of the MASN Cup Championship.  Click on the link to vote for the Nats to win. 

I'll probably need to contact him with instructions on how to wrap the tin foil around the Dixie Cup just right.

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MASNCUP2:

Let's run it back. #MASNCUP2

Two teams that are struggling worse than Tiger on the Olympic Club’s first 8 holes resides within the DMV, my beloved Orioles and the Nats. Starting with the Nats-who have dropped 4 straight- but still lead the NL East by 3 games over the Mets. I’m not as worried about them for two simple reasons. #1. Starting pitching. Natstown possess two stoppers in Stephen Strasburg (seeing him w/ Bikechain live tonight in DC) and Gio Gonzalez who can stop any losing streak with 8 shutout innings. #2. The division. Don’t get me wrong, I still think the Phils will be heard from. But the rest of the division’s fanbases-outside of Miami-can do what Oriole/Ravens fans usually do in in Mid-June. Start counting down the days to NFL training camp.

Also riding a cold-streak offensively only my home-town Padres could experience is the Orioles. Back to back shutouts by reputable  pitchers like Dickey and Santana isn’t going to make me pour all my spiked #orangekoolaid down the drain. Not yet, at least. Winning 2 of 3 in Hotlanta over the weekend got me greedy as they invaded Citi Field. My mistake. I need to remember the motto I’ve been preaching since early April, keep expectations low and you can’t be disappointed. But I still think they are in it for the long haul. Problem is I’m not sure what the “long-haul” is. Is it a above .500 record, which before the season was like Lee Evans actually catching that perfect pass in the AFC Championship? Or is it an actually playoff sweat into Sept? I would bet the latter, but I’m a fanboy, so proceed with caution.

This coming weekend though, it’s the MASNCUP2. And nothing against Natstown-as I’ve seen as many games there as OPACY at this point (Thanks K-Rock)-but its time this “rivalry” moves to a real ballpark. Less Ben’s Chili Bowl and more Boog’s Bar-Be-Que. Less concrete jungle, more Eutaw St. And of course, I’ve put my all and important Twitter avi on the line with our boy @Sportsyack again as we run back the series. Plus, it sounds like a sizable DC/VA Nats-crew will be making the trek North to the Charm City, so be nice if you run into them, animals. I’m working on new avi’s for our friends to the South as I type as well as polishing the MASNCUP to bring Saturday night to show off. Only problem for them is that it’s probably going back home on the nubby Lightrail with your boy as the O’s win another BattleoftheBeltways series. Please take a peak at this hilarious video done by Steven Mobley @mobster84 on the Nats and O’s budding rivalry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlORK-aqwhw&feature=plcp.

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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1180 on: June 22, 2012, 11:39:36 am »
The ongoing complex Blows fans have regarding their park is hilarious.

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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1181 on: June 22, 2012, 11:44:24 am »
The ongoing complex Blows fans have regarding their park is hilarious.

It could be made of gold but it's still in Baltimore.

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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1182 on: June 22, 2012, 12:01:46 pm »
Some guy who escaped from prison in North Korea wrote that he used to eat the corn out of cow crap.  OPACY is like that corn, a prize only in contrast to the surrounding area.

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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1183 on: June 22, 2012, 12:24:46 pm »
Some guy who escaped from prison in North Korea wrote that he used to eat the corn out of cow crap.

I remember reading the same thing about Andersonville 'cept it was human feces.


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Re: Define Natitude: Give us more of your money
« Reply #1184 on: July 02, 2012, 07:43:17 pm »
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The Nationals are unlikely to make any high-profile (read: expensive) international signings today, the opening of the international signing period...Nationals ownership has been hesitant to wade into the international market since the Smiley Gonzalez fiasco, when a Dominican player the Nationals signed for $1.4 million faked his age and identity.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/post/nationals-quiet-on-first-day-of-international-signing-period/2012/07/02/gJQAHfAeIW_blog.html

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1185 on: August 26, 2012, 07:46:23 pm »
All is not well in NatsTown tonight.  Rizzo's failed to improve at the trade deadline while every other NL contender made moves, now he's wondering why Davey can't keep working miracles.  Hey, let's shut down Stras, that sounds like a dandy plan.

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1186 on: August 26, 2012, 07:50:40 pm »
Natitude is not being a whiney nag when we still have the best record in baseball. ;)

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1187 on: August 26, 2012, 07:53:05 pm »
Natitude is not being a whiney nag when we still have the best record in baseball. ;)

Natitude is sitting back and being happy as it all slips away.

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1188 on: August 26, 2012, 08:38:52 pm »
Natitude is NOT PANICING and still rooting for your team in good times and bad!  NATITUDE IS NOT thinking the season is over when it experiences a small losing streak.  NATITUDE IS NOT selling Phillies and Yankees tickets to the enemy fans!

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1189 on: August 26, 2012, 08:42:53 pm »
Our lead will hold up ( no matter what happens between LA & ATL tonight ) and we will finish strong.
The doomsday believers will be sheepishly apologizing for their lack of faith soon.

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1190 on: August 26, 2012, 08:44:28 pm »
Natitude is NOT PANICING and still rooting for your team in good times and bad!  NATITUDE IS NOT thinking the season is over when it experiences a small losing streak.  NATITUDE IS NOT selling Phillies and Yankees tickets to the enemy fans!


Rooting for the team in good times and bad???  The other stuff you may have a point, but come on, I've been  pulling for the Nats since day one.  And of course the season isn't over, of course we are still in first, but let's not fall for this team of destiny stuff either, there are some good teams chasing us and their FOs are doing a heck of a lot more than just yelling at the manager.

As far as selling ticket goes, how about Brewers games?  I'm counting on that country boy to pay for my playoff strips.

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1191 on: August 26, 2012, 08:46:53 pm »
Our lead will hold up ( no matter what happens between LA & ATL tonight ) and we will finish strong.
The doomsday believers will be sheepishly apologizing for their lack of faith soon.

All I know is that it's been a lot more fun talking crap around the office this season rather than taking it and tomorrow morning is going to suck.  Good thing we have Stras on the mound Tuesday.

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1192 on: August 26, 2012, 08:52:32 pm »
Natitude is not being a whiney nag when we still have the best record in baseball. ;)
SANITY!!!

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1193 on: August 26, 2012, 08:53:54 pm »
Natitude is firebombing Citizens Bank Park as a service to future generations of baseball fans.

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1194 on: August 27, 2012, 11:06:04 am »
Natitude is firebombing Citizens Bank Parks as a service to future generations of baseball fans.

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1195 on: August 27, 2012, 11:11:42 am »
Natitude is firebombing Citizens Bank Parks as a service to future generations of baseball fans.

 :asplode:  will work as well.

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1196 on: August 30, 2012, 12:06:40 pm »
didn't know where to post it, but morosi didn't like the nats standing pat at the trade deadline:

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Washington Nationals: The Nationals’ place remains unchanged from my original list. They (still) haven’t acquired another starting pitcher as protection, in advance of the Stephen Strasburg shutdown. The bullpen remains (too) young. The acquisition of Kurt Suzuki from Oakland in early August didn’t exactly move the needle. The Nationals had lost five in a row before Wednesday’s win; they should have added reinforcements when they had the chance.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/august-trading-period-winners-losers-boston-red-sox-los-angeles-dodgers-082912

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1197 on: August 30, 2012, 12:20:14 pm »
Can't argue with Morosi there.  I would've liked a pitcher.

Guess we'll just have to see how it plays out.

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1198 on: August 30, 2012, 12:20:48 pm »
didn't know where to post it, but morosi didn't like the nats standing pat at the trade deadline:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/august-trading-period-winners-losers-boston-red-sox-los-angeles-dodgers-082912

A standard Morosi column. Not well though out and lacking in overall common sense. The Red Sox are winners for dumping Adrian Gonzalez? How does that help them this season? It doesn't, so if you say the Nationals are losers for not adding talent, how can a team shedding talent be a winner? 

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Re: Define Natitude: You come down and manage the team
« Reply #1199 on: August 30, 2012, 12:23:47 pm »
There is no pitcher available that's better than Lannan for a few regular season starts and Detwiler for a playoff start.