Nationals @ Braves, Game 2

[Baseball is Life]

Did FP ground out into a lot of shifts or something?

He just doesn't like any new ideas.

[mitlen]

Did FP ground out into a lot of shifts or something?

At least it got him off the new slide rule.

[Optics]

Face carrying the team tonight

[Baseball is Life]

I like Murphy's stroke. He really attacks.

[UMDNats]

get the freak out of here bob and fp with the bashing "analytics" and shifts. seriously, them talking down to viewers like shifts and stats are bad is excruciating. honestly having broadcasters so openly against a common strategy and accepted idea is more embarrassing than having papelbon choke our right fielder

[endersshadow]

Does anyone know why Kelley was taken out after one pitch?

[nfotiu]

Face carrying the team tonight

I don't agree.  The team is playing like a team these first 2 games.  Everyone has contributed.

[welch]

Rivero is not allowed to pitch this inning. If he's THE 7th inning guy, how, in the name of Matt W, can he pitch the 8th, as well?

[mitlen]

Does anyone know why Kelley was taken out after one pitch?

Got the feeling Dusty just wanted to get him back out there after the other day.    He got the out and Dusty moved on.

[GburgNatsFan]

Rivero, mucho bueno!

Rivero is not allowed to pitch this inning. If he's THE 7th inning guy, how, in the name of Matt W, can he pitch the 8th, as well?

[GburgNatsFan]

Says the Irishwoman.

I like Murphy's stroke. He really attacks.

[UMDNats]

WASHINGTON, 2030

Bob: "I don't understand why these teams use these shifts, these new "analytics" in baseball are really ruining the game.

FP: "Yeah, cowboy, these newfangled stats like on-baser percecption are making the game too math-based. When I was a player we played the right way."

Bob: "The Cardinals would never waste their time with this kind of stuff. Major jammage there."

[Count Walewski]

FP is such a great color guy when he focuses on talking about what a situation is like from a player's perspective, instead of falling into his usual FPisms like bashing shifts, offering excuses for a bad National splay, praising the Chicago Cubs during a game they're not playing in, etc.

[mitlen]

WASHINGTON, 2030

Bob: "I don't understand why these teams use these shifts, these new "analytics" in baseball are really ruining the game.

FP: "Yeah, cowboy, these newfangled stats like on-baser percecption are making the game too math-based. When I was a player we played the right way."

Bob: "The Cardinals would never waste their time with this kind of stuff. Major jammage there."

Cardinals ...  drink

[Optics]

Bob and FP are like your kooky uncles that make you laugh w their nonsense. You dont really take em seriously but you love em nonetheless.

[sportsfan882]

Great job, Felipe!!

[mmzznnxx]

Nice bounce-back for Felipe.

[mitlen]

Bob and FP are like your kooky uncles that make you laugh w their nonsense. You dont really take em seriously but you love em nonetheless.

That'd be Johnny and Uncle Ray.    Bob and FP are more like your meth addled nephews.

BTW   I like Bob and FP.

[Truconfidence]

Got the feeling Dusty just wanted to get him back out there after the other day.    He got the out and Dusty moved on.

Also 2 lefties were due to come up.

[Truconfidence]

Felipe was at 94 most of that inning except a couple of 97s. Interesting.

[tomterp]

Cardinals ...  drink

 

I would, but last time the bottle let me down.

[NatNasty]

Rivero is not allowed to pitch this inning. If he's THE 7th inning guy, how, in the name of Matt W, can he pitch the 8th, as well?

Standard Decision

[aussienatsfan]

Bravo Felipe

[mitlen]

Standard Decision

There's a blast from the past.   

[varoadking]

That'd be Johnny and Uncle Ray.    Bob and FP are more like your meth addled nephews.