Nationals vs Mets, Game 2

[RobDibblesGhost]

This is not gonna be easy.

[stealyerbase]

And the bleeding begins. Death by a thousand paper cuts 

[bluestreak]

That hit is why the stat FIP exists.

[stealyerbase]

Mr. DP delivers

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

This game seems well in hand...which is a good thing, as I need to focus on cooking now.  The last time I tried cooking during a 9th inning meltdown I almost gave myself a Henckels appendectomy. 

[NatsAllThe Way]

This game seems well in hand...which is a good thing, as I need to focus on cooking now.  The last time I tried cooking during a 9th inning meltdown I almost gave myself a Henckels appendectomy. 

If I were you I'd call an ambulance now just in case. They'll understand.

[nats2playoffs]

The source of a posting of that picture links to National Geographic, which says it was taken in 1947 "U.S. military tanks parade near the Capitol Building in Washington DC, 1947. Photograph by Volkmar K. Wentzel, National Geographic". See:
http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/post/52966623825/us-military-tanks-parade-near-the-capitol

The key to identifying when the picture might have been taken is the National Geographic photographer, Volkmar K. Wentzel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkmar_Wentzel
Wentzel's first day at National Geographic was January 2, 1937. Only a darkroom technician, Wentzel became a photographer in late 1937. Several ofhis images appeared in the August 1940 issue of National Geographic. Over the next 48 years, Wentzel was the photographer for 35 stories in National Geographic, and photograph and author for another 10.

Wentzel left the magazine at the outbreak of World War II and enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, where he was assigned photo interpretation duties. He served a portion of his service on the island of Okinawa.

A lot of his photos are posted on the Internet. The National Geographic magazine is archived on the Internet for most of 1947. That original photograph may be in one of those issues.
https://archive.org/details/194701to12

[mitlen]

Alright  ...   10   

[stealyerbase]

Way to tack on boys 

[Baseball is Life]

Difo has been watching the bullpen, too. He knows the Nats need more runs.

[welch]

So: is this last year's Treinen?

And has Difo learned to run bases?

[mitlen]

(Image removed from quote.)
The source of a posting of that picture links to National Geographic, which says it was taken in 1947 "U.S. military tanks parade near the Capitol Building in Washington DC, 1947. Photograph by Volkmar K. Wentzel, National Geographic". See:
http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/post/52966623825/us-military-tanks-parade-near-the-capitol

The key to identifying when the picture might have been taken is the National Geographic photographer, Volkmar K. Wentzel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkmar_Wentzel
Wentzel's first day at National Geographic was January 2, 1937. Only a darkroom technician, Wentzel became a photographer in late 1937. Several ofhis images appeared in the August 1940 issue of National Geographic. Over the next 48 years, Wentzel was the photographer for 35 stories in National Geographic, and photograph and author for another 10.

Wentzel left the magazine at the outbreak of World War II and enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, where he was assigned photo interpretation duties. He served a portion of his service on the island of Okinawa.

A lot of his photos are posted on the Internet. The National Geographic magazine is archived on the Internet for most of 1947. That original photograph may be in one of those issues.
https://archive.org/details/194701to12

Always learnin' sumpin in a GDT.

[NatsAllThe Way]

Ali the baseball cat still isn't safe from self-harm... need a few more runs here.

[mitlen]

All Star !

[RobDibblesGhost]

Murphy owns the Mets

[KV]

Murphy is ridiculous

[stealyerbase]

Murph the Met Killer 

[mitlen]

FP on the "Bryce hustlin'" train.

[NatsAllThe Way]

Murph's nickname should be  "In Play, run(s)"

[Baseball is Life]

So I guess this line up was OK then? I mean they scored double digits.

[KV]

Murphy owns the Mets

Murphy pretty much owns the league

[nats2playoffs]

Nice! Now tack on

Scoring Summary                                          NYM   WSH
1st   Reyes homered to left.   1   0
3rd   All Star Bryce Harper singled to center, Jose Lobatón scored, Michael A. Taylor to third.   1   1
3rd   All Star Daniel Murphy singled to left center, Michael A. Taylor scored, Bryce Harper to third.   1   2
4th   R. Rivera homered to center.   2   2
5th   All Star Bryce Harper singled to right, Difo to second, Wilmer Difo scored, Harper to third on error by right fielder Bruce.   2   3
5th   All Star Daniel Murphy singled to left, All Star Bryce Harper scored.   2   4
5th   Ryan Raburn doubled to right center, All Star Daniel Murphy and Adam Lind scored, Raburn thrown out at third attempting to advance on play.   2   6
6th    All Star Daniel Murphy singled to right, Michael A. Taylor and Wilmer Difo scored, All Star Bryce Harper to third.   2   8
6th   Adam Lind grounded out to shortstop, All Star Bryce Harper scored, All Star Daniel Murphy to second.   2   9
8th   All Star Bryce Harper reached on infield single to second, Wilmer Difo scored.   2   10
8th   All Star Daniel Murphy doubled to deep right, All Star Bryce Harper scored.   2   11

       New York Mets         2
Washington Nationals 11
LF RIVERA (APPARENT INJURY) LEFT GAME BOT 7TH
LF GRANDERSON (HIP) SCRATCHED FROM STARTING LINEUP
                   

[RobDibblesGhost]

Holy freak. Our bullpen is garbage.

[welch]

Well, I guess Ollie is not to become the closer.

[KV]

Has anyone noticed that our bullpen sucks?