Author Topic: Nationals @ Cardinals Game 4 (Read 1226 times)

Natsinpwc · « **Topic Start:** September 08, 2022, 02:24:43 PM »

How come no one told me there was a game today?

Slateman · « **Reply #1:** September 08, 2022, 02:27:13 PM »

Slateman · « **Reply #2:** September 08, 2022, 02:37:46 PM »

Cards outfield kinda sucks

Slateman · « **Reply #3:** September 08, 2022, 02:49:37 PM »

Its time to shut down Gray. He's simply too tired.

Yadier Molina doubled his season home run total today

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #4:** September 08, 2022, 03:08:58 PM »

Quote from: Slateman on September 08, 2022, 02:49:37 PM

Its time to shut down Gray. He's simply too tired.

Yadier Molina doubled his season home run total today

have 2 off days next week so can skip him. Abbott on 9/13, tomorrow's starter on 9/14. Don't need a 5th starter until 9/20.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #5:** September 08, 2022, 03:11:36 PM »

Yep. No reason to injure him. Or demoralize him.

Quote from: Slateman on September 08, 2022, 02:49:37 PM

Its time to shut down Gray. He's simply too tired.

Yadier Molina doubled his season home run total today

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #6:** September 08, 2022, 04:06:03 PM »

Cruz gets to chug for three bases again.

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #7:** September 08, 2022, 04:19:48 PM »

Late-inning three-run lead. Who pitches the 8th and 9th?

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #8:** September 08, 2022, 04:32:14 PM »

Great! Nice decision to bring Finnegan out for the bottom of the order, as long as his arm isn't falling off. Gets right back on the horse. 1-2-3, with pretty decent command, too. Edwards gets the top of the order in the 9th.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #9:** September 08, 2022, 04:45:51 PM »

Heed the Call!

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #10:** September 08, 2022, 04:46:38 PM »

Nice. Get McGee some work. This meets the Welch criterion of 6 runs ahead or behind.

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #11:** September 08, 2022, 04:59:21 PM »

And of course McGee is nibbling. Bigger cushion, though.

Slateman · « **Reply #12:** September 08, 2022, 05:02:28 PM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on September 08, 2022, 03:08:58 PM

have 2 off days next week so can skip him. Abbott on 9/13, tomorrow's starter on 9/14. Don't need a 5th starter until 9/20.

Again, like Gore and Cavalli, what are we gaining

Slateman · « **Reply #13:** September 08, 2022, 05:04:15 PM »

Oh now Davey pulls a guy in the 9th

aspenbubba · « **Reply #14:** September 08, 2022, 05:05:42 PM »

Get him the freak out there and don’t let him go to Philly.

KV · « **Reply #15:** September 08, 2022, 05:09:03 PM »

Good lord, guys…..end this.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #16:** September 08, 2022, 05:10:27 PM »

At this point, McGee should be DFA'd and Perez up. He's had one bad outing in the past month

KV · « **Reply #17:** September 08, 2022, 05:11:54 PM »

4-hour game

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #18:** September 08, 2022, 05:14:42 PM »

At least it's a

imref · « **Reply #19:** September 08, 2022, 05:22:58 PM »

Wasn’t this team supposed to be devastated by last nights loss?

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #20:** September 08, 2022, 05:29:26 PM »

Quote from: imref on September 08, 2022, 05:22:58 PM

Wasn’t this team supposed to be devastated by last nights loss?

Teams lose like that all the time. It's baseball.

welch · « **Reply #21:** September 08, 2022, 06:02:19 PM »

...and I didn't notice that this would be a get-away day game. So the Nats took two of four, and walloped the Cardinals in both wins. More fun with Natitude.

welch · « **Reply #22:** September 08, 2022, 06:13:58 PM »

Quote from: Slateman on September 08, 2022, 05:02:28 PM

Again, like Gore and Cavalli, what are we gaining

I am convinced. The Nats gain nothing by pitching Gray. He's done. It might boost the Natitude of fans to see Gore and Cavalli each start a game at the end of the season, but that's not worth much. last I looked, no starters in Rochester can pitch in the majors, so there is a hole in the rotation, but that is no reason to grind on Gray.

And McGee needs to go. Looks like he cannot pitch with a six-run lead, so maybe he is useful only when the Nats are losing by six runs. Here's hoping that never happens.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #23:** September 09, 2022, 09:13:25 AM »

THE RACING PRECEDENTS - Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 49th win, each season:

2016 - 1st July (81st match of season)
2005 - 2nd July (80th match)
2017 - 3rd July (83rd match)
2012 - 7th July (82nd match)
2014 - 9th July (89th match)
2019 - 13th July (92nd match)
2015 - 18th July (88th match)
2018 - 22nd July (98th match)
2011 - 22nd July (99th match)
2013 - 25th July (102nd match)
2021 - 1st August (105th match)
2007 - 3rd August (109th match)
2006 - 4th August (109th match)
2010 - 6th August (110th match)
2008 - 28th August (134th match)
2022 - 8th September (138th match)
2009 - 11th September (141st match)
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2020 - finished 26-34

To honor our all-time favourite Anglophile - The Queen is dead. G-d save the King.