Nationals @ Mets, Game 2

[Slateman]

COnsdiering how much Pederson dominated us last year, this felt good

[welch]

Our daughter took me to this game. It was cold, and started to rain about the second inning, but we stayed put. What a game! The 4th inning seemed to last forever.

[tomterp]

Our daughter took me to this game. It was cold, and started to rain about the second inning, but we stayed put. What a game! The 4th inning seemed to last forever.

 

Did you sport the classic Senators jacket?  The broadcast showed somebody wearing a Senators something.

[welch]

Cavalli’s velocity is way down

Whenever I looked, Cavalli was throwing 97 or so.

[welch]

Dang, Soto again😭😭

The Nats should never pitch to Soto. Just walk him. Someone in the crowd yelled, "Soto you fool. You could have been on a contender!"

[The Chief]

Well we're winning 14-10

[imref]

The Nats should never pitch to Soto. Just walk him. Someone in the crowd yelled, "Soto you fool. You could have been on a contender!"

the Mets need to trade Soto and rebuild.

[Natsinpwc]

Our daughter took me to this game. It was cold, and started to rain about the second inning, but we stayed put. What a game! The 4th inning seemed to last forever.

So great.

I’m headed to my first game at Citi field on May 31 and first at Yankee stadium on June 2. Unfortunately Nats not involved.

I am headed to Atlanta to see the Nats on May 24 and maybe the 23rd.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Thank you to friends old and new who participated by viewing or posting comments.

With the posted, we honor the memory of our friend Old Chelsea with the traditional post that tracks the Nats wins to date, in Anglophile style.

THE RACING PRECEDENTS - Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 14th win, each season:

2016 - 24th April (18th match of season)
2012 - 25th April (18th match)
2017 - 25th April (20th match)
2014 - 26th April (25th match)
2024 - 29th April (28th match)
2026 - 29th April (31st match)
2013 - 1st May (28th match)
2018 - 1st May (30th match)
2025 - 1st May (32nd match)
2005 - 2nd May (26th match)
2011 - 2nd May (28th match)
2010 - 4th May (26th match)
2008 - 4th May (32nd match)
2019 - 4th May (32nd match)
2015 - 6th May (29th match)
2023 - 7th May (34th match)
2021 - 13th May (32nd match)
2007 - 16th May (40th match)
2006 - 18th May (41st match)
2022 - 22nd May (42nd match)
2009 - 24th May (44th match)
2020 - 5th September (38th match)

I think we forget just how optimistic some of us were at the start of 2024. That team was .500 when it won it's 14th game. Wood was crushing it in the minors, and I think Crews was not exposed and doing well enough. One of our more active threads through May was whether the Nats should try for the wild card with some promotions from the minors and some dealing to patch a few holes.  We were coming of a major, surprising improvement in 2023 and it looked like 2024 was on a better pace. The Nats were above .500 as late as May 10, and were only 1 under as late as June 23 (game 77).

[welch]

Did you sport the classic Senators jacket?  The broadcast showed somebody wearing a Senators something.

Yes, I did!

We were sitting along the 3B line, just past the Nats dugout, and with a half-dozen Nats fans from CT. A school tour group, all wearing a blue sweatshirt, sat besde up and we persuaded them to becomw Nats fans for a game. After Brady's Bomb, many of the few Met fans left. A pleasure seeing and hearing so many Nats fans. I was pretty wet and cold, But it was worth it.

As I went back for a couple beers, a group of four or five Nat fans ask what jersey I was wearing. One said "I hope it's not a Montreal jersey". They were astonished, and did not know Killebrew.