tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post3929163722753481697..comments2024-03-27T19:05:25.362-07:00Comments on Nationals Baseball: On streaksHarperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-63972072672618957852015-08-17T08:21:25.529-07:002015-08-17T08:21:25.529-07:00They only play 2 against the Orioles and they have...They only play 2 against the Orioles and they have deGrom & Syndergaard starting those games.Max Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425423505319440584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-5651445175432792262015-08-17T07:19:48.422-07:002015-08-17T07:19:48.422-07:00I was as bummed as anyone yesterday, but it's ...I was as bummed as anyone yesterday, but it's a bit early to throw in the towel. If we sweep the Rockies and the Mets lose 2/3 against the O's then we are right back in it. <br />We have played awful lately, but maybe a trip to Coors will awaken our bats. And the Mets were on fire for a couple weeks, they were bound to return to reality. Not saying this is the most likely scenario, but it's definitely not beyond the realm if possibility. Mattyicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-42591545187776624282015-08-17T06:50:56.438-07:002015-08-17T06:50:56.438-07:00Was a "make or break" trip for the Nats....Was a "make or break" trip for the Nats. Unfortunately they "broke". I feared being 5-7 games out after this trip and that's pretty much where they are.<br /><br />Time to start thinking about the off season because it's all over but the crying this year.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359859089545299921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-34180626943777232162015-08-17T05:09:31.192-07:002015-08-17T05:09:31.192-07:00I keep hearing the word arrogant used regarding th...I keep hearing the word arrogant used regarding the Nats. It's totally inappropriate. Obstinate, unimaginative, phlegmatic - these are the adjectives that apply as far as I'm concerned.blovy8https://www.blogger.com/profile/06888192019412533415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-46631460715998627252015-08-16T19:32:34.370-07:002015-08-16T19:32:34.370-07:00Unfortunately, i believe this weekend dug the fina...Unfortunately, i believe this weekend dug the final nail in the nationals proverbial casket. Not being able to take advantage of the mets being swept with colon, niese and harvey pitching is as brutal as it gets. even losing 2 out of 3 would've meant gaining a game on them. the mets schedule the rest of the way now is a joke and they only have 5 games remaining against teams above .500Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480983946194369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-66954335470990364242015-08-16T17:44:46.541-07:002015-08-16T17:44:46.541-07:00All I can say is 2 things:
1) Thank you Jesus the...All I can say is 2 things:<br /><br />1) Thank you Jesus the Dodgers played the Sunday night game last week and played the back ups to the back ups on that Monday night. 1-6 is bad but 0-7 would've been a complete disaster.<br />2) Thank you Jesus the Pirates swept the Mets this weekend! Yes it's ONLY 4.5 but we should be thankful it's not 6.5. had the Mets swept the Pirates instead I think you could start digging the grave for the 2015 Nats.Max Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425423505319440584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-78172757119862811132015-08-16T15:30:25.200-07:002015-08-16T15:30:25.200-07:00Harper, you can rewrite your post about what the n...Harper, you can rewrite your post about what the nats and Mets need to do, just subtract a couple games. What a wasted weekend. At this point we need at least 4, but probably 5 or 6 victories in our head to head games...ugh!Mattyicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-9947550662942773092015-08-16T15:11:26.250-07:002015-08-16T15:11:26.250-07:00How many losses in a row does it take for everyone...How many losses in a row does it take for everyone to get a haircut and shave off facial hair? Seemed to work for Strasburg...Froggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425616684415704428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-35728348454877768382015-08-16T10:53:24.865-07:002015-08-16T10:53:24.865-07:00The Papelbon move has backfired, and the way the N...The Papelbon move has backfired, and the way the Nats have used him is utterly puzzling. He's appeared in 5 games in three weeks. Were the Nats arrogant enough to think they were acquiring him to set up the post-season, because the division title was a given?<br /><br />If the Nats don't come back, I think Rizzo and Williams have some explaining to do. I get that injuries hit this team disproportionately, but some of that should have been anticipated (with Werth's age and injury history, and Span's two surgeries before the season, Rizzo should have picked up a serious bat or two). As Harper states, the offense is just not there.<br /><br />Escobar has been great this season, but the Nats gave up Clippard and Blevins in trade and the BP has not recovered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-52907698365547856262015-08-16T06:58:39.599-07:002015-08-16T06:58:39.599-07:00Storen is one of the most selfish, "me first&...Storen is one of the most selfish, "me first" ballplayers I've ever seen in my life, and frankly I'm sick and tired of it. Just get him out of here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-28263936356391506752015-08-16T04:00:24.676-07:002015-08-16T04:00:24.676-07:00I would like to go on record to say I was wrong wh...I would like to go on record to say I was wrong when I said getting Papelbon for the closer and moving Storen to the 8th would make the last 2 innings 'Williams Proof'. <br /><br />I wonder if going from being The Closer to 8th inning mop up duties can be messing with Storen's head. <br />Froggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425616684415704428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-49493065725029322252015-08-15T15:43:35.345-07:002015-08-15T15:43:35.345-07:00We're like the 2012 Braves and the Mets are li...We're like the 2012 Braves and the Mets are like the 2012 Nats.<br /><br />The Braves that year we're supposed to run away with the division, and if the Nats got lucky I thought they could get 85-87 wins and maybe finish 5-8 games out of the Wildcard at seasons end. The Nats in 2012 hung around, the Braves went through the motions the entire year, got passed in the second half by a team with a young pitching staff, a good bullpen, and timely hits. The Braves never recovered and bottomed out with the fans littering Turner Field with garbage in the Wildcard game.<br /><br />The 2015 Nats were crowned by pundits as the "best team in baseball." I though the Mets could finish .500 if things broke right. The Nats have been going through the motions the entire season. The Mets couldn't hit their way out of a paper bag through the All Star Break yet the Nats couldn't take advantage. The the Mets added Uribe, Johnson & Cespedes, while the Nats added Papelbon (which has been a complete disaster) and since then the Mets have run circles around us. I know its August 15 and it's ONLY 4.5 but I have a hard time seeing us catch the Mets again this season.Max Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425423505319440584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-16918727580301982612015-08-15T14:34:53.219-07:002015-08-15T14:34:53.219-07:001 game over .500...:(1 game over .500...:(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-58252923478049162572015-08-15T04:11:00.263-07:002015-08-15T04:11:00.263-07:00Like none of this is remotely close to true. Like none of this is remotely close to true. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480983946194369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-79126224320936682182015-08-15T04:10:57.983-07:002015-08-15T04:10:57.983-07:00Like none of this is remotely close to true. Like none of this is remotely close to true. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480983946194369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-59524410002202221012015-08-15T04:07:06.635-07:002015-08-15T04:07:06.635-07:00Like none of this is remotely close to true. Like none of this is remotely close to true. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480983946194369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-37621727403430956312015-08-15T04:03:24.284-07:002015-08-15T04:03:24.284-07:00"Two weeks of competitive baseball does not a..."Two weeks of competitive baseball does not a rivalry make."<br /><br />Yes, that's true. But four aces does.nLeastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-38059731578445149782015-08-14T20:36:44.146-07:002015-08-14T20:36:44.146-07:00Rizzo should have got Carlos Gonzalez when the Roc...Rizzo should have got Carlos Gonzalez when the Rockies were shopping him before the trading deadline two weeks ago. <br /><br />Just saying...Froggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425616684415704428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-18334776648835363142015-08-14T14:44:39.956-07:002015-08-14T14:44:39.956-07:00Exception: Playoffs
i will ALWAYS hate Pete Kozma...Exception: Playoffs<br /><br />i will ALWAYS hate Pete KozmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-77645128880897595362015-08-14T14:44:00.791-07:002015-08-14T14:44:00.791-07:00Two weeks of competitive baseball does not a rival...Two weeks of competitive baseball does not a rivalry make.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-24054418238006704682015-08-14T14:34:07.650-07:002015-08-14T14:34:07.650-07:00It's easy to explain why Mets fans are posting...It's easy to explain why Mets fans are posting obviously trollish comments. They want a passionate rivalry. They're used to going at it with the likes of Yankees fans and Phillies fans, not to mention the rivalries with their other sports teams. They want to go at it the same way with riled up Nationals fans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-25219509119912330722015-08-14T14:23:15.516-07:002015-08-14T14:23:15.516-07:00Actually, I enjoy reading the "analyses,"...Actually, I enjoy reading the "analyses," using various "add up and divide by N" metrics to extrapolate beyond data ranges with no allowance for variance, no attempts to isolate and avoid chasing noise, no tests for independence of variables, repetitive confusion of correlation with cause and effect, and no means to validate models. Then, instead of reevaluating forecasting errors, just moving on with what is assumed to be a newer and better model that's certain to do better next time. As the old saying goes, "all models are wrong, some are useful." VIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937393189808417558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-11747604983869966802015-08-14T14:12:06.694-07:002015-08-14T14:12:06.694-07:00I'm a NATS fan. But I honestly can't see M...I'm a NATS fan. But I honestly can't see Mets staff not continuing to dominate. Matz is coming in a few weeks and most scouts say he next year would be an ACE on 22 teams in baseball.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-78052725434205924242015-08-14T13:40:26.747-07:002015-08-14T13:40:26.747-07:00"That's because we go back a lot longer t..."That's because we go back a lot longer than the baby Nats, and there's a lot more of us and our team means a lot more to us." <br /><br />Yes, you are very special because your geographic sports loyalties led you to like a sports team that through happenstance and random historical trends is older than the current iteration of the Washington team. The fact that you spend your time and money investing in your team rather than any of the other 29 you could have presumably selected makes you a better person than the rest of us who chose the objectively inferior team that was geographically closer to us.<br /><br />Or, you know, you're a troll.Kenny B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104648417209196641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-81253055411056388012015-08-14T13:24:45.143-07:002015-08-14T13:24:45.143-07:00Way to go, Harper! Garnering the respect of the b...Way to go, Harper! Garnering the respect of the baseball world, you are.<br /><br />We are fortunate to have Harper to get us through things like the soul-sucking whiff parade that was last night's Nats performance in SFO. I've never had the curiosity (or time, really) to seek out other team blogs... if the Nats aren't delivering the goods, I can't muster the energy to scout out what people are saying about other teams. Besides, I have a hard time imagining (for example) that there's a great Atlanta Braves blog out there. That idea barely makes sense.JE34noreply@blogger.com