tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post6676245538875624223..comments2024-03-28T10:50:33.234-07:00Comments on Nationals Baseball: Road to hell paved with good intentions and playoff chancesHarperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-77473841963435657142013-08-29T11:20:37.981-07:002013-08-29T11:20:37.981-07:00More fun is to compare the schedules. Over the nex...More fun is to compare the schedules. Over the next 10 games. <br />The Reds play: <br />3 @ Colorado (good luck bullpen) <br />4 vs St Louis<br />3 vs the Dodgers. <br /><br />That is not an easy schedule!<br /><br />The Nats over the next 10 have:<br />4 vs Miami<br />3 vs NYM<br />3 vs Philly<br /><br />I know which teams I would rather face.<br /><br />Also 6 of the last 9 games for Cinci is against Pittsburgh. And we end the season with 3 at Arizona.<br /><br />It could shape up to be an exciting set of games!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-16199068350665637762013-08-28T08:56:04.637-07:002013-08-28T08:56:04.637-07:00good thing is reds have to play cards another 4 ti...good thing is reds have to play cards another 4 times i believe along with a pirates series. slim hope, but always possible. if only they can end the season winning a spot on a walkoff a la Longoria. that would be awesome.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12599491633554776280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-81936547260210711052013-08-27T22:10:46.987-07:002013-08-27T22:10:46.987-07:00One game at a time. One game at a time. One game ...One game at a time. One game at a time. One game at a time.Nattydreadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-5237962075855847232013-08-27T15:48:53.303-07:002013-08-27T15:48:53.303-07:00I think it is more likely given past history that ...I think it is more likely given past history that the Pirates win 7 games the rest of the way and the Nats sneak in that way. Of course the difference between a 4% chance at the playoffs and a 5% chance doesn't exactly make you want to plunk down money for playoff tickets just yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-38448668454605036672013-08-27T11:25:45.722-07:002013-08-27T11:25:45.722-07:00Unfortunately, I just can't see our bullpen al...Unfortunately, I just can't see our bullpen allowing any sort of insane hot run to happen. It feels like everyone (even Clip, to a lesser extent) there has come unglued mentally and/or physically. Maybe that's the damage (mentally) of having no margin for error all year long, even when the team has a lead (always slim).<br /><br />Anyway, baseball is a funny game. Sometimes teams get hot while others get cold and it happens all at once. There is very little hope for our boys, but...like Donald said, just one good winning streak (say 6-7 in a row) coinciding with a solid Reds swoon (losers of, say, 5 of 6) and things get tight. <br /><br />Why not dream? What's the downside? We're all going to watch the games anyway. We've all already been disappointed in the year, I can't see that getting worse just because we don't do something we're not expected to do now anyway. :)WiredHKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-63390906457966828222013-08-27T10:47:43.372-07:002013-08-27T10:47:43.372-07:00I think this homestand IS our playoffs. We have t...I think this homestand IS our playoffs. We have to win every game (ok, maybe not every game, but only 1 loss at the most). <br /><br />This is the NO Hyphens home stand! We have to play one game at a time and try and go 1 and 0 for the next 32 games. Not 2 out of 3, or 6 out of 7 for the home stand. The mental thing HAS to take precedent every game. <br /><br />Rah-rah stuff aside, I agree with Donald, put your head down and maybe by the time you look up you are only 3-4 games out with 25 to go. <br /><br />Also, wouldn't Marlon Byrd be a no brainer...21 homers, .285, etc? And only $130,000 left on his contract?Froggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425616684415704428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-26066728767956163742013-08-27T09:34:50.559-07:002013-08-27T09:34:50.559-07:00cass - it helps. but you bring up another point th...cass - it helps. but you bring up another point that tells us how the Nats got here. They've had other easy parts of the sched, other times they were supposed to make a move and didn't. I guess fans will fall for it every time but I think wary-ness is the key.<br /><br />Donald - having everyone healthy at least makes it possible. I think the Nats end up only say 6 games out so the question is will it be a slow boring slog? a fall back than meaningless rush? or a flight too close to the sun followed by a crash back down? Honestly the latter seems most likely sched wise. <br /><br />Burger - Also helps Mejia went down. Of course now watch Dice K befuddle the Nats bats. Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-23051431249720214052013-08-27T08:35:04.106-07:002013-08-27T08:35:04.106-07:00Agreed. Harvery going down is unfortunate for him ...Agreed. Harvery going down is unfortunate for him as a person, but very big for us. Not facing him helps hugely, sinc their rotation is obviously not very deep outside of him and wheeler. Strasburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891818504426372315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-1962050728615637102013-08-27T08:09:57.287-07:002013-08-27T08:09:57.287-07:00I agree that it's unrealistic to expect teams ...I agree that it's unrealistic to expect teams to change their fundamental identity 130 games into the season, though on the Nats side there may be one change -- they may actually have several players getting hot at the same time. They just need LaRoche to catch fire, which you'd almost bet would happen given his track record. But if Werth, Harper, Desmond, LaRoche and Ramos were all raking, it would make a big difference since Zim and Rendon aren't exactly holes in the line-up. <br /><br />Really, though, it's unlikely that the Nats will win 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 4 while the Reds play .500 for a consistent stretch. But what is possible, and happens fairly frequently, is for a lucky week where the Nats go 6-1 or 7-0 while the Reds have a mini slump and go 2-5 or 1-6. Eight games back with 32 games to play seems insurmountable but 3 games back with 25 to go gets exciting.<br /><br />Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295227567170577873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-13837851593866096492013-08-27T07:52:34.241-07:002013-08-27T07:52:34.241-07:00I'm not saying I'm glad it happened, but t...I'm not saying I'm glad it happened, but the Matt Harvey injury helps, right? And the fact that we miss Fernandez this week. That should be six days of smooth sailing, though how many times have we said that before?<br /><br />Only thing to do now is sweep the Fish and see where we're at.cassnoreply@blogger.com