tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post2119929430898286281..comments2023-10-20T04:28:04.547-04:00Comments on Nats320 -- A Washington Nationals Blog: Cardiac CappsScreech's Best Friendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094199653375184305noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-28918907923229616592010-04-09T07:51:59.127-04:002010-04-09T07:51:59.127-04:00Eddie-yes the shirt had "Nationals" on t...Eddie-yes the shirt had "Nationals" on the front.Screech's Best Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094199653375184305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-64195787601781096292010-04-09T05:43:40.013-04:002010-04-09T05:43:40.013-04:00Just one comment---are you SURE that guy in front ...Just one comment---are you SURE that guy in front is a Nats fan? That's one more thing that's annoying whenever the Phils come to town---their uniform color scheme is identical to ours so unless you're paying attention it's easy to mistake Phillie players--and sometimes Phillie fans---for Nats.<br /><br />Incidentally 2010 marks both the 30th anniversary of the Phillies' first world championship as well as the 100th anniversary of Philadelphia's first World Series win (for the Athletics).Edward J. Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925008506185290162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-54913649929384740842010-04-09T03:11:45.904-04:002010-04-09T03:11:45.904-04:00If you were managing the Phillies current lineup, ...If you were managing the Phillies current lineup, would you let those relievers pitch entire innings? I wouldn't.<br /><br />I was only able to watch innings 1-top 6 so I missed the go ahead and the 9th inning drama, but the takeaway for me was mistakes - some errors but some just mistakes - by both clubs.<br /><br />I thought it was encouraging that the Phillies could score runs without the long ball, although frustrating that so many were LOB.<br /><br />On the Nationals side, Stammen may have been saved by Howard, but remember that to some extent Morgan put him in the situation in the first place. The no walks were very impressive, although the bullpen picked up the "slack" in that particular department.<br /><br />So yeah, first week of April, bad fundamentals (fielding and baserunning) from both clubs, and bad relief too. The Phils have more dangerous bottom of the order hitters and some relievers coming off the DL, so I guess that's why they're favored to win the division again. And that Halladay guy, of course. But the Braves are mighty scary themselves. Time will tell.<br /><br />Thanks for the dramatic write-up of the 9th...since I missed it it was really fun to be able to read it in such immediate detail!Chris S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06739976272047425977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-71938653243883363392010-04-09T00:57:43.959-04:002010-04-09T00:57:43.959-04:00The way we saw the Howard play on the 3B side was:...The way we saw the Howard play on the 3B side was: Perlozzo put up the stop sign late, and Howard had too much inertia in motion. Phillie fans in our section were annoyed with Perlozzo.<br /><br />This game was really thrilling and fun. Both Bruney and Capps performed high wire acts. Imagine holding a 1-run on the Phils through innings 8 and 9!<br /><br />I have to bring up a negative, however. I almost fell out of my chair when I read in the Post the other day that the contract with Riggleman is titularly for 2 years at $600K per, but the Nats can buy Jim out for only $100K if they don't rehire him for year 2! I guess they will never learn not to set up their manager for failure in this way. He cannot possibly be an authority figure with such a ridiculous deal. This is very discouraging.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683734720896529408noreply@blogger.com