tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post5680687360365032819..comments2023-10-20T04:28:04.547-04:00Comments on Nats320 -- A Washington Nationals Blog: DepressingScreech's Best Friendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094199653375184305noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-619091171573349362007-09-15T08:41:00.000-04:002007-09-15T08:41:00.000-04:00Having Fick on this team hurts more than helps. L...Having Fick on this team hurts more than helps. Look how many at bats he has wasted this year; 160 ABs and 8 RBIs for almost $1 million dollars. Fick has not caught a single game. Nats found out nothing about anyone in the farm system and paid a very high cost in poor production on the field. Yet, the high cost of the poor judgment of having Fick on the roster all season is much more than wasted cash and wasted MLB at bats. <BR/><BR/>The way Acta has used Fick this year demonstrates a much bigger problem for the Nats. It demonstrates Acta is unwilling to take data (Fick's two year track record) and use that data to adjust his strategies. Acta has had a great year as a motivator but his use of Fick leaves a Red Flag waiving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-82034445889701157612007-09-15T08:23:00.000-04:002007-09-15T08:23:00.000-04:00Maybe my three cockatiels know something was up du...Maybe my three cockatiels know something was up during the ninth inning. I'd let them out for so they could fly around, and normally, they live on a different plane than my two rabbits. But last night, they went into a panic in the ninth inning, just before Chipper's at bat. One of them ended up in the "bunny taj mahal" (which I'd never seen them do). Fortunately one bunny was out and about, and the other was very tolerant. <BR/><BR/>I suspect my animals enjoyed the lengthy affair, since they got lots of time to play. I'll promise pictures of the characters involved for Sunday or Monday, since I won't have time to take them and put them up today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-32655520797508678722007-09-15T07:50:00.000-04:002007-09-15T07:50:00.000-04:00I was listening, and it was an okay game until the...I was listening, and it was an okay game until the ninth, and then it was pretty depressing. Chief wasn't in good form, and when Charlie said he was walking around the mound on the first base side, I knew it was getting into his head. Then when Charlie said that Austin was in the right field gap so there was lots of room in right field for Chipper, my stomach went into a knot. Of course that's where Chipper hit his shot. <BR/><BR/>And then Flores, Fick, Logan and Lopez...I was hoping Manny would bring in Hanrahan to bat in the pitcher's spot. At least it would have provided some variety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com