Lineups, minus Peavy

Go Nats! Hammer Hayhurst! (nothing personal -- I like his blog and all :-))

Also, may the best team win, er, the worst team, er -- my brain hurts!

That's a pretty good excuse, although the third one should be a cake walk so to speak at this point. (For me, my second one was A LOT easier than my first - I feel like if I had a third he/she would walk out on his/her own.)

Go Nats!

For those who don't know Dirk:

http://www.cantonrep.com/blogs/?cat=12&paged=2

Wow, San Diego's lineup is awful. I'm thinking we take 2 of 3 in the series.

ok that blog is hilarious we are facing a pitcher tonite who describes himself as a minor league nobody and whos most recent posts are about escaping to japanese baseball

I was so PO'ed when I found out Peavy wasn't pitching tonight, I gave a friend the ticket I bought for the game. Looks like the Padres are tanking it to ensure they win the No. 1 pick. Most of the guys in the San Diego lineup aren't household names in their own homes.

san diego's lineup is the worst ive ever seen.

the friars are in such deep tank mode, i wouldn't be surprised if they roll over and get swept by the nats this weekend. talk about the integrity of the game. their lineup looks like a spring training travel squad. what a joke.

See also:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-diary/2008/

Listening to Bob Carpenter and his silly voice inflections makes me gag.

That's BS.

Stand up and lose like a man

err...

I mean win like a man

Well, nice to see that Balester didn't melt down after that 3 run inning. (Certainly lasted logner than Hayhurst...)

Wow... ellipses for pregnant pause... very few comments in the final series of the Strasburg sweepstakes?

I know I risk forever tattooing myself but I'm firmly in the "I want the freaking #1 pick camp." My reasoning is juvenile and absurd but simple. It's no different than what anyone here has said before so I'll spare you the details. Suffice to say my left brain is rooting for the while my right brain is calling me a goddam traitor. I think they’re reenacting the battle of Gettysburg in my head tonight with the way this game is going.

What's a Nats fan to do? Drink more. It'll all be sorted out by Monday.

That was me... more ellipses

Woohoo!!! I mean... Doh! I mean... my head hurts.

I'm at the game and the atmosphere at this point (bottom of the 12th) is most definitely festive and, um, punchy. Do they start selling beer again in the 14th?

love extra innings, late night baseball, things happen

Woah! Manning got lucky... I thought it was over.

It's now the bottom of the 8th . . . In Oakland.

Were the other bullpen guys unavailable tonight? I couldn't watch, but it seems like Manny probably should have pulled Speigner when he got into trouble there since he had a couple of arms left.

Please, please, please, Chico - let us know three numbers in the gamer: paid attendance, actual attendance, and number of folks left when AG pinch hit.

And for those who occasionally hassle our intrepid beat reporter, imagine working overtime - until 2 in the morning - for something you know has already missed deadline, and will be read by the same 25 people that harass you in the comments.

God love ye, Chico. Mrs. Harlan's son doesn't deserve this.

It really doesn't matter who wins these games if Seattle keeps losing. They are unbelievably bad.

How could the Nats TRY to lose? It's something that comes so naturally. Seriously, this was the perfect night for Balester, with what would seem to be a normal performance, to win, but he couldn't.

Seeeee youuuu later!