After The Rain Delay

Shawn Hill's line so far: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 ER.

Wait, I don't get it. You say that Milledge's correct play is halfway between 2nd and 3rd. But if Francoeur catches it, M is stuck at 2nd. (Unless he's REALLY stupid and challenges Francoeur's arm.) If he is at a tagged situation, if Francoeur catches it, he's at 3rd. If Francoeur doesn't catch it, on most bounces he'll still be at home, which is no different than the midway positon. I think the correct play is at a tagged position. It's unfortunate that the bounce was such that he couldn't be home, but thems the breaks.

JayBeee, give it a rest. There are enough legitimate opportunities to bash Milledge, and you never miss a one. Sticking the knife in and turning it even when you have no evidence on your side other than hearsay just makes you look mean and petty, like someone carrying out a vendetta. Maybe you are.

Does Zim have a non-2B hit yet?

Come on DUNN!!

Hey, waddya know, Zim is above the Mendoza line.

If you can believe Bob Carpenter, no. Four hits, all doubles.

zim 4 dubs

remember the one boni kind of looked at?

Is this not the latest inning the Nats have been in so far and not been trailing?

Nice outing for Shawn Hill tonight at Petco.
5.0 IP, 7 H, 1 BB, 3 Ks, 2 ER. He left the game with the bases loaded and no outs. His reliever got the Padres out of the jam.

So? I dont care about Shawn Hill he wont be healthy for much longer.

I hope Hill does stay healthy. He deserves a shot to see what he can do.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!! GDP!!!!

Third time not scoring with bases loaded and 1`out. My god...

God I hate that f'ing chop chant crap.

God f'ing d@mm!t!

i hate lastings milledge

Ugh I so want them to get this win, not looking good :(

Our 9th: Johnson (.333)-Dukes (.333)-Flores (.500).

Could be a lot worse.

DUKES!!!

Awesome throw.

Pleeeeease get 2 runs, so Hanrahan can come in and save one.
We need it.

usmc43, i salute you

now, nick j. come on!

go Nick! Comon Dukes!

Oh man i thought that was gone!

why did manny pinch hit for willie harris?!?

Dukes is 3-5 tonight, hitting .400 on the year.
Keep him in the lineup!

sigh, bases are full, we;re screwed...

Nieves' 3rd strike was BRUTAL to watch. Man, that stinks.

This is deja vu from Wednesday's game...

Milledge has been making decent contact tonight...

yes.

HOLY S**T!!!!

We actually caught a f'ing break!!!

Let's go GUZ!!!

Would LOVE to hear why they decided to bat Nieves instead of Willingham.

guzman now

Need this hit here Guz... nobody left on the bench

Willingham already PH.

Willingham already pinch hit earlier.

It obviously sucks leaving so many guys on base the last couple games, but at least we're getting them on. There's actually a decent chance to score A LOT of runs if the clutch hitting ever comes around.

Ah, thanks - just getting caught up. Not on the TV here in PHX and I just skimmed the live box score.

By the way, regarding Willingham, have any of the announcers started referring to him as 'The Hammer' yet? That was always his nickname down in Miami.

Carp called him the hammer tonight.

Are all these HBPs accidental? There seem to have been a lot of them...

don't mind that hbp at all.

How bout a double play ball, Beimel?

The pitching staff has been leaving Dibble's color commentary on during film review.

Why did Jones not advance on that fly? Was he sitting midway between 2nd and 3rd?

2 OF put outs by LM... on to 10. Heart of the order. Let's get a couple here guys!

Haha. That would piss me off too.

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The pitching staff has been leaving Dibble's color commentary on during film review.

Posted by: RicketyCricket | April 11, 2009 1:06 AM

Beimel is a little concerning. Guys are getting good contact against him.

Dang it, shoulda bought more beer...

Good to know. This team's always been short of good nicknames. And 'zee-man' just doesn't count...ugh.

atl bullpen pretty sucky; let's go deep in the count, then big fly.

Bench and bullpen are depleted - we need to score in the worst way this inning...

Zim still can't lay off that low outside breaking ball.

He smoked that ball... just unlucky.

Wow. Great play there.

Say what you will about Zim, but his bat does seem to be coming around a bit.

New post.

Honestly, does ANYBODY have a better batting eye than Dunn?

pb

SIXTEEN runners stranded by the Nats after 10 innings.

I know it's early in the season, but I haven't seen anything hitting coach Eckstein has done to help, compared to last year...