Zimmerman Extends Streak To 25

I guess they don't miss Manny too much. This one's ugly early.

Our defense still stinks.

Holy... oh well, at least I know I can go to bed a bit earlier than anticipated this eve...
6-0 LA after 1.
Oy.

Rough night for JZimm. Hang in there, kid. Turn it into a positive (somehow).

Its pretty sad when the only interesting thing is whether Zimmerman is going to keep the streak going. If he does it early then there is nothing more to watch. I honestly don't know where they go from here. Must be hard to be Zimmerman, Dunn, Johnson, Dukes, and Guzman and watch this pitching. I don't know if I would want to do it. Wait they get paid way too much,

There will be a new manager when the Nats hit Arizona tomorrow...for the Dbacks. Reports have Bob Melvin fired.

I love the Flores/Hernandez 7-8 combo.

natsguy, you must not be listening or watching to the Dodgers feed.

Loving the Flores/Hernandez combo??? Yeah that's pretty fearsome....not!

OMG, I just checked the score. What the hell is going on around here?

OMG, I just checked the score. What the hell is going on around here?
Posted by: NatsNut
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Around here, a bunch of distraught Nats fans are watching/listening (or heading off for bed).
Out there, the (Randy) wolf is blowing the Nationals' house down. It's still early, but it ain't good.

Well, Vin Scully (for the second night in a row) predicted a Gold Glove in the future for Zim.

So, we got that going for us.

Randy Wolf. A starter that couldn't possibly help the Nats.

Nats' attendance down 10K from last season. As Stan says, we'll get what we deserve. Wonder what that 10K per game translates to in total revenue (including concessions). Might be time for another plan -- you know, like one that will produce a winner before the Obama girls hit college.

33, gang, 33.

http://tinyurl.com/casr9

Actually, I'm pretty thrilled by this game. Why? Jordan Zimmerman. Egad, man, talk about a way to get your head right between innings...

After 6 earned runs in the first inning, he's through 5 now with 77 pitches, 53 for strikes. And at least 8 of those 24 balls were in the first inning, we know, because both walks were then.

Learned some good stuff about Jordan Zimmermann tonight. Some real good stuff.

Well, at least he didn't allow any more runs the rest of the way. Ouch, rough first inning.

I'm curious to hear what adjustments he made between the first and second innings. Other than throwing strikes.

OK Nicky! Now Zim-25-and-counting, and then bang-zoom-Dunn ...

Excellent point, 506, that was an outstanding mental comeback by JZ, psyched for the future from that standpoint no question.
(Things might be getting a slight bit interesting here in the 7th...)

Attaboy Dunnkey!!

Whoohoo - rally?!

Love those Nats!
Tie it up, Dukes.

Okay, so in the 9th, it could be Pinch hitter-Guz-NJ-Zimm. Not bad.

Bullpen needs to hold, though. Trouble??

looks like Willingham might have hurt his back again

I think the Hammer's back is okay.

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!
I'm so glad I didn't go to bed.

Keep it comin' boys!

tie game!!

Yes!

Whoo-hoo-diddly-doo!!!
(posted by Flanders)

Way to show some heart, boys! Let's go Nats!

Now say a prayer for the bullpen!
What a rally.
They have the worst record in the game but they don't quit.

Oh, I hope the bullpen can hold this!!

YES! Come on guys, keep it going!!

If any team knows they need to keep scoring, it's ours

Go Nats!!!

ahem ...

the terrifying thing is the nats still need six outs. thats a lot. but way to rally!

I can't believe we've scored 10 unanswered runs - awesome! I'm not getting any sleep, but who cares?

I guess Manny Acta became a great manager tonight, right?

I am definitely going to be one dog-faced Nats fan tomorrow AM, I am hoping it's worth it, c'mon, Beimel!

OMG, I just checked the score again. Now what the hell is going on around here? We're winning?

(and no offense to my canine friends out there from that previous post)

one down.

And the Guz/Hernandez DP was the #1 web gem in the late-edition BT, nice to see!

dos abajo

Josh Willingham has the #4 Web Gem and Cristian Guzman has the #1 Web Gem. Have we stepped into Bizarro World?

Come on, Joe!

Cool, Willingham got the #4? Nice, and deservedly so...

lol Patty, thought that exclamation point was a letter "l" for a sec...

Worst defense in the league.

Come on Joe. One more, please!

Why is the third out always the toughest/longest to get?

Hoo boy!

Oh no

perhaps biemel doesn't want the closer's job, so he's doing his best to show them he shouldn't get it.

Man, the Dodgers have a deep bench. Loretta is good; I watched him for several years when I was living in SD and he was a Padre. Nice player.

At least Beimel is throwing a ton of strikes, unlike most of our 'pen. And his balls aren't missing by much.

This is ridiculous. I need to go to bed. Take Beimel out. Can't let him go past 35 pitches in an inning. Manny ripping up the book. Just get Wells and take your chances. 3-2. Oh, well, we'll see.

This isn't going to end well, is it?

Have a good night, Mr. Boswell, hopefully you'll awake to good news tomorrow am.

I still believe.

Whew, whew, and WHEW!

Phew!

FINALLY.

Count me in on that, usmc

The gods smile in the 8th. The ManRam bad karma versus the Nats bullpen curse. See ya tomorrow.

How about Hernandez batting .328??
On base 4 times tonight!

Really, digging Anderson's plate appearances of late, he makes pitchers WORK. (And his getting on base a lot lately doesn't hurt either!)

Beimel had it all the way. Loretta's a much more dangerous hitter than Pierre. He couldn't give in to Loretta, but he took it to Pierre.

Old McDonald had a pitch, and filthy was it's name-o

Let's get some much-needed insurance here.

nice call, usmc, helluva break

You know that run is going to mean something.
Keep it going Zim!
Have faith in the pen in the 9th.

Wow, 18 hits.

Great comeback tonight by the Nats! 5:00 will come awfully early, but I don't care now.

Boy, Zimm swung at Ball 4 right there. Bummer.

I can't wait for the people who went to bed after the first to see this score in the morning.

To quote Hannibal: "Okey Dokey, here we go"

usmc, you are officially our little good luck charm. keep up the positivity, my friend.

Put your trays in the upright position and buckle your seatbelts.
The Nats are going to land this sucka!

No leadoff walk, please.

He's bringing in the Kipper...

NICE PITCH!

Man, I like how Beimel and Wells come in and throw strikes.

Hanrahan, take notes. Like Dibble says, challenge the hitter and make him earn his way on.

How 'bout a DP to end it?
Come on Kip!

allrighty, ¡uno más!

C'mon, 1 more!

No, no, no.
Not again. Please.

Here we go Kip. You can do this.
Feel the positive vibes coming through our keyboards.

i'm going to throw up

Amazing. If it weren't for bad luck, the Nats would have none at all.

YES!!!!

KIP KIP, HOORAY!
(or)
All's Wells that ends Wells!

G'nite, all!

Thank God.

Whew...

I don't know if I can take this much longer. no sleep. nerves on edge. emotional roller coaster. i'll be in the hospital before this season is over if they keep this up.

Thank you Lord!
Bang zoom go the fireworks!
Gutsy win, maybe the kick in the butt they need.

I'll tell you what: I like how Kip Wells never looked like he didn't want to be out there, even when the going got tough.

Hanrahan and Hinckley can both have that horrified look, and it looks very much like they don't want to be out there at times. Wells (and Beimel) never had that. I like it.

Save me a bed by the window, NatsNut

Hey, you guys and gals are fun to "watch" a game with.

sure thing, HN. I'll be glad for the company.

To you as well, usmc, and thanksmuch NN, T-minus 5 hours of sleep time awaits, a much more happy sleep tonight!
Have a good one, all!

Holy bleep.

Nice start-to-finish Carpentering of the Dodgers by Charlie Steiner:

4th inning: "Well, unless the team with the best record in baseball manages to blow a 6-0 lead to the team with the worst record in baseball, the Dodgers will be 22-8 and 14-0 at home."

Bottom of the 9th inning: "If Blake hits a home run here, he's got the cycle!"

Maybe Carpenter's jinx comments will become good luck for the Nats from here on out. He tried to do it to us in the bottom of the 9th, but Wells refused to be "Carp'ed."

Man look at the standings.
We're only 6 games out of first. Even though we have the worst record in baseball, there are 7 teams who are more than 6 games out of first in their divisions.

Hopefully everyone else in the NL East stays around .500, and the Nats can claw their way back to .500 over the next 45 games or so. How fun would that be?

If they had even an average bullpen, .500 would be attainable. But it is an old, tired, journeyman bullpen. It is unconscionable to keep bringing in players born before Carter became president.

Or even those who went to bed before the game even started as in my case. It was a nice surprise either way. :-D

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I can't wait for the people who went to bed after the first to see this score in the morning.

Posted by: NatsNut | May 8, 2009 1:33 AM | Report abuse