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Wake us when Willingham is back and the Austin Kearns roster move happens.

Chico,

Any advice/suggestions about the new stadium will be greatly appreciated. I will be going up to NJ to visit my parents and my Dad and I will be attending Thursday's game. I grew up a Yankee's fan and loved the old stadium and I am looking forward to seeing the new one and seeing the Nats win it will be 2 years to the day that Zimm hit the walkoff against them.

"Manny Acta is already out..." too bad the sentence didn't stop there.

What does any of this have to do with Brett Favre?

I'll be at the whole series :)

Anyone else notice Johnson, Gonzalez, and Nieves are all former Yanks and out early?

I'll be happy if we can manage to get a hit against CC

Brothbart, have a great time--I hope you will bring the guys luck.

Wake us when Willingham is back and the Austin Kearns roster move happens.

Posted by: section417 | June 16, 2009 3:06 PM |
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Yeah, because that's really gonna turn around the season.

What does any of this have to do with Brett Favre?

Posted by: trezmartin | June 16, 2009 3:13 PM |
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Don't you mean to say: "What does any of this have to with Cristiano Ronaldo"?

Wake us when Willingham is back and the Austin Kearns roster move happens.

Posted by: section417 | June 16, 2009 3:06 PM |
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Yeah, because that's really gonna turn around the season.

Posted by: fischy

Maybe not, but I bet it's a domino that's gonna fall before they fire Acta.

"Dead Manny Walking"

I think that's about the most devastating critique of Citi Field I can imagine, and I like NASCAR.

Well Martis had better keep it low or else the balls will be flying out of the new stadium tonite,but it might be a pitcher's duel anyway lets just hope its not a 15-0 beatdown like they put on the Metropolitans this past Sunday.

"Cracked Acta"

Manny Acta, manager of your Washington Nationals. Suck on it and like it.

And as long as he's the manager wouldn't it be nice of Stan K told us so and made some sort of supportive statement? Come on Stan, grin and bear it.

Chico I've not seen the new stadium in person, but on TV I think the outfield looks like a convuluted mess, too many people crammed there, like they stuck a couple of sections in at the last minute. Also there is nothing distinctive about the home plate area, no pretty brick or stone, just ads, ads and more ads. I'm sure it is impressive in person, but the TV view of the actual playing field looks pretty uninspired to me.

This is going to be a high scoring series for both teams but especially the Yankees.

I'm not sure how anyone concerned about defense could possibly advocate an outfield of Dunn - The Flash - Willingham.

Not even the Flash could make up for the other two.

The sad thing is that our best outfield is Dunn (oh God!) - Harris - Dukes. No one will admit it but Willigham and Kearns just don't have a spot in this team.

I didn't read all the comments on the previous thread, so I apologize if this is old news... But at looking at the pictures of Bryce Harper at cnnsi.com, I can't believe he is only 16. He looks so much older. It's probably why he plays older.

"Twelve Angry Mannys"

As I pointed out in a post on my blog (baseballinwashington.blogspot.com), I saw Kip Wells pitch for the Potomac Nationals during a rehab assignment on Sunday. Although he apparently didn't have a good night on Saturday, he looked good on Sunday and seemed to have a lot of confidence. Perhaps now that he has the opportunity to work with McCatty he'll be able to help out our bullpen.

"No one will admit it but Willigham and Kearns just don't have a spot in this team."

Willingham DOES have a spot: trade bait.

"But at looking at the pictures of Bryce Harper at cnnsi.com, I can't believe he is only 16. He looks so much older. It's probably why he plays older."

Did you know he is nicknamed "Smiley"?

I didn't read all the comments on the previous thread, so I apologize if this is old news... But at looking at the pictures of Bryce Harper at cnnsi.com, I can't believe he is only 16. He looks so much older. It's probably why he plays older.

Posted by: psubman

The Nats will probably draft him and find out he's 25. Well spotted!

Wouldn't one expect a major league hurler to exude confidence while throwing Class A baseball?

"Chico and the Manny Watch"

"A Manny for All Seasons"

Wouldn't one expect a major league hurler to exude confidence while throwing Class A baseball?

Posted by: Intrudr

Your fatal flat, Intrudr, is putting Kip Wells into the class of "a major league hurler." This guy lost 17 games for Pittsburgh...back when he had stuff.

Keep both Zimms, Dunn, Willie, the young pitchers and redeal the rest of the hand. Time to push the reset button. That includes you too, Manny.

Chico, how is the fielding practice going at the New Yankee Stadium? I am sure a good manager would have his team going over the basic skills in mid June at a new stadium when they lead MLB in errors. Or is he too nice of a guy to ask his players to save his job for one more week?

You got me there, I guess it's time to tear down the Kip Wells poster on my bedroom wall...

506

What do you think we could get for him at Old Navy?

A five-pack of 4T-5T socks?

I agree with natsfan1a1 from the last Chico post, about the venom spewed on here being indicative of the haters rather than the hatee. And 506, too. I go to the games, still, and listen to the games, still (thank all the radio gods for Charlie and Dave), despite the losing. I've pared back due to the losing, but I'll still listen (till it gets too gross to even do that).

Chico,

Any advice/suggestions about the new stadium will be greatly appreciated. I will be going up to NJ to visit my parents and my Dad and I will be attending Thursday's game. I grew up a Yankee's fan and loved the old stadium and I am looking forward to seeing the new one and seeing the Nats win it will be 2 years to the day that Zimm hit the walkoff against them.

Posted by: brothbart | June 16, 2009 3:07 PM |

Zimm hit the walkoff homer vs the Yankees on Father's Day, June 18 2006

The Fatal Flat -- A venomous pair of shoes hunts the city at night ...

Sofa - I looked at the keyboard and it wasn't even a close typo so i let it go -- being a Kip Wells idol, and all...

If I recall correctly, the last time CC pitched against the Nats, is was a complete game shutout in Milwaukee.

I was there. Ouch.

Intrudr- Thanks! I can't remember what year it is. So it will be the 3rd year anniversary not the 2 year.

You're Kip Wells' idol? I didn't even know he was pagan...

Thanks, John. I had totally forgotten that our boys once shut out the Brewers.

Or, wait, did you mean ... ?

I went to that game on Father's day with my family - what a great gift and probably the most exciting game I ever saw. As usual, RFK was packed with supporters from the visiting team. Walking off against the Yanks (and taking the Series) was schweeet!

Dan Patrick can take a long walk off a short pier:

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2009/06/smoltz_first_st.html

Dan Patrick can take a long walk off a short pier:

He is bitter they took his show off Danny boys radio station. Or is it that Dibble is our color guy....hmmmm

The funny thing is that Dan Patrick obviously doesn't know that rookie Nats' pitchers blew Smoltz away in each of the last two years, Bergman in 2007 and Lannan in 2008 - notice how Smoltz did not say anything in reply? Here's hoping for a hat trick!

Is it sad that, when regaling each other with stories of Nats games past, we don't have to mention that the other team won? It's just assumed.

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Thanks, John. I had totally forgotten that our boys once shut out the Brewers.

Or, wait, did you mean ... ?

For the record, I like Dan Patrick. Always have.

And I think that was funny.

I mean, we're really bad, folks.

"The funny thing is that Dan Patrick obviously doesn't know that rookie Nats' pitchers blew Smoltz away in each of the last two years, Bergman in 2007 and Lannan in 2008"

Quick, someone send him a link to that redhead lady's MASN Defining Moments commercial.

Flat out out-pitched me, said Smoltz. Right you are, John.

Bet he doesn't know Milledge has a haiku either.

For the record, I like Dan Patrick. Always have.

And I think that was funny.

I mean, we're really bad, folks.

Posted by: JohninMpls | June 16, 2009 5:23 PM | Report abuse

This is true, dude. We might as well laugh about it; everyone else in the country is...

Yeah; I heard it on the radio this morning and thought it was funny too. Bleep us if we can't take a joke.

Still one of my all-time fave series. We attended each of the games. Didn't care much for the first one, but the next two were definitely sa-weet!

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I went to that game on Father's day with my family - what a great gift and probably the most exciting game I ever saw. As usual, RFK was packed with supporters from the visiting team. Walking off against the Yanks (and taking the Series) was schweeet!

Posted by: Intrudr | June 16, 2009 4:53 PM

Lineups from MASN:

Nationals

DH Cristian Guzman
1B Nick Johnson
3B Ryan Zimmerman
CF Elijah Dukes
LF Adam Dunn
RF Austin Kearns
SS Alberto Gonzalez
C Josh Bard
2B Anderson Hernandez

Yankees

SS Derek Jeter
LF Johnny Damon
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
C Jorge Posada
DH Hideki Matsui
RF Nick Swisher
CF Melky Cabrera

Chico must have been posting that at the same time...

Charlie and Dave just now said on the radio that they don't know where Rosenthal's story came from. They sound skeptical that Manny is losing his job, and they seemed to dismiss the validity of all the stories that have been swirling around.

So, gum chewing for the rest of the season.