Game 20 discussion thread: Nationals at Cubs

Our guys on the DL feel great and our guys on the roster are gimpy.
Huh.

Um, it's 8:15 and MASN isn't broadcasting the game... they have a picture of Wrigley with a play by play but no game. Is MASN just completely oblivious or was this planned?

Carpenter says they're working on their video feed.

Of course, the commercials work just fine.

Sounds like the wind is miserable in Chi-town tonight.

Shoot. What's up with NM lately?

Carpenter and Dibble are great. I don't know why some people complain about these guys. They're doing a really nice job while the video is out.

On another note, ROUGH second inning for Lannan. Just walked the pitcher to bring in a run. Brutal.

Wish I'd been able to see that DP! Feeling pretty darn glad that the defense has improved this year.....

...walked him on 4 pitches, no less...ugh.

MASN was working fine when they showed the opening lineups, now I might as well have hung a poster of Wrigley on the wall, and be listening to the game through a HAM radio, the audio quality's so bad...

and we're losing 2-0.

awesome.

Happy Monday, all!

MASN remains a true minor league operation.

I'm giving them the next half-inning and then I'm outta here.

and the Nationals wonder why they are having trouble building a fanbase in DC, this is really ridiculous. I hope the Post asks the folks at MASN and Stan some tough questions on this. Pretty embarrassing and should be unacceptable... never happen with SNY or YES... been 30 minutes already, should be fixed.

What's wrong with it? It is working on mlb.tv.

Wow, how are we 10-9 with Dunn and Lannan being completely mediocre and Zimmerman on the bench for half the season? Lannan needs to figure it out.

Come on Johnny!!

We have given up on MASN and are listening to Charlie and Dave on my iPhone. On my iPhone, because the lame-o AM signal of the Nats' flagship station does not reach to the Vienna end of the Orange Line of the Metro.

What an embarrassingly cheap organization.

Amazing that we're still in this game.

Of course, with our bats lately, 3 runs may be all the Cubs need.

Three innings and no picture. Good night.

MASN needs to know we're annoyed. Here's their "Contact MASN" link: http://masnsports.com/masn_news_information/contact-masn.html

I told them they've lost me for the rest of the game.

Amorris, you're getting the MASN feed? I thought their satellite was cooked (especially since it sounds like I'm listening to an AM feed in Siberia), but now not so sure if it's coming through for you.

Regardless, I agree this should have been fixed at least 15 minutes ago by now, let alone not happen at all.

Yep, Bob and Rob are guiding me through it. Sucks for you guys, I'd be so mad.

Boy, with aces like Marquis and Lannan, how can the Nats go wrong.

Thank god, it's back on, just in time to watch a nice comeback possibility, thanks to Mr. Silva.

Looks kinda orange-ish on my set, sorta as if their filming through the same filters as used in O Brother Where Art Thou, but at least it isn't a generic solid shot of the outside of Wrigley. Game on!

Gilbert, if you quit on this one, you missed the video feed being fixed by about 3 minutes. It's working now, at 9pm.

ARRRGH!!!!!

You guys read Boswell's column today about the new attitude with the Nationals this year? Pretty fun to read.

Whoa, the video feed is gone again. Crap.

This walk-fest from Lannan is like Opening Day against the Phils. Painful to watch (listen to).

It was a damn fun read, usmc, totally agreed.

This is unbelievable. Waiting to hear that MASN has changed it's name to WWTF.

Even Soriano draws a walk? WWTF, indeed!

And even more insulting is the ultra-sharp MASN commercial that shows up fine, crowing about their MAXIMUM HD.

Mine still out.... and mlb.tv is blacked out for Nats games, because, you know, we're supposed to be able to watch it on TV... so I'm not sure how anyone is watching that feed.

To add to this Monday night's chilly rainy misery, it's not looking like a fun game 6 for the Caps...

Hmmm just noticed that it's the 26th, i.e. 2 X 13. It all makes sense now...

Mine still out.... and mlb.tv is blacked out for Nats games, because, you know, we're supposed to be able to watch it on TV... so I'm not sure how anyone is watching that feed.

Posted by: JG55 | April 26, 2010 9:16 PM

They can watch the feed if they're out of market. Could probably find some illegal stream from Chicago, but Im busy watching the Caps choke

Hey Gang....WOW the dynamic duo's incompetence does not benefit from the lack of video.....they KNOW some of can't see, yet Drivel is yakking while I hear the ball strike the mitt....what's the call? >Sigh<....and I'm starting to get a tad apprehensive about Lannan, too....
Caps are stinking to top it all off.
C'mon, gang-we CAn win this game!
Go Nats!!!

Desmond has a CANNON

So they're teasing us with the feed again... what's the over/under on us getting another static Wrigley shot right after the commercials like the last time?

Actually Zendo, I have faith in the Nats, we're just too damn pesky to be out of it before the full 27!

Hear-hear, GO NATS!!!

(dang, hit "submit" one second before Nieves got Willingham home for the tying run. Right on!)

Who? Will NIEVES!!

Wanna-be editor here: it's "rein him in"--as in horse's reins. Not a monarch's reign.

Sorry--back to lurking.

I thought they meant "reign him in" as in, give him the Elvis wig -- The King!

Or maybe "rain him in" -- tell him the game's rained out and he's not pitching.

MLBTV is great. I was holding off on buying it this year because I was was thinking that I would be enjoying a long run by the Caps in the playoffs. Now it looks like I might be back on board by Thursday!!

According to Charlie and Dave we got away with one at 2nd. Am I alone in thinking this is a good sign. We're actually getting calls now...Sweet!

Looking at the replays, I'd say Desmond got the benefit of the Vicinity Call.

Thank goodness for dir.tv i had the cub's feed so i didn't miss an inning,tough loss we had our chances but with the wind blowing in....................is it me or do our outfielders seem to wait for the ball when line drives are hit into the corners to come out instead of cutting them off,i saw Colvin of the Cub's attack a ball hit into the corner instead of letting the ball play him and he played it perfectly, need to take two of three from these chumps.

Rough loss.
This organization had no patience for Mock not throwing strikes. We'll see if they let Bruney stick around. There must be someone in Syracuse or Harrisburg who can put the ball over the plate better than he did tonight.

Wasn't Bruney making some noise in the offseason about wanting to close. If he were our closer our record after 20 games would be more like last year's. With all the walks the game was basically given to the Cubs. I can see why they left Bruney in, though. The pen was worn out. I wouldn't mind seeing Storen, Clippard, and Capps as our 7-8-9 guys.

Storen-Clippard-Capps sounds great to me.

If I'm Rizzo, I give "Ball Four" Bruney one more appearance. If he as much as walks one guy, he's off to SYR.

Drew Storen and Jesus cannot get here soon enough.

Arneson is actually doing better than Storen.

That loss stings. Could unravel this entire road trip. We'll see how they react tomorrow.

I think the fault is less with Bruney and more with Guzman. Riggleman should have substituted Kennedy in there, and put Gonzo at 3B. Guzman screwed up two outs, at least ONE of which I'm confident that Kennedy would have made.

Alumni News: Admittedly this came in a mopup role in a 17-3 loss, but Joel Gascanrahan struck out the side on 13 pitches for the Pirates tonight.

Full disclosure: I am NOT advocating that we re-acquire this bum.

Getting Tony Plush for this bum and FIGJAM Milledge is still Rizzo's finest move.

I don't think Bruney has options, and he'd be claimed if waived. A little soon to give up on him, but honestly, it'd be a while before I put him in late/close again.

More bad Alumni News:

Austin ".195" Kearns hit his first homer tonight. I guess he's still a few games off Barry Bonds' pace.

Manny's team lost, however. That is not news.

Arneson is actually doing better than Storen. Posted by: periculum

better at what?? Storen has been lights out, lower ERA, .55WHIP. what are you referring to?

I don't know if Bruney is still sulking about not being the closer but is performance since arriving is dissappointing. Sad when the whole team is trying to come together and you have a guy who gives a game away.

This AM on XM Dibble was ranting about the strike zone last night - any truth to that? Or just the usual wind-him-up-and-let-him-go from that meathead? I listened to the Cubs broadcast on XM last night and they didn't mention it.

I'm not so down on Bruney. Don't want to see him closing but he does have a live arm. He could be useful in "nonpressure" situations, but I guess the "problem" is that if we continue to get quality starts and until our hitting comes round (meaning Zim and Dunn at the same time) we'll neither blow out clubs nor get blown out very often. Love the fact that the imminent arrival of SS and the strong starting pitching at Syracuse and H'burg is putting pressure on all our starting pitchers (including Lannan); likewise, our bullpen guys should be looking over the shoulders at Storen and Arneson.

Actually, there was one good thing about MASN losing the feed last night. It made Rob and Bob pay attention to the game rather than babble on about whatever their latest irrelevance might be. Also, sure was nice to not have to listen to someone's high school coach from Peoria or one of Debbi's sophomoric interviews. When Bob sticks to play-by-play and Dibble actually comments on what's happening in the game they're nowhere near as bad.

Only caught some of the game last night. I don't tend to watch the starts of 8 p.m. or later because they end too late for me. However, I did get lured in a bit in the course of channel-surfing. Only "saw" after the 5th or so because of the MASN feed issue. Actually caught a few highlights from the game on MLB Network before the MASN video feed came back. Also saw bits of the BOS-TOR game, which was picked up because of the rainout at the Mets.

And just so they know that everybody doesn't hate them, I actually enjoy listening to Bob and Rob. :-)

What does FIGJAM mean? I can't remember (if I knew at one point).

FIGJAM - "Fxxx I'm Good, Just Ask Me"

Re: Bob and Rob without the picture, they were unwatchable, so to speak. I'd hear the ball hit the catcher's mitt while one of them continued his current thoughts, and then shortly I'd hear another ball hit a mitt and a comment "that's ball two". I didn't get enough of a sense that they had shifted into radio mode, and I had to turn it off. (Another example -- Bob would say something like "and it's a ground ball to Wasniewski" as if we all knew what position Wasniewski played).

As for the result -- all of our pitchers are constantly re-applying for their jobs. We've got guys in the minors ready to move up soon, so anyone who demonstrates they don't have ML stuff won't be around long.

Agreed that you could tell that they were tv, not radio, broadcasters when the video was not active. I'm not saying that those who don't like Bob and Rob are wrong (because that's purely subjective, of course). I'm just saying that I do like them. I do wish that people could simply state their opinions without feeling the need to call them names, but it's DC, and the Internet. Dream on, right? :-)

Anyone know what Wil Nieves at bat music is?