Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Third Week of Baseball 2014: Nats Lose, I was Rip van Winked

The Nationals are not doing as well as hoped so far. There are some good come back wins, tied with 6 for the lead with about six other teams, but they have sputtered and erred a bit too much. So far.

Week three. Last night I got Rip van Winked by them.

I had a good day, spent some good time with the kids and wife and friends at soccer, had a nice family home evening with reading the first two chapters of "Last of the Mohicans", the kids were in bed. The Nationals had just taken a 1-0 lead over Anaheim (LA) despite being outhit 7-1 in the seventh inning. I slept for half an inning and woke up down 4-1.

Ugh! Ian Desmond got a solo homer and another Nat, McClouth got on base but the rally came up short.

Meanwhile, the Braves won and continue to look strong in the NL East.

One half inning, I sleep, and Tyler Clippard et al give up the game.

Closers and relief for the Nats have not been good enough the last 3 years, especially since that crushing loss in the playoffs at the end of 2012.

We shall see how the team develops, with a few injuries holding them back, like Ryan Zimmerman with a broken thumb. Harper outplayed by Trout.

Errors in the field.

Blog it, EMC.

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