All good things have to end.
And a fun/great run ended last night for the Washington Nationals. They won ten games in a row for the first time as an organization since 2005, when it was their first year in DC, back when they played at RFK Stadium in the south east corner of the District. The commentator and former Expo catcher F.P. Santangelo was part of the Montreal team that did a similar streak in 1997, but he said he enjoyed this one much more.
He said that this one is more significant to the divisional race. Maybe I have never mentioned this, but FP is awesome to listen to. Great announcer. Perfect for what he does.
Everybody contributed; there were multiple thrills with 5 walk-off runs scored to win half of the victories. Atlanta got hot and did not drop back far, but Washington created a nice divisional lead at six games, due to previous mess ups of the Braves.
Last night started off promisingly against Tim Hudson of the Giants, but Doug Fister (now 12-4 for the season) gave up a three run homer to a rookie named Panik (his first major league homer) and then later a single home run to Buster Posey. To end the chance of a heroic rally, as the Nats have proved capable of accomplishing, Blevins and then Detwiler came in and could not hold very well, giving up 6 more runs.
Oh well!
We'll take it and come back today and try to win the series and keep winning overall.
It's okay to lose after 10 wins in baseball.
We shall see if they get that hot again.
Denard is getting on base and scoring, Rendon is solid, Werth and especially LaRoche have been clutch, Desmond has been productive of late, Harper is hitting and so is Wilson Ramos. And the new guy, Asdrubal Cabrera? Winner. They are 13-5 since acquiring him. Moved him from short to second, and the guy puts up highlight material.
Starters and relievers have done great and played clutch overall, so the Nats just might be the best in baseball right now.
But we will not count our chickens. Regular season and of course the playoffs loom.
But we like their chances.
Go Nats! Nothing but Natitude.
This may be the year. Sorry Montreal, DC may have a winner...At your expense. But you still do better in hockey, right?
Blog it. EMC.
And a fun/great run ended last night for the Washington Nationals. They won ten games in a row for the first time as an organization since 2005, when it was their first year in DC, back when they played at RFK Stadium in the south east corner of the District. The commentator and former Expo catcher F.P. Santangelo was part of the Montreal team that did a similar streak in 1997, but he said he enjoyed this one much more.
He said that this one is more significant to the divisional race. Maybe I have never mentioned this, but FP is awesome to listen to. Great announcer. Perfect for what he does.
Everybody contributed; there were multiple thrills with 5 walk-off runs scored to win half of the victories. Atlanta got hot and did not drop back far, but Washington created a nice divisional lead at six games, due to previous mess ups of the Braves.
Last night started off promisingly against Tim Hudson of the Giants, but Doug Fister (now 12-4 for the season) gave up a three run homer to a rookie named Panik (his first major league homer) and then later a single home run to Buster Posey. To end the chance of a heroic rally, as the Nats have proved capable of accomplishing, Blevins and then Detwiler came in and could not hold very well, giving up 6 more runs.
Oh well!
We'll take it and come back today and try to win the series and keep winning overall.
It's okay to lose after 10 wins in baseball.
We shall see if they get that hot again.
Denard is getting on base and scoring, Rendon is solid, Werth and especially LaRoche have been clutch, Desmond has been productive of late, Harper is hitting and so is Wilson Ramos. And the new guy, Asdrubal Cabrera? Winner. They are 13-5 since acquiring him. Moved him from short to second, and the guy puts up highlight material.
Starters and relievers have done great and played clutch overall, so the Nats just might be the best in baseball right now.
But we will not count our chickens. Regular season and of course the playoffs loom.
But we like their chances.
Go Nats! Nothing but Natitude.
This may be the year. Sorry Montreal, DC may have a winner...At your expense. But you still do better in hockey, right?
Blog it. EMC.
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