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My Baseball Team Sucks Watch
Posted on August 21, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
In case you have not been paying attention- or, in other words, in case you are much, much smarter than me- the Nats have now dropped 12 in a row.
Tuesday’s loss guaranteed a losing record on the season even with 36 games left to be played. Today, with 35 games remaining, the Nationals positively command [...]
Stan Really Doesn’t Want My Renewal
Posted on July 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | 1 Comment
Hey, you know that guy who represented the worst contract in baseball for three of the four years we controlled him? Let’s give him twice as much money as we gave him last time! And, since he fills only half of our middle infield, let’s trade our only reliable guy in the bullpen for a [...]
I Was Quite Content To Take Your Side Until I Remembered How Dumb You Are
Posted on July 17, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under DC, Nationals Park, Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
(I meant to post something along these lines this morning and then totally forgot, so better late than never, or something…)
The Washington Post:
Fed up with the Nationals’ failure to pay $3.5 million in rent, eight D.C. Council members proposed legislation this week to capture more revenue another way: increasing the sales tax by 5 percent [...]
Chico’s Poll: Day 5
Posted on July 14, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | 1 Comment
But first, our sponsors bring you the following:
I wanted to give myself some time to cool down following the Post’s report on the Nationals’ ongoing rent dispute before I finished taking the midseason poll. Then I came home from dinner Friday to news of the team’s potential involvement in an FBI investigation. After delaying the [...]
Fuck The Nationals
Posted on July 10, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | 4 Comments
Stan, kiss this season ticket holder goodbye.
I can’t really bear the thought of giving up on a second Major League team so soon after the Orioles permanently lost me as a fan, but I fear that may be my only option if the team refuses to back down from this petty effort to take my [...]
Chico’s Poll: Day Four
Posted on July 10, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
Days one, two, and three.
A fun topic today: “Team Management”. Trader Jim is going to love the results.
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Chico’s Poll: Day Three
Posted on July 9, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
Chico switches today to a more traditional internet poll multiple choice format to make compiling the results easier, so you can click over to the original post to see how fans are voting. “Injuries and Missteps”, below the jump.
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Chico’s Poll, Day 2
Posted on July 8, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | 1 Comment
Today we get questions regarding “Strategy for the Future”. Day one here.
Jump.
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Because I Realized We’re Now On Pace For 101 Losses
Posted on July 7, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | 1 Comment
More baseball, thanks to a moronic mailbag (is there any other kind?) from Pravda beat reporter Bill Ladson. Jumped again.
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Fan “Satisfaction”
Posted on July 7, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Nationals Park, Washington Nationals, baseball | 2 Comments
Nats beat writer Chico Harlan is conducting an informal mid-season poll of his readers at Nationals Journal. I thought it might be a worthwhile (ie, time-killing) exercise for me to answer the questions here. Five topics will be covered over the next five days.
Today, we start with “Tickets and Business”. The questions and my answers [...]
Quote Of The Day
Posted on June 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Paul Lo Duca, Washington Nationals, baseball | 1 Comment
“This game is not about stats, it’s about going to sleep at night.”
-Paul Lo Duca, the Nationals’ starting catcher back-up catcher starting left fielder utility guy
The context helps the statement make a little bit more sense. But only a little bit.
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Begging For Your Money
Posted on June 12, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
Two of the last four articles to appear in the RSS news feed of the official Washington Nationals website1:
Nationals Park has affordable baseball
-followed by-
Nationals Park offers diverse amenities
In what is, I’m sure, a pure coincidence, the Nationals couldn’t crack 30,000 fans per game during their most recent seven game homestand featuring some fairly perfect-for-baseball early [...]
When You Pay Up For A Legitimate Starting Pitcher Or Two, Then We’ll Talk About Giving You More Money
Posted on May 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under DC, Nationals Park, Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
Umm, yeah, this really pisses me off. Stan, if you continue to try to take this money from the city, you can absolutely count on losing me as a season ticket holder.
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20 Games Of Mediocrity: 2-3-1
Posted on May 12, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Washington Nationals, baseball | 1 Comment
This post refers to Saturday’s game as opposed to Sunday’s. I didn’t get a chance to write anything yesterday, as I was too busy circling endlessly around Prince William County. Lucky for me, as even another day later I still have nothing much to say about an 11-0 loss in which the Nats gave up [...]
Maybe Jim Traded These Two To Cinci For An Outfielder
Posted on May 8, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Barry Svrluga, Chris Needham, Washington Nationals | Leave a Comment
Barry Svrluga and Chris Needham are both hanging it up at nearly the exact same time. That’s almost as disheartening as actually watching the Nationals play baseball.
Thanks to both for 3+ good years. Barry, I might even read the occasional Skins article you write just for old times’ sake.
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If I Were Able To Use Photoshop…
Posted on April 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Hillary Clinton, Teddy Roosevelt, Washington Nationals | Leave a Comment
I would turn this
HILLARY AS TEDDY ROOSEVELT?
into a cross between these two pictures
ala that creepy TNR cover.
But instead I have no idea how to do that, so I’m stuck telling you what my joke would have been.
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20 Games Of Mediocrity: 2-2
Posted on April 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
Another win. More importantly, the Nats looked better last night than they had in any of the previous three games I attended. I was a bit worried when they failed to cash in on any of their several baserunners in the first and second innings, but the third inning back-to-back Zimmy/Johnson home runs made up [...]
20 Games Of Mediocrity: 1-2
Posted on April 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Aaron Boone, Manny Acta, Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
A win! A win! A walk-off home run, no less.
It wasn’t always pretty, but it was infinitely better than the blowout I saw the last time I went to Nationals Park. Odalis Perez gave us a six inning, two run quality start. Ryan Zimmerman showed the batting eye he was lacking for most of April [...]
The Call
Posted on April 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Pennsylvania primary, Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
3% in, MSNBC calls for HRC.
No surprise. Waiting for the harder numbers.
Fortunately, now I can switch back to Lannan for a bit. (Manny just sent him up to bat in the top of the 7th, so he’s got another the bottom of the 7th to try and hold the 1-0 lead.)
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Time For Some Heads To Roll
Posted on April 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Lenny Harris, Manny Acta, Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
There are growing movements in the Nats fan universe to fire Manager Manny Acta and/or Hitting Coach Lenny Harris. I strongly disagree with those who blame Manny for the team’s failings (Trader Jim won’t give him a full 25-man roster, let alone one filled with actual Major Leaguers), but I’m definitely seeing the criticism of [...]
