BREAK UP THE F-ING NATIONALS

[DeathFromAbove1979]

It's like.....................................................Batman

[hutch]

I'm thinking Harper is out of his slump.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

I'll still knock on wood, good to see him get a homer at home and that monster triple. Seems like everything he was hitting was popping up or grounding straight into the defense. Maybe those few sat out starts were good for him.

[stevewizzle]

trout vs. harper talk...

looks like only one of them will be playing in october this year.

[hutch]

oops
come on Bryce..step it up man.

[vansmack]

trout vs. harper talk...

looks like only one of them will be playing in october this year.

Well played.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Why won't the Nats do this, especially with the playoffs looming. Haven't they played 10 or 11 extra inning games this year? AND 2 rain delayed games this week alone. Skins and Caps do it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/2012/08/23/b1377a08-ed69-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html

[Thousand Made-Up Loves]

Because the Lerners are cheap fucking assholes and before they've been able to get the District council to bend over for everything on a whim. Skins and Caps do it because both are time-limited overtimes (except for playoffs).

[shemptiness]

reeling....

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Last night has me a little panicked.... To see the bats as cold as they have been in this streak is insanely frustrating... They're getting jammed at every turn if they aren't striking out and it looks like Desi might not be at 100%. If they drop another one tonight maybe I'll be full blown panicked. I know Strasburg is only human, but seeing him allow 7 runs really irked me. Bummer the offense couldn't step up and help him out.

[hutch]

ever notice that often before pitchers have an injury or as the injury is happening- and is not yet noticed- they have an outing or two where they give up a lot of runs?


Rizzo should stick to the plan and shut him down. I would also do some MRIs etc just to make sure everything is copacetic.. If this had happened at the beginning of the year I wouldn't even think about it but his arm might be tired/strained whatever...

[DeathFromAbove1979]

They were saying on the broadcast and on the post game that the strain of the regular season can start getting to some people like Stras, Gio, and Zim, I can see that. What are they at now, like 25 starts each or so? He's got about 1 or 2 more starts, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets shut down before then. His fastball was there, but it was all over the place. Maybe he was just in his head about being the stopper this season.

[vansmack]

They were saying on the broadcast and on the post game that the strain of the regular season can start getting to some people like Stras, Gio, and Zim, I can see that. What are they at now, like 25 starts each or so?

I posted something similar in the Orioles thread a couple weeks ago.  I don't think starts are as important as total innings, but we'll see.

I don't think the Nats have to worry about Gio as much - he's thrown 200+ innings for the last 2 seasons, but Zim is reaching uncharted territory for him here on out, and we all know about Stras (I say one more start and he's done).  Oddly, Jackson may be the key for the Nats - he's an innings eater, just maybe not the most effective.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Edwin definitely lays the most stress on me when he pitches hahaha somehow he can throw any good amount of innings between 4 and 6 and somehow 1 will just get away from him. So weird.

[hutch]

I hope we don't have to rely on Edwin because he can't pitch more than five solid innings.. Innings eater? Not what I've seen...

Bryce Harper hit two home runs yesterday. Hopefully a sign of things to come.