Today's lineup -- the Nats' last home game. Thanks, fans!
Taylor CF Turner SS Rendon 3B Robinson 1B Ramos C Moore LF den Dekker RF Uggla 2B Scherzer P
― Andy K, Monday, 28 September 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
@MarcCarigSo, Harper had a scheduled day off, and now it’s being labeled as a benching. This guy is amazing.
― Andy K, Monday, 28 September 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
tbf the nats fans are some of the worst in baseball, so maybe they deserve dan uggla starting at 2B still being in the major leagues
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 28 September 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
they are?
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 28 September 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
ha, well it's obviously anecdotal, but every game i've attended there has been dismal. i chalk it up to DC being such a transient place. feels like the nats are everyone's second favorite team there.
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 28 September 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link
better that than real-life hatcats/caps/terps fans
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 September 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
not sure how the nats are going to finish this game without their closer
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 September 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
don cherry is weighing in on the papelbon affair; i'll bet you (canadians) can guess where he stands
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
given that papelbon has authority as judge and deliverer of punishment, and that he judged harper to be guilty of not hustling enough, the only question left was whether the sentence would be an immediate choking, a suckerpunch in the locker room, or a spinning Zangief-style piledriver into a pile of empty fragile crates in the corner of the room.
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
(xpost) Ditto Don Cherry Jr., Gregg Zaun, who says that Harper would have lost his MVP vote over this incident. You read that right the first time.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQFbOIJVAAA1fDX.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
judge lee judge
― nomar, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
CJ Nitkowski has opinions. as usual, they're terrible
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 22:43 (eight years ago) link
I've been focused on the what and not the why about Pap/Harp, so it's been interesting to figure out that this wasn't really about hustle but about Harper criticizing Papelbon in public Thursday night for beaning Machado.
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
baseball's juvenile self-governance horseshit is outdated and stale.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 23:56 (eight years ago) link
For the headline--the piece itself is just okay.
https://medium.com/sportspickle/jonathan-papelbon-arrested-after-strangling-man-with-17-grocery-items-in-15-items-or-less-line-b4af48685383
― clemenza, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 11:51 (eight years ago) link
see that would be totally justifiable
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
matt williams, buried: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/trade-for-jonathan-papelbon-had-disastrous-results-for-the-nationals/2015/09/30/0aef1564-66ee-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
daaaang
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
matt williams, fired
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 October 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
too bad rizzo couldn't have joined him
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 October 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
he was the manager, he was the one who managed the game
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 5 October 2015 16:09 (eight years ago) link
Guess he won't be a repeat manager of the year...
― brimstead, Monday, 5 October 2015 22:52 (eight years ago) link
'contacted' Dusty Baker YESSSSSSSSSSS
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 October 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
Jim (on the ledge): Okay, Keith. Washington’s first managerial interview is with Dusty Baker. I’m hoping it’s just a “courtesy” interview, although saying he’s “better than Williams” doesn’t reassure me. Granted the Prior/Wood issues were over 10 years ago, and lineup construction can be overrated, but still, how worried should I be?
Klaw: He’s absolutely not worth hiring. It would be a dumb PR-oriented move that would be more likely to set the franchise back rather than forward, and with the Mets ascendant and only likely to improve from here – it’s pretty easy to forecast them as a 95-win team in 2016 with only marginal changes – the Nats would be shooting themselves in the face by hiring someone so regressive.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 October 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
also heard bud black was in the running for the spot
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 15 October 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link
http://www.federalbaseball.com/2015/10/18/9563981/washington-nationals-rumors-will-the-nats-consider-trading-stephen-strasburg
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link
Larry King @kingsthingsCongratulations to my pal @dbaker_12, he's the new manager of the @MLB @Nationals. Play ball!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 November 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
some choice quotes from ol' Dusty:
"I don’t think of myself as 66 years old. I don’t know how old I am sometimes...not to sound cocky or nothing, but I don’t see a whole bunch of dudes out there that look better than me now."
"Adapation is no problem for me. My friends call me a chameleon because they think I can adapt any place, any time, anywhere. I would like to think that I transcend different generations - like some musicians. I mean, Stevie wonder still sounds good"
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 November 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
my eyes are watering. please tell me you made that last one up.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 5 November 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
I accidentally cut some off, I encourage you to read this
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/11/05/dusty-baker-wins-the-press-conference-with-one-terrific-quote-after-another/
“I do know quite a few politicians, from the president down,” he said. “It’s a perfect fit because of the culture here, the educational system here, I’d like to turn my son on to the diversity that’s here. Last night I went to a Wizards game and I saw people from all over the country and all over the world. I used to call myself back in the day International Bakey, even though I wasn’t international yet. Now I have an opportunity to be international and feel as such. I’m used to diversity, and this is probably the most diverse setting and the most diverse town that I’ve been in.”
this isn't a Clickhole article, believe it or not
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 November 2015 21:00 (eight years ago) link
is he doing this intentionally? like - is he just throwing shit out there to mess with us – or are these all earnest blatherings?!
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 5 November 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
dusty's just l-i-v-i-n
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 November 2015 21:18 (eight years ago) link
Dusty supposedly smoked a J with Jimi Hendrix.
― earlnash, Thursday, 5 November 2015 23:07 (eight years ago) link
Ol' Bakey indeed! ==~~
― nomar, Thursday, 5 November 2015 23:28 (eight years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/dusty-baker-once-smoked-a-joint-with-jimi-hendrix-1737726562?trending_test_a&utm_expid=66866090-62._DVNDEZYQh2S4K00ZSnKcw.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2F
― earlnash, Thursday, 5 November 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link