Official Orioles and Nationals Thread 2012

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Tough tough weekend

Yup. Nothing to do now but move on to the next game.

[DynamiteRave]

Nats are on the skids while the O's are on a streak. Unfortunate that the Yankees have taken first though. Still happy that the Sox are in the cellar, though I could see that changing once they get more players off the DL.

The good thing though is that the entire NL East has been blowing hard during interleague play so the Nats are still in the lead.

[los panda]

one thing i love about l.a., not as many yankees or red sox fans as in md.
one unfortunate thing about l.a., too many cowboys fans.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Lot of rumors circulating this morning that Lidge has been released. No confirmation yet

Brad Lidge DFA'd By Nationals - Baseball Nation

'Bout damn time...

[mooby]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

Brad Lidge DFA'd By Nationals - Baseball Nation

'Bout damn time...

I'll second that.

[Chico23231]

Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson tells Joe Maddon 'read the rulebook' - ESPN

Johnson, on whether he has any intention of meeting with Maddon: "No, I don't know him that well, but I thought he was a weird wuss anyway, so no. I understand where he's coming from. His job as a manager is to protect the players, striking out at whoever is causing your players any grievance."

Think people are a little intimadated by Maddon, obviously not Johnson breaking out the ole "W" word.

[SmootSmack]

Seems Maddon was particularly pissed that Davey Johnson violated "unwritten" rules by using insider knowledge. And Nats pitchers will probably be extra scrutinized for a while.

But I like how the Nats are kind of making enemies. This plus Cole Hamels incident from earlier. We're pissing people off instead of being a comical afterthought. That's a good sign

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Seems Maddon was particularly pissed that Davey Johnson violated "unwritten" rules by using insider knowledge. And Nats pitchers will probably be extra scrutinized for a while.

But I like how the Nats are kind of making enemies. This plus Cole Hamels incident from earlier. We're pissing people off instead of being a comical afterthought. That's a good sign

True. I'd rather be where we're at now than the years of being a continuous afterthought. And I don't really think pine tar is as widespread in baseball as Maddon would have us believe. I think he's just pissed Peralta got caught.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by mooby

True. I'd rather be where we're at now than the years of being a continuous afterthought. And I don't really think pine tar is as widespread in baseball as Maddon would have us believe. I think he's just pissed Peralta got caught.

This for sure. If pine tar on pitchers' gloves was more rampant, they would have been cracked down on long ago.

[Chico23231]

Wow tough loss for the Nats today. Wieters finally starting to live up to all that hype...

[los panda]

"wieters puts nats away with one swat" yessssss

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by los panda

"wieters puts nats away with one swat" yessssss

Was my sons first O's game today. What a game! Great crowd great game.

[mredskins]

Youk getting traded is a dagger. I love that guy for a long time.

I am glad I am not a kid in this day and age of sports. It is hard to have a home town hero to grow up with.

[Monkeydad]

I'm a White Sox fan and Youk is my LEAST favorite player in MLB. I can't stand to look at his batting stance.





Feels as bad as when the ChiSox got Manny!

But on the bright side, we're in first place and doing this to try to clinch that postseason spot. At least we're not sellers this year.

[mlmdub130]

the nats are killing it out in the rockies, i hope they take their bats with them when they leave. the past few nights have been a treat to watch, tyler moore looks like he could be a real hitter in the bigs.