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GLH aka NatsFan4Ever's avatar

I'd be quite pleased to see the Nats come up with a CURLY W tonight. It would make the start of the weekend a pleasant experience. We know the formula: decent pitching, clean defense and explosive offense!

GO NATS!! ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️

DaveTheSwede's avatar

Why not start Alvarez? I don't get it. But, so I'm not "Davey Downer . . ." glad Alvarez is back up.

GLH aka NatsFan4Ever's avatar

Because Butera has his reasons based on analytics. There is no doubt we'll see Alvarez tonight -- hopefully later rather than sooner!

Jay Bryant's avatar

If Herz appears to have returned to form, I think they should move him into the rotation and demote or DFA Littell.

peter wood's avatar

Eventually yes!

peter wood's avatar

Looking forward to getting Herz back to the Big Time:))

Susan H aka pitchingfan's avatar

Just saw Alexa Datt's segment on the Nats' first official team dog. No offense to any of the two-legged fellas, but Natty is the cutest Nats' rookie ever!

Hondo's avatar

Sorry to disagree and I know I’m biased, but he is not a Shiba Inu or even an Akita!

Hondo's avatar

Ah, Natty is going to be a service dog. Makes sense. A shiba(especially) or Akita would make you into a Sevice Human😊.

Dave Nemec's avatar

Not a fan of the olive drab caps.

Dave Nemec's avatar

Also not a fan of the giveaway hats. 🌭

Susan H aka pitchingfan's avatar

Haven't seen them. What do they look like?

Dave Nemec's avatar

White hat,red bill. Says, in big letters, " It's a bad day to be a hot dog"

Susan H aka pitchingfan's avatar

Oh. Sounds perfectly dreadful.

Hondo's avatar

I don’t really understand the joke or context. Makes no sense to me.

Mark Zuckerman's avatar

And we are underway on a fantastic, 71-degree Friday night at Nationals Park. It looks like it's going to be an especially big crowd here, perhaps close to a sellout.

LEE MCDOWELL's avatar

Ho hum, JY delivers!

Dave Nemec's avatar

As predictable as the sun coming up in the morning.

Susan H aka pitchingfan's avatar

Yeah, he's pretty good out there, isn't he? :-)

cipherlockinexile's avatar

You know you're getting spoiled when you just assume JY is going to catch that.

Tegwar's avatar

Littell is struggling to throw strikes is always behind in the count.

GLH aka NatsFan4Ever's avatar

Hope he gets through 5 tonight without giving up a ton of runs.

Bob's avatar

What’s up with the dippy hats?

GLH aka NatsFan4Ever's avatar

Dippy dog or dippy drab?

Bob's avatar

That’s how hats used to look on black and white tv.

GLH aka NatsFan4Ever's avatar

I remember those things. We didnt get a color TV until I was in high school. Go Yorktown Patriots! GO NATS!!

Tegwar's avatar

That's exactly how you want to see Lile hitting the ball. He's a gap hitter more than a HR hitter.

Bob's avatar

He can find the gap between seats too.

Tim K's avatar

Stay hot Daylen

Bob's avatar

Looks like he has something in the oven.

Mark Zuckerman's avatar

So far, so good for Littell. Three scoreless on 45 pitches. Will be very curious to see how far Butera pushes him if he keeps this up.

LEE MCDOWELL's avatar

Channeling my inner Mark Zuckerman LOL.

Dave Nemec's avatar

Let him finish this go through the lineup, then it's Alvarez time.

LEE MCDOWELL's avatar

So far so good. Pitch count reasonable as well.

Anthony's avatar

Some sharp fielding by House and Littell finding the strike zone more often than not!