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Logan Smith's avatar

Curly W is in the books! Way to battle back boys!

Nats Fan in Exile's avatar

Great win!!

A win is a win but…it takes 9 runs to get a win? How many games can the offense keep this up?

Jonathan Ruddo's avatar

Don’t know when the last year was when I didn’t have panic attacks anytime the camera cut to the bullpen. But good lord is it atrocious AGAIN, year after year after year. Shout out the usual bats for bailing them out today, and welcome back James Wood to form with a great game!

Tim K's avatar

What a difference a day makes!

Greg10ike's avatar

Nats got a chance to do what we saw the Dodgers do to us.

baseball-birthdays's avatar

Dodgers are up 14-1 over Toronto just now...

Bernie Gilbert's avatar

I turned it off when they were trailing 6-3 in the 8th.

You can thank me later.

Mark D.'s avatar

lol me too, I missed the rally

cipherlockinexile's avatar

Fundamental error. Only turn the game off when the bullpen is pitching, not when the hitters are up......

Bernie Gilbert's avatar

Hey, cut me a little slack. I stuck around for the entire Dan Uggla against the Braves game way back when.😁

Tim's avatar

Brady House looks like a guy who is putting it all together.

Mark D.'s avatar

Left side of the infield is producing like Rendon+Turner

GLH aka NatsFan4Ever's avatar

This offense can become a tad dangerous if they're not careful! GO NATS!! ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️

baseball-birthdays's avatar

Nationals were third in all of MLB in runs scored coming into this game... I doubt they'll drop in that particular standing tonight.

Greg10ike's avatar

Watching postgame interviews, it occurred to me that James Wood has the same low key, monotone speaking style as Ryan Zimmerman!

baseball-birthdays's avatar

I'd guess that he doesn't want the gig, but Ryan would be an exponential improvement over Frandsen in the booth

Mark D.'s avatar

I love Zim but you can’t have a color guy who speaks in black and white

baseball-birthdays's avatar

I'd prefer black and white with some actual insight to "gotta find a way!"

Mark D.'s avatar

I miss FP, and now I miss Bob, although I can stand Dan Kolko in the booth. And I like Alexa a lot

Heather's avatar

I miss FP and Bob. We didn’t know how good we had it back then, did we? Dan doesn’t grate on my nerves like he did last year. He seems to ramble on less or maybe I’m just getting used to it. Alexa is great.

Hondo's avatar

I think we knew how good we had it, and yes, Alexa is great.

Hondo's avatar

How about a booth of Dan, Zim and Alexa.

Bernie Gilbert's avatar

Franzen has a voice that carries. I love Zim doing color/analysis, but his voice doesn't carry and I often find him difficult to hear.

baseball-birthdays's avatar

for me, Frandsen has a voice that annoys... he's probably a great guy, but he adds nothing but bluster to the broadcasts.

I listen to the Nationals on the radio stream now... Dave and Charlie are really good save for that idiotic Bang!Zoom! home run thing.

For watching games? I watch the Mets games. Not that I care a whit about the Mets, but Gary, Keith, and Ron are just so good.

Tim K's avatar

And a slow heart rate too

Jacapa's avatar

Way to come back. Truly. House, Abrams! Better plate appearances in general.

baseball-birthdays's avatar

C.J. just might bring quite the haul come late July...

DCSportsfan63's avatar

Why do they want to trade Abrams? Is he a Boras guy, is that why?

baseball-birthdays's avatar

he's not a great defensive shortstop, but he can hit when he's in the mood... he'll be a free agent before the Nationals are a truly great team again.

The Nationals have a couple/few shortstops coming up through the system who just might be better, and Nasim Nunez today is heads and shoulders above C.J. defensively (still don't know if he can hit enough.)

kbooker13's avatar

More evidence of how absolutely awful Coles was as a hitting coach.

baseball-birthdays's avatar

they weren't great, but the 2025 Nationals weren't terrible at the plate, either...

dunno whether Coles was good/bad/neither as a coach, but maybe the new crew's approach to analytics/equipment/etc. might just be helping, maybe.

Dave Nemec's avatar

64 runs scored through 10 games. That's pretty good.

65 runs allowed through 10 games. That's not good.

4-6 record after 10 games? I'll take it. Could be 6-4, but it's better than I expected.

Buster's avatar

Glad I watched til the end. Offense was exceptional but can’t rely on 7+ runs to be able to win. Toboni must figure out the bullpen problem. But, this game

had more positives than negatives. Betura managed a good game PH Mead and Vivas. IMO, Solve the bullpen and Nats can surprise in 2026.

Tony Dillon's avatar

I hate this bullpen. I love this offense. I'm going to be on an emotional rollercoaster all summer.

BassMan's avatar

Nice to see James Wood returning to form. The comeback was heartwarming to see.

baseball-birthdays's avatar

so, it wasn't just the D.C. nine... Dodgers closed out their World Series rivals in Toronto, 14-2.

up the parkway in Charm City, the Orioles have matched the Nationals at 4-6 with a stirring 2-1 win over the White Sox.

Tampa beat Craig Counsell's Cubs, leaving them at 4-6 as well.

Give Toboni & Co. some time.