"It's great to be on a plane after you win a ballgame. You have a good night. You sleep better. The food's better. Everything's better." (Frank Robinson, via Washington Post, 7/17/2006)
Nationals win in 11!
The Former Ace gets knocked around a bit in the first, but settles down after that and eats 6 innings.
Soriano, Escobar, go long for Nats. Soriano surprises everybody with a bunt in the 11th. Johnson, Guillen, make it a non-issue with a pair of 2-run doubles.
That new guy, Felipe Kearns? 2-for-25 for the series; boatloads of runners left on base. It's time to officially declare the Trade a disaster. (We're kidding, of course.)
Way to go, Jose: 4-for-14 for the series, 5RBI, and a nice catch yesterday. You can almost feel his trade value rising.
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Tony Armas gets the start tonight in Miami. We're taking bets on how long he lasts. Is three innings asking too much?
(Photo by Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Let's hope Austin Lopez is better...
Posted by: SomeGuy | July 17, 2006 at 01:31 PM
7 innings for Armas tonight.
Posted by: anon | July 17, 2006 at 06:16 PM
"anon" is not the Amazing Kreskin (sp?) by any stretch of the imagination.
Posted by: SomeGuy | July 18, 2006 at 12:03 PM
Nope. The sad thing is that 5 mediocre innings = quality start when you're talking about this staff
Posted by: ck | July 18, 2006 at 07:15 PM