- Willie Harris pull'n out the splinters and slamm'in one out! Takes a pro to do that.

- I'm not going to discuss our pitcher because it usually starts something bad immediately.

- Looks like Nieves has a destiny...LoDuc and Estrada headed to DL

- It's safe to say that Kearns is hitting his weight...213, and banging in TWO!

With Zim! He's lov'in this band box. Zim hits 40 in Houston playing 3rd base.

- 3-3 much like last night into the bottom of the 8th. Our pen is flirting with too many LOBs (what else is new?), and let's just hope the Astros and Berkman don't decide to get hot again like last night. Hanrahan getting some work, and his slider is slip'in nicely tonight. Manny's rid'in him. So be it.

- If LoDuc didn't have bad luck.... Let's hope he's not back on the DL. Nieves bouncing around again. This kid has a destiny to be in the lineup I truly believe.

- How about O'Connor acting like a pitcher, and throwing to NOBODY! at 1st! Pitchers. @@

- Nice to see the drunken cueball getting tossed for giving LoDuc sh-t after he got banged up. If they tried this in the NBA, you'd see a lot less fan involvement...i.e. Spike Lee, Cuban, The Pacers' fiasco, and anything that goes on in LA nightly.

- Bush 41 is a stiff. Second night he's behind the plate, and he's in a suit...with a tie! Hey, it ain't 1930. Lighten up. Not too much so you turn into 43~

- Hill very sharp after 5 innings

- Back to back doubles gets us a lead that hopefully Hill can get us through the bottom of the 5th and let the bullpen carry the rest of the way....DO YOU HEAR ME MANNY!...5 INNINGS FOR HILL TONIGHT!!!!!

- I like Manny moving Milledge, Wily Mo and even Guzie up and down the lineup to give the batting order some pop.

- As much as I dislike Kearns, he made a tough chance in the 8th, but he gave it a damn good one.

Boswell put on his Angelos today and made the Oriolian Argument to overspend on free agents at the cost of building your minor leagues. All of this, at the time of the 9 of 11 or 8 out of 10 winning run by the Nats. Sorry Tom, even your crack about Lopez proves you haven't been watching the Nats.

No mention of the Braves, Marlins, D-backs, Rockies, Twins, the reinventing A's, late 80's Mets' minor league built pitching staff, or resurging Brewers could dissuade Boz from torching the Nats about showing nothing. All those teams were built from the minors with a "Kasten-esque" view and a "Trader Jim" Free Agent grab when needed. Nor could Boz be stopped when comparing the sparse crowds of April/May before school let's out, New Nat's Park with RFK. Give it a break.

Boz, you want deals? Get Pete to sign Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa.

It's May. The Nats are 4 games out. Mock, Detwiler, Zimmerman The Pitcher, Balester and the rest of the phenoms are but a straight changeup away from the big club. Save your advice for the OOOOOOOOO do they stink!

NICE WIN.

- Kearns Finally....A few more and He's a Mendoza Candidate...It'll take much more for praise here

- I like Manny bunting and playing for one in the seventh. Bautista has a whole in his chest and Boonie runs like his Dad, but the moves are very sound. Felipe got very unlucky.

- Perez gives up 3 hits thru 7....and two reeeeaaallll long ones. He's still pitch'in a gem so far. 2-2

- Perez, Lannan, Hill and Redding...all healthy and we can make this thing go. Perhaps Mock, Detwiler or maybe Clippard and O'Connor for a spot start...and folks we got something now and for the future.

- Following the strike zone and how pitchers pitch Nick Johnson, they use the entire strike zone and give Nick absolutely nothing to hit. It's in and out, and up and down with a lot of change of speed. With Mr. .190 behind him, it's little doubt Nick sees virtually nothing to hit!

- You just can't get rid of this kid Nieves! He's earning the spot. Nice rbis early tonight. 2-0 Nats...luv'in it

DAMN FINE WIN MAKES YOU LOVE TO WATCH THE NATS!!!!!!!

- Add Hill to the Healthy and Lannan! With Redding...That's a decent step forward for a starting rotation. I say bring in the youngsters ALL!

- Lopez showing no signs of letting Belliard get his old job back.

- Nieves doing the job to be a big league catcher...better yet...a big league ball player with that bunt!

- No question, without the top and bottom of the order this year, we are on pace with the 1962 Mets! Zim, Nick and .182 Kearns back to ZEROS last night....

- Zim and Nick....know let's see that regularly with guys on base.

- Zim Night! Breaking out....And just where in the Hell would we be without Guzie and Milledge right now!

- God Bless The Chief. He just is not right. He's no doubt been lying about his shoulder which finally gave way when he tried to reach 86 miles per hour. My prayers are with him, but he needs some serious time off. He will need a complete medical examination to say the least from this layman. Hang in their Chief! We are all rooting for you!

- Redding getting hit well, but getting outs...smart pitcher.

- 5 out of 7 feels A WHOOOOOLLLLLEEEE LOOOTTTT BETTER! Thanks Nats!

- A nice feeling to win a series for a change! Additionally, Teddy was actually leading in the race today then fell back...He likes the wet track.

- Lannan looking to be the fixture in the rotation that Chico is not.

- Kearns on a diet... .187

- Nieves showing the flash and a little streak. There will be places for Nieves and Flores in the Nats future. Perhaps one at 1st and the other behind the plate. there's a platoon idea.

- 80, 80, 81, 83....That's the speed of the Chief's last four fastballs.

- Chico is looking Harrisburg bound

- 5-0 all night long. It's like watching a bad hockey game.

- Perez is giving us decent starting pitching. He's the best we have which isn't much, but on a good staff he would still be a worthy four. Damn good pick up by Trader Jim, but our guy Perez is only a 5 inning guy right now...and maybe all year.

- O'Connor...nice walk...Like Ayala was any better

CAN'T THIS BULLPEN GET THE F*&@'IN JOB DONE!!

- I'm really surprised at Belliard. Can't believe he lost his job with such a poor start. Felipe "Slammed" his way into the second bag for a while, and maybe permanently with that very big contract. Belliard isn't going anywhere too soon, but it will take a seriously bad streak to get felipe back on the pine.

- Milledge is all that and gonna be much more! He looks to have a beat on that centerfield postion as well these days.

- Kearns .193 and on the pine ...getting healthy the Nats website calls it....
I CALL IT ENOUGH.

- FELIPE!!!!! He told us so.

- Nieves in on just about every scoring play. I watched this guy catch briefly with the Yanks, and rest assured that he could be a better catcher for the long term than Flores.

- Never did care for our reliance on King out of the bullpen. You do need a lefty.

- Redding leaves and the mess begins.

- It is hard to believe that the bullpen has faltered this bad so far.

Could this be the start of something better.............NOT.

- Lannan is all that tonight: Should go the route if he has the stuff. Pitch count is fine.

- Manny moving Milledge down and Guzie to the 2 spot are both smart moves to give the lineup a little pop because they are all we GOT! GENIUS!!!!

- Moe, Larry and Curly...Zim, Nick and Kearns All 0000000000's 7Ks AGAIN! Zim adds runs late...They all help;)

- Milledge, Harris, and Nieves producing from the bottom! 6-0 BABY IN THE 9TH with a little help from Felipe and Guzie!

-Guzie .325, Milledge .273 and then FORGET IT. PATHETIC.

- Chico: 4 inn, 8 hits, 6 runs, 6 er, 3 bb, 1 so......6.04. PATHETIC

- Ray Knight was talking about silent leadership on this team, well they need about ten sticks of dynamite to walk up this morgue! Leadership needs to vocal and firm. This crap is gonna be 5 and 15, and staring at May 1st with nothing but more crap to come. Wake up Nats. Unless you are that bad!

- Lannan looking spectacular! 11 Ks and only a run...needed a lot more help gentlemen...

- Rauch put out the fire with a big KO in the 8th.

- Nick with a dinger. Kearns hitting his weight...maybe???

- Hanrahan...WILDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!

- Chico #47 and 46 pitches thru 2nd. YIKES! 92 pitches and one reeeeeeeealllllyyyyy long one! 5-2.

- Anybody in the 2 hole is going to see pitches, but who's gonna protect Zim? Come on Nick, Kearns and Wily Mo!!!!!!!

- It sucks having Schneider catching against us knowing every pitch we can't hit!

- The issue is: After Guzie at .333 and Lastings at .309....

.211
.275
.217
X
X
.200
X

That is code for Zim, Nick and Kearns. The "X" factor is anybody in there of catcher, leftfield and the pitcher. Belliard is flaming at .200. 4 and 10!

- The bullpen, our greatest strength, is paltry and The starters can go 5 but no more and Manny wants 6. He got six last night, but the pen let us down.

- Right now WE SUCK!

Call it what you want. It's spring and the pitcher's aren't ready. The weather makes the pitchers stiff. The pitchers stink! Whatever the case may be, the Nats' pitchers must go 5 innings and that's it. I'd say give them one baserunner unless it's a 1 run game. For what it is worth, our guys melt in the sixth inning. They let it out of the bag, and it is not necessarily a pitch count issue. It is understandable that Manny wants to get extra innings out of starters because the relief guys will eventually melt in August because they added up all those 6,7,8 and 9 innings to their arms. My point being that getting to our pen should be job one, and the pen should, at least in the spring (Until May 15), be called on at the start of the 6th inning or the first baserunner in the sixth.

The WP has today:

"He (Manny) does, though, pull the levers that run the team. And yesterday, in a situation in which his fragile club badly needed to win, he pushed each button on the control panel at the correct time. He got only five innings from his starter, right-hander Tim Redding. But on the first day closer Chad Cordero was active for a game, Acta pieced together the final 12 outs by using five relievers -- coaxing his team through the ninth, when the Braves loaded the bases and threatened to deliver a devastating loss."

- 5 early runs and then.........RAUCH TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- How about Boonie! He looks good in the 8 spot to give the bottom on the lineup some pop. Wily Mo LOB: 5. He's swinging fine though!

- Guzie still delivering the bacon and Kearns bringing in runs even with walks. Whatever it takes!

- Redding...YO MANNY! 5 innings and THAT'S IT! Then its Hanrahan, Colome, Rauch & THE CHIEF!!!!!and The Chief can't get it above 87 regularly........

- Lannan lit up. Bergmann sent down. I think too soon.

- It's too early to panic, but this thing needs to end SOON!

- The sniping on Da Meat Hook better STOP NOW! NOBODY WAS BITCHING LAST YEAR!
ONCE WE START WINNING THE SNIPING ENDS, SO GET A JUMP ON IT!

- There is absolutley no production from 6,7 & 8.

- I say we live and die with Flores if this LoDuca shows no production by late May.