Darell Hernaiz walks it off for Puerto Rico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Walkoff in Puerto Rico is the loudest any stadium has ever been

PUERTO RICO! That stadium is insane right now

Fun fact - the Brazil pitcher Tomas Lopez’s home ballpark at Columbia in Manhattan is a few miles north of Aaron Judges’s home ballpark in The Bronx.

John Carlson reportedly woke up on a pallet truck as he was being hauled out of the back of an Amazon van, already in Anaheim. He had nearly slept through the whole trade.

Finished episode 148 of @500songspodcast.bsky.social, Light My Fire / Doors. Incredible stuff as usual. Part of me thinks “take a break, these episodes are super long”, but then I see what’s coming up - The Beatles, The Kinks, The Small Faces - and I think “other podcasts can wait”

Maybe Team USA would be a little better if they were dressed like the Capitals instead of the Rangers

Bad Bunny’s frog in the halftime show reminded me that I picked a coqui as the mascot for a San Juan MLB team.

MVP should be the entire Seattle defense

I didn’t understand anything that guy said but that was the most entertaining halftime show in over a decade

i don't see why they can't do all the track and field events at both olympics. put a coat on

Washington football has fallen so far that they made the Eagles the rival to the Cowboys on that commercial. For shame.

Probably! And while I’d never want to hire him as manager again, I’m eternally grateful for what he did. He was a part of all the weird breaks that season and I don’t think they win without him.

Pretty cool that the local NBA team made a trade but I can’t read about it because the local paper I subscribe to doesn’t have a sports section and I can’t watch the new players because the local cable network I subscribe to doesn’t show the games

My WaPo consumption in order of importance/impact to me, with approximate amount of consumption per annum 1. Capital Weather Gang (1%) 2. Sports (10%) 3. Investigative Journalism (4%) 4. Crossword (85%) So I guess I should find a different place to do crosswords

Attn @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com

Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop owning a Nats blog

So sad to see that a tear down of the spectacular and oh so satisfying 2020-2025 Nationals era is happening

Taps the sign

It’s been 4 years since I posted anything, it’s time to say goodbye to The Nats Review. The hosting expires in a few weeks and I’m not renewing. Here’s the most satisfying thing I ever wrote thenationalsreview.com/2019/11/03/timeline-of-the-2019-world-series-champion-washington-nationals/

I bet it was Michael Schenker

Nuts

Did someone say second breakfast?

Anything to guarantee the hat on the plaque

you can't say the commissioner of baseball is a celebrity in attendance. might as well say "the starting shortstop is also here tonight"

And a third (eventual) 3,000 K pitcher actually started the game! There have only been 20 so far, and 3 pitched that day.

Picturing decisive moments in history but with AJ Pierzynski leaning in to tell someone to bunt. Before Gaugamela: Parmenion - “I would accept the terms the Persians offer, if I were Alexander” Alexander - “I would too, if I were Parmenion” Pierzynski - “I would bunt here, if I were batting”

Do you guys think that the praying mantis is watching this Robles replay

What a finish to the @washingtonspirit.com game. And since my daughter is out with friends I think I’m gonna be asked to watch it again later tonight with her. Fine by me. Insane ending.

Sad to see G&L guitars did indeed shut down. Tariffs were a part of the problem (although not the only problem). Small passionate niche US company that was special. I wonder if there just isn’t room for that kind of company anymore. youtu.be/1KGcfH3gzxE?...

I’m 100% sure she’s right but also if memory serves Strasburg did it 4 times in 2019

7+ triples and 5+ home runs in a calendar month, last 120 seasons: 2025 Sept Daylen Lile 1957 June Willie Mays 1931 July Al Simmons 1930 June Freddy Leach 1929 July Babe Herman 1925 May Ty Cobb 1921 May Ty Cobb 1914 May Ed Lennox 1911 July Frank Schulte

Favorite player of that Yankees era. Come out of nowhere at a time when every new great player was an expensive free agent. Was so smooth and brought so much sauce to that team.

As someone who grew up rooting for the Yankees and adopted the Nats as soon as they appeared in DC, I’m seriously thinking about getting a Trent Grisham shirsey. I’m appreciative of what he’s done for both teams.

@sammillerbb.bsky.social just listened to the Roundtable Stanton discussion and wanted to share two thoughts. First is Nats fans definitely remember how bad Jayson Werth was for most of the time they were supposed to be contending. Second is this tweet from Stanton. Giancarlo for HOF

Larry Bigbie

Well well well how the turntables…

There’s a fan at the Nats game today wearing a Bryce Harper Phillies jersey. The Nats are playing the Athletics. That is Philadelphia-level obnoxiousness and I respect it

Mackenzie Gore doesn’t look like he stinks. The pitch after this begs to differ

This is also what gets yelled when there’s a dimensional convergence in the Cheers multiverse

You guys wanna see a dead body?

I remember as a kid being at a friend’s house and he used a local service Waiter on the Way. You’d call them and they’d pick up fast food. He got Wendy’s. I remember asking my parents to do it and they were basically like “that’s only for people who are rich or extremely irresponsible with money.”

Bro-em

You’re telling me this isn’t Matt Williams?

Rizzo’s been awful at drafting, but they have a solid young core thanks to their trades, including a possible MVP and a possible Cy candidate. Davey had to go. These are the right steps. Unfortunately I have no faith in the Lerners stepping up to spend and fill out the rest of the roster.

Would’ve been cooler if they fired the Lerners instead.

I think Diego Luna has made the World Cup team

See when I read that his sprint speed is in the 96th percentile I thought that meant he was fast. But since their coaches are infallible, it must be 96% of MLB hitters are ahead of him.