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It seems that everywhere I go lately people are asking me the same question: How are the Nats going to get better? I could probably answer that question 15 different ways, but what I say is they just need time. Pitching is the #1 KEY to winning consistently, and we have good young pitchers! They just need experience. A big part of experience is
Ross Detwiler and Craig Stammen did something in their respective starts that we haven't seen very often this year from the Nationals' starters. They threw strikes. Detwiler, in only his second full season of professional baseball, pitched as though he was a five-year veteran in the major leagues. He went 5 innings, gave up 4 hits, 2 earned runs, 0 walks and 6 strike
I have watched this man over the last two-plus years handle himself with so much class. I don't think there is another manager in the game who could have endured as many gut wrenching, last-at-bat defeats. Tuesday night in San Francisco was just another in a long line of pitchers failing to get the last three outs...Unbelievable. If I were Manny, I might just
During my 40 years in professional baseball, I have never experienced the lack of control that our pitchers have exhibited during our first 20+ games. With 11 walks, 4 wild pitches, and a hit batter in just a single game, it's unbelievable. Fluke night? Hardly. This year has been nightmarish when it comes to throwing strikes. The mass exodus of Shell, Ledesma, and Rivera
