Alright, who are these guys, and what have they done with my baseball team? The Nats put up 11 runs on 12 hits to beat the Phillies 11-6 on opening day. At 2-0, the Nationals are currently the winningest team in baseball. Suck on that, sirs!
Matt Chico pitched alright, giving up 3 runs in 5.1 innings, but didn't look bad. Considering I still think of him as being our fifth starter, I don't have any real complaints about his performance. Joel Hanrahan struck out two but gave up two runs in .2 innings, and Ray King gave up a two run shot, on which one of the runs was Hanrahan's, in an inning of work. Saul Rivera picked up the win with a scoreless inning, and Jesus Colome pitched a scoreless ninth.
Lastings Milledge went 3/4 with a HR and two RBI, and everyone and their mother hit at least one double, I think. Invader Zim picked up a RBI but went hitless, Austin Kearns picked up a pair of RBI, while Nick Johnson, Ron Belliard, Paul LoDuca, and Dmitri Young each had one.
A good start indeed, if not for some real lackluster bullpen work, I'd be peeing myself with joy. But that offense was absolutely glorious.
On an only sort of related note, Ray King looked terrible today, as previously mentioned. If he continues to struggle, is there a chance we'll see Lannan up as the lefty out of the bullpen any time soon? I really don't know whether the team's issue with him is that they feel he needs more experience, period, or whether they just don't think there's any room for him. Well, we'll see.
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(in my best champagne-soaked, post-2004-World-Series Curt Schilling impression):
"To the GREATEST...NATIONALS team...EVER ASSEMBLED!!! WOOOOO!!!!"
Matt Chico currently holds a close second to Johan for the NL Cy Young.
I don't know, I think Matthew Boy might have Johan edged.
In a bit of prescience, I dropped Bengie Molina from my fantasy team in favor of Milledge. Sadly, my wisdom did not extend to actually inserting him into my lineup.
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