Nats' best game all year?
The Coopers were all in town last weekend and saw a Nats win, the combined odds of which are about five billion to one.
The Dunn slam was wicked, probably my favorite Nats homer since the Zimmerman walk-off against the Yankees. After the O's intentionally walked Zimmerman to get to the big guy, the crowd wanted the come-from-behind shot bad. And everyone played well. Take the AP's sentence on the grand slam setup, "With Washington trailing 5-4, pinch-hitter Anderson Hernandez led off the seventh with a single against Chris Ray (0-1). Willie Harris singled, Cristian Guzman sacrificed and Ryan Zimmerman was intentionally walked to load the bases." Want to engage the fans? Be consistent.
Meanwhile, Kearns ran into everything to catch stuff, and Martis was less wild than he could've been and redeemed himself for giving up a hit to the opposing pitcher by getting a nice hit of his own. Hanrahan looked surprisingly confident with two strikeouts in a 1-2-3 9th.
Other highlights: Good to run into Penn Beth in the concourse. Teddy held a wide, wide early lead in the President's Race, but he lost when he stopped to beat up the Oriole Bird. Worth it. (Update since writing but before publishing: Meghan links to the video.) Missed her National Anthem, but the ending of God Bless America from five-year-old Kaitlyn Maher was way above expectations. Bird beating, kid song pix here. No idea if the kid behind Rob is about spit up a tater tot or what.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:22 AM
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