RESULT: Nats fall to Padres 11-6 in 14 innings.
GOOD: Roger Bernadina. 3-for-5 with a walk, RBI and 2 stolen bases. Lastings Milledge. 3-for-6 with a walk. 7/8ths of the Bullpen. They got 7 innings out of 7 relievers until Speigner took over.
BAD: Collin Balestar. Had trouble spotting anything but the fastball. 5 IP, 5 ERs on 9 hits -- but no walks. This was one of those occasions where he had to throw strikes with the fastball cause he couldn't located anything else, and they were teeing off on him. His fastball was pretty flat too.
UGLY: Levale Speigner. Guess it's safe to say at this point he isn't part of The Plan (tm). 2 IP, 5 ERs on 4 hits and 2 BBs.
NEXT GAME: Later today, 7:10 pm start. John Lannan against Chris Young. Interesting pitching match-up.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: I know i promised the good parts of the transcript of today's Q&A with Jim Bowden and Mike Rizzo, but 14 innings has taken its toll. I will get it posted tomorrow, I promise. I'll leave you with this nugget though: Bowden admitted Rob Mackowiak was a bust, in the context of "you win some, you lose some" when it comes to signing inexpensive free agents. Remember Rob Mackowiak?
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I'm confused by your polling question? How can you tell when the Nats are trying to lose? I think "the plan" for the top pick began in March with J. Patterson as staff ace, S. Hill as near ace, P. Lo Duca rounding out the ace battery. Throw in F.Lopez, N.Johnson, and A. Kearns and I call that a 162 game tank job.
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