I can't get the You Tube here Eso but I will check it later

It's well worth hearing. The questions "WHY? WHAT WAS NOOK LOGAN THINKING?? WHAT WAS HE WATCHING?? WHERE WAS HE GOING?!?" figure prominently.

[50] I loved those commercials. It'd be like "Watch out, Yankees. John Lannan holds left-handed hitters to a .285 batting average in night games! Lannan. Jeter. Be THERE!"

John Lannan holds left-handed hitters to a .285 batting average in night games! Lannan. Jeter. Be THERE!"

Heh. Those were great.

Why did they use one of the Super Mario Brothers in their ad?

I figured this was a Sal Fasano joke. But bb-ref tells me that he never played for the Nats. So I'm lost.

Speaking of Sal, I'll never forget when he hit his home run for the Yankees. He looked like the most surprised guy in the ballpark that he had hit it. Running around the bases, pipe wrenches and stuff were falling out of his pockets.

MASN actually made a Nook Logan spot. And also spelled Peavy as "Peavey" in one of them, but whatever. Literally nobody cared, not even MASN.

Speaking of MASN, there's an article in the Post talking about how the Nats still aren't even close to agreeing on a TV rights number with Sauron of Baltimore. I suspect that a lawsuit is almost inevitable.

I can't imagine there's a lawsuit. There's a contract and an arbitration process in place. It's the latter that's taking so long.

I love the particulars of the numbers: The Nats get about $29M now. They're asking for like $100M. The Orioles have countered with $35M. No wonder it's taking so long to bridge that gap.

I love the particulars of the numbers: The Nats get about $29M now. They're asking for like $100M. The Orioles have countered with $35M. No wonder it's taking so long to bridge that gap.

It's in the Nats' interests to not budge, either, because 1.) they're actually quite likely to win a binding arbitration with their figure given the sudden competitiveness of the franchsive (is arb binding here?); 2.) Father Bud will almost certainly step in at some point before it goes that far and broker a deal. The less they concede now, the better off their final position.

Break up these big market teams like the Nationals, I'm so sick and tired of their constantly winning.

Speaking of Sal, I'll never forget when he hit his home run for the Yankees. He looked like the most surprised guy in the ballpark that he had hit it.

Are you kidding? This guy leads the league in most offensive categories, including nose hair. Why, when this guy sneezes he looks like a party favor!

Yeah, at this point the true value of their TV rights is probably going up significantly with every game they win.

MASN used to do these terrible commercials with local fans and Nick Markakis, or somebody, in which the fans would beat their chest about what Markakis or John Lannan were going to do to the Yankees and Chipper Jones (this was apparently a random selection)

In fairness, John Lannan does seem to flat own the Braves. You'd think facing him 751 times over the past half decade would give them some clue how to hit him, but apparently not.

In fairness, John Lannan does seem to flat own the Braves. You'd think facing him 751 times over the past half decade would give them some clue how to hit him, but apparently not

Thats not even the most bizarre one. Soft tossing lefties stump a few teams. Braves' have a noticeable weakness against such pitchers. So maybe excuse that.
But the Braves' do well against soft tossing righties ( Even Livan they started hitting well ) except 1. Kyle Kendrick. He absolutely owns the Braves. Is horrendous against all other teams, but the Braves can't buy a run off him.