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Sunday, May 05, 2013

WaPo: Bryce Harper ejected in first inning arguing check swing

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posted 3 weeks ago by Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' to nationals, umpires, washington | 105 comment(s)

The latest Rohrshach test the swiftly emerging Umps Behaving Badly narrative:

Bryce Harper was ejected in the first inning of the Nationals’ 6-2 victory over the Pirates Sunday afternoon after he drew the ire of umpiring crew chief John Hirschbeck with his reaction to a check-swing third strike. The incident left the Nationals without their best player and, owing to behavior from Hirschbeck that Manager Davey Johnson deemed overaggressive, raised the issue of contentious relations between ...

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1. KT's Pot Arb posted on September 01, 2012 at 05:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Magic number 25?

What could go wrong?

2. Joey B. has ignited his October #Natitude posted on September 02, 2012 at 08:55 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

With the suddenly struggling Braves and Pirates losing again yesterday, we're now down to 21 for the wild card and 24 for the division.

3. Spectral posted on September 02, 2012 at 03:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Starts like that make me pretty comfortable going into the postseason with Gio as the ace. Granted, Strasburg will be missed, but Gio-Zimmermann-Jackson is nothing to sniff at.

4. boteman posted on September 02, 2012 at 05:21 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

If John Lannan is even half as good as at AAA the Nats won't be taking much of a downgrade. I expect he'll put up one big stinker, but Strasburg did that last Tuesday so nobody's perfect. The Nats' bullpen is a bit scary of late, though. Sean Burnett in particular, with honorable mention to Matheus, against the Cards.

Cross your fingers and clench your sphincters.

5. BourbonSamurai, vassal of the Harpsburg Empire posted on September 03, 2012 at 01:40 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

With the expanded rosters hopefully they can give Burnett and some of the other guys a bit of a breather. I'd skip Zimmerman once, too, or at least pull him after 75 pitches or something. He looks wiped.

6. McCoy Wilfong for Money posted on September 03, 2012 at 01:52 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Who is this mystery pitcher named John Lannan who pitched so good in AAA that he doesn't even have to pitch that well to be only considered a slight downgrade from Strasburg?

1.44 WHIP
1.72 K/BB
10 hits a game, 1 homer a game
4.30 ERA
24 starts

7. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship

posted on September 03, 2012 at 08:18 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Magic number 25?

What could go wrong?

Only thing I can see would be that coolstandings.com says that it's always been over. The Braves and the Red Sox can tell you something about that.

8. TerpNats posted on September 03, 2012 at 08:30 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm guessing Lannan has been working on some things in Syracuse, boosting his repertoire of pitches to complement that strong sinker of his. No one is asking him to be Strasburg, just someone who, like Detwiler, can excel in the back of the rotation. (And it's rare that more than four starters are used in a best-of-seven series.)

9. Harveys Wallbangers

posted on September 03, 2012 at 08:43 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

i think once it's postseason a team tries to stick to 3 starters if the off days work right

10. bunyon posted on September 03, 2012 at 09:11 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Was Lannan on the DL? Was he on the 25 on August 31?

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