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The Nats start their annual trivial Parkway crapfest with the Orioles this weekend. This will allow the Mid-Atlantic region, via the power of MASN-HD extended coverage of Matt Stairs, likely serving as the designated hitter. Enjoy!!
Showing posts with label Matt Stairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matt Stairs. Show all posts
Friday, May 20, 2011
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
WAIT!
Matt Stairs stole 2 bases last season? How the hell does that even happen, unless Hideo Nomo is pitching out of the wind-up?
Matt Stairs!!!!
YES!!!
Seriously, when Stairs played for the A's in 1998, he had the sweetest swing in baseball. Sharp, compact, balls just shot off his bat into the cavernous right-center alley in the Coliseum. However, with the body Matt Stairs was given (makes Tony Gwynn look svelte), there isn't much more to his game. He is also about 100 years old and unlikely to make the team, but a fun name to kick around training camp and see if he has another season of late inning at bats in the tank.
Seriously, when Stairs played for the A's in 1998, he had the sweetest swing in baseball. Sharp, compact, balls just shot off his bat into the cavernous right-center alley in the Coliseum. However, with the body Matt Stairs was given (makes Tony Gwynn look svelte), there isn't much more to his game. He is also about 100 years old and unlikely to make the team, but a fun name to kick around training camp and see if he has another season of late inning at bats in the tank.
Friday, September 11, 2009
How 'bout That! A Win...
But at what cost?
Being up 8-2 at the start of the 9th, maybe most of the players were already in the clubhouse. In the blink of an eye, 63 year-old Canuck Matt Stairs belted the 259th homerun of his long, somewhat unillustrious career (might I add, as an A's fan, Matt Stairs always had one of the prettiest swings in baseball... quick and compact, then extending and exploding through the zone).
And at 8-6, it suddenly became a save opportunity, only Mike MacDougal appeared a little tight and immediately began feeding the beast. With a mess of lefties coming up, Riggleman turned to the shaky arm of Ron Villone, who, as we discussed last week, has lost the ability to get lefty hitters out. After Utley reached, the Nats got their Christmas miracle, with Ryan Howard pounding a ball to second, unable to beat the relay by the shortstop that would have scored the tying run.
Ian Desmond paid immediate dividends, and aside from a shaky 9th, looks prepared to handle shortstop duties for the rest of the month. I'm not sure how they will handle Guzman's frail ego, but somebody will have to take their reps at second base. Some scoring after Desmond's bomb would have been nice... the Nats have proven time and time again that no lead is safe.
The disappointing aspect is that the Nats keep digging into the cupboard, but nothing is for as to what that hand might find. Tonight, Desmond was gold and Segovia was a fresh pile of mastodon dung. Jorge Sosa gave a few good innings before his started suicide bombing games. And we all know about the ticking time bomb that spells his name Livan Hernandez.
Hey, a win is a win... let's not give the Royals Bryce Harper just yet.
Being up 8-2 at the start of the 9th, maybe most of the players were already in the clubhouse. In the blink of an eye, 63 year-old Canuck Matt Stairs belted the 259th homerun of his long, somewhat unillustrious career (might I add, as an A's fan, Matt Stairs always had one of the prettiest swings in baseball... quick and compact, then extending and exploding through the zone).
And at 8-6, it suddenly became a save opportunity, only Mike MacDougal appeared a little tight and immediately began feeding the beast. With a mess of lefties coming up, Riggleman turned to the shaky arm of Ron Villone, who, as we discussed last week, has lost the ability to get lefty hitters out. After Utley reached, the Nats got their Christmas miracle, with Ryan Howard pounding a ball to second, unable to beat the relay by the shortstop that would have scored the tying run.
Ian Desmond paid immediate dividends, and aside from a shaky 9th, looks prepared to handle shortstop duties for the rest of the month. I'm not sure how they will handle Guzman's frail ego, but somebody will have to take their reps at second base. Some scoring after Desmond's bomb would have been nice... the Nats have proven time and time again that no lead is safe.
The disappointing aspect is that the Nats keep digging into the cupboard, but nothing is for as to what that hand might find. Tonight, Desmond was gold and Segovia was a fresh pile of mastodon dung. Jorge Sosa gave a few good innings before his started suicide bombing games. And we all know about the ticking time bomb that spells his name Livan Hernandez.
Hey, a win is a win... let's not give the Royals Bryce Harper just yet.
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