"In his office, manager Manny Acta was pointing to the 10 hits Washington got off Hudson in 62/3 innings as a sign his team is about to turn a corner, stopping just short of apologizing for being happy after a 7-3 loss.
Just down the hall, hitting coach Lenny Harris was consoling Wily Mo Pena as the teary-eyed left fielder tried to make sense of an 0-for-4 night, including two of Hudson's three strikeouts."
"It wasn't until Willie Harris' double down the right-field line in the seventh inning that the Nationals ended Hudson's scoreless streak of 201/3 innings against them."-The Washington Times
Is this supposed to be a good thing? Sure, 10 hits is a good sign for a team that hasn't been able to hit anything. Yes I know this is a necessary first step to actually (gasp) score enough runs to win games. And sweet, Tim Hudson didnt kick our ass, we scored for the first time in almost a full season against him.
But are we really the team that:
1. Has a manager who is happy, period, after losing by 4 runs?
2. A team who's outfielders need to be consoled after going 0-4 with three K's?
Maybe at 5-15, with three times as many losses as wins...we are.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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We scored against Tim Hudson solidly in the first inning of the season. With good hitting. And smart play.
I read an article today complaining about fans wanted coaches fired, after saying how good of a job they did last year.
This year is not last year. This year is the next reasonable step towards a winning season. It is the next step in building a playoff franchise. The players are in place, they just aren't preforming.
Simply stating that we are eerily in the same mark as we were last year is not enough backing to not want a coach to fear for his job (after some pretty horrid coaching.) I am no where near satisfied being at the same mark as last year with the improved offense we should have. I am no where near satisfied with a decent end record and just saying "Oh. Well Acta stayed the course and we turned it around."
Yeah, well if we turned it around when we should have, there wouldn't be a huge hole at the end of the season. If we turned it around when we should have, we'd be contending for a wild card, not taking our only solace in ending the Mets bid for theirs.
Yes! We are scoring! Well! With bases loaded! There have been hits!! Hits! Who knew we could do that.?!
see what happens when you let me play
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