Here goes (I hope) my binge posting session before the Nats game tonight.
STUCK.
I got stuck in a rut Monday and ran out of baseball things to say. Funny, because no one said I had to write 31 days of "random baseball fan observations." I don't know enough (in my opinion) to write an intelligent baseball blog. I am fine with that. I do know enough to teach my kids the basics.
And I learn something new fairly often. (in fact, just before I fired up the laptop I learned that you can't get an RBI if you hit into a double play. Even if it scores a run. So there you go, my second learned baseball rule of this week.)
So, now I am determined that I do not have to write baseball for 31 days. I can just watch and love it as long as my team is still alive. (next game 9:07 ET tonight!!) and write about whatever else hits my mind for five minutes at a time.
Related to stuck, it seemed the bats of my beloved Nats were stuck in non-hitting mode this weekend. 1 run in 27 innings (yes, only 2 games, but one of those was 18 innings. I think I wrote about that the other day). so - 1 run in 27 innings isn't going to do it. But last night they got UNSTUCK and then we got 4 runs. Not always pretty - but it worked. So here's hoping that tonight we remain in UNSTUCK mode and we get some runs ... bring it home to DC for game 5, guys!
Stop.
Link to all my 31 days posts can be found here.
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ReplyDelete1) You know lots about baseball, and more about raising Nats fans than anyone I know! You should team up with @Nationals101 to do a 101 of Raising Nats Fans. I might know the guy ;)
ReplyDelete2) Did you know that a double play cannot be assumed - so even on a tailor made grounder, if the 2B or SS rifles the ball wide of the bag and pulls the 1B off (normally would be an error) it can't be an error unless a runner advances. So, just because the second out was not achieved, does not make an error. Does that make sense?
~ Chris Nahlik