"We have a little quiet confidence about us. That's how it's going to be this year...
Competing isn't good enough. We want to win and we want to win now."
- Ryan Zimmerman
WASHINGTON NATIONALS = SURPRISE TEAM OF THE SEASON. WE'RE GONNA BE CERTIFIED CONTENDERS IN THE NEW STADIUM! THE NATS ARE GOING FROM ASHY TOCLASSY!
ZIMMERMAN >>>>>>> WRIGHT
GO NATS!!!
Zimmerman: 0 E 0.000 FP
Wright: 0 E 0.000 FP
As much as I will attend the local team's games...no way do I believe they will be competitive this year...the Nats' pitching is garbage.
Watch out for Lastings Milledge and my boy Wily Mo elijah dukes.
yes, our pitching is in shambles right now, but we had a worse rotation all of last yr and we still miraculously managed to be middle of the pack.our offense is IMMENSELY improved with the acquisitions of lastings, dukes, and even lo duca is an improvement offensively over schnedier. o ya, nicky j isalso going to make a triumphant return to 1b. he's a vital part of the offense.
i crossed out wily mo b/c he's starting the season on the dl. dukes will seize that opportunity and not relinquish the starting role. by time mo comesback, it'll be too late. it's a shame because i had high hopes for him this yr. dukes is my dude and i prefer him > pena. dukes has equal power,he's a way better fielder, he's a lot faster, and is just an all around better athlete. ideally i would like the outfield to consist of pena, lastings,and dukes, the only thing preventing that from happening is austin kearns.
you are right about lastings though. he's gonna to breakout now that he'll be our everyday center fielder. millz is silky smooth. he'll hit 20/20easily this yr, and 30/30 in the future. all star, no doubt.
I don't really care cause shoot even Zimmerman and Wright are close friends so I highly doubt they try to "compete" (they played together at one time).
ya, zimmerman and wright are tight. they were on the same aau team along with b.j. upton, that team must've been eek
the zimmerman > wright stat tracker i created is just for fun. it is kinda of heated though b/c i think z-man is the most underrated player in baseball andwright gets all of the hype. this year though, zimmerman will make his all star debut and the baseball world will get real familiar with him. i think r.z. willmatch wright's offensive output this yr in the new stadium. he's gonna benefit big time from the new park which is much more hitter friendly than thecavernous rfk.
it's gonna be great to watch zimmerman and wright go at it for the next 10+ years, seeing as both aren't going anywhere. soon, zimmerman and wrightwill be ranked 1 and 2 at 3b respectively.
dukes is my dude and i prefer him > pena. dukes has equal power
equal power? not even close. i saw Willy Mo hit a ball that still hasn't landed yet. not too many people have power equal to Pena and theonly one who has more is Adam Dunn.
[table][tr][td]TOP 10 LONGEST HOME RUNS
AT GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td]Player[/td] [td]Team - Opp. Pitcher[/td] [td]Distance[/td] [td]Date[/td] [td]See It[/td] [/tr][tr][td]1. Adam Dunn[/td] [td]Dodgers - Jose Lima[/td] [td]535[/td] [td] 8/10/2004[/td] [td]56K | 350K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2. Wily Mo Pena[/td] [td]Astros - Brandon Duckworth[/td] [td]498[/td] [td] 4/17/2005[/td] [td]56K | 350K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]3. Reggie Abercrombie (Marlins)[/td] [td]Reds - Michael Gosling[/td] [td]493[/td] [td] 4/19/2006[/td] [td]350K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]4. Alfonso Soriano (Nationals)[/td] [td]Reds - Brian Shackelford[/td] [td]492[/td] [td] 5/9/2006[/td] [td]350K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]5. Derek Lee (Cubs)[/td] [td]Reds - Matt Belisle[/td] [td]482[/td] [td] 4/18/2003[/td] [td]56K | 350K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]6. Adam Dunn[/td] [td]Pirates - John Grabow[/td] [td]479[/td] [td] 4/6/2006[/td] [td]350K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]7. Albert Pujols (Cardinals)[/td] [td]Reds - Danny Serafini[/td] [td]477[/td] [td]8/31/2003[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]8. Adam Dunn[/td] [td]Cardinals - Carmen Cali[/td] [td]474[/td] [td] 5/4/2005[/td] [td]56K | 350K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]9. Wily Mo Pena[/td] [td]Padres - Rod Beck[/td] [td]473[/td] [td] 8/14/2004[/td] [td]56K | 350K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]10. Adam Dunn[/td] [td]Brewers - Tomo Ohka[/td] [td]464[/td] [td] 7/22/05[/td] [td]56K | 350K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]10t. Adam Dunn[/td] [td]Phillies - Randy Wolf[/td] [td]464[/td] [td]6/14/2003[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]10t. Sammy Sosa (Cubs)[/td] [td]Reds - Jimmy Haynes[/td] [td]464[/td] [td]6/18/2003[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table]
i don't know how many people on here have been to GABP (dmx, ska, KLJ) but that shot Dunn hit went into the river.
equal power? not even close. i saw Willy Mo hit a ball that still hasn't landed yet. not too many people have power equal to Pena and the only one who has more is Adam Dunn.
have you seen dukes play? have you seen any of his home run highlights? i'm guessing no. pena does have mammoth power, but dukes power isequally impressive. dukes hit a laser of a homer vs the yanks that never went more than 10 feet in the air, and he blasted a 450 ft bomb off of burnett lastyr. that's as a rookie, he's just getting goin.
bottom line, dukes > pena.
I know the Nationals are going to be better than last year
they will be, but last yr was actually my most enjoyable year as a nationals fan. we overachieved tremendously, and made all of the experts lookfoolish with their 100 loss predictions.
but dukes power is equally impressive. dukes hit a laser of a homer vs the yanks that never went more than 10 feet in the air,
So you're telling me the ball cleared the fence but never got more than 2 feet higher than the fence in its trajectory? I'd say maybe about 20feet is the lowest the ball can fly and still get over the fence, and that's probably pushing it.
