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The Nationals send Joe Ross to the hill for his 12th start against Cardinal’s Left-handed prospect Marco Gonzalez. The originally scheduled pitcher was Carlos Martinez. But, he was scratched with a sore neck.
Ross and his 3.24 ERA compares favorably to Martinez who had 10 MLB appearances last year, pitching to a 4.15 ERA. Neither of the teams has a single player that has faced the opposing pitcher. Look for the second time through the lineup to be all-important tonight. The San Francisco Giants were completely throttled during Ross’ first time through. The second time turned the experience into a “Tale of Two Cities.” That knife will cut both ways tonight.
Speaking of Ross, Matt Williams is hinting that he might not be shut down on an innings limit after all. “It’s an interesting scenario because he hasn’t been hurt. It’s not like he has had an injury and we are cautious in that regard,” Williams said. “It’s uncharted territory because he hasn’t [pitched a lot of innings]. But looking how he has gone about it, all indications are that he is fine.” The determining factor may well be whether the Nats are still relevant in the Division race later in the month.
Going Deep with the Nats! 
What did he mean Joe couldn’t grip the ball? Nerve damage or what.
Phan the 0-2 to a walk was a killer. He was wrong none of the 4 balls were close to a strike. Right handed dribblings.
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Listening to MW I don’t hear someone who is as pissed as me.
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NEW POST
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“Absolutely horrible” as Charlie says.
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Very true. No other way to say it.
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I will defend our guys against any and all accusations of quitting. But choking? That shoe fits quite a few of the boys.
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I’m looking squarely at all pitchers tonight not named Fister, Rivero or Treinen.
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When I see pitchers not being effective late in the game, what else can you call it but choking.
Our relievers for 3 years now have been our achiles heel. Rizzo never fixes it. It just stays.
The Tigers have the same problem.
We need to address this. And he avoids it.
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Uh, Papelbon’s pretty good.
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Didn’t see him pitch tonight
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Heckuva two days for Casey Janssen. MMN is 25.
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Janssen makes too many errors of location. If it wasn’t for movement he’d be a pinata.
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good night. i’m so mad right now. fire MW right now.
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This is insane. This series so far. I have no words. I’m out.
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I just wish the players would be as damn mad as we are.
I have never believe they hate losing asmuch as I hate losing. If they did they would fix the issue.
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I guarantee you they hate losing more than you do. You can’t seriously believe that if they hated losing more they would play better. I’m sorry, but that’s absurd. .
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Absurd or not I believe it.
I can’t sleep for hours after a game like this. I bet they sleep a hell of a lot better than I do.
I think about it all night. I would hope they would too.
They never talk like it bothers them when interviewed.
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You need to get a life. Or find another hobby.
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Oh, he believes it.
/rolls eyes
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At least it wasn’t a cheapie.
Curtains, kids. Curtains.
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So much for the notion that only our guys foul back hangers.
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Casey Janssen flirting with fire.
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0-2 to a walk. Why? Just k him
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Get the first two outs than we fart around.
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Cards announcers said that when the ball was bunted the Nats (not sure who?) were yelling “Three! Three! Three!” to Drew. So not on him. “You could hear it up here” they said.
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Who ever yelled that was wrong. No way it was going to be out.
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It was a force play, so if a professional third baseman like Rendon is stretching like a first baseman, probably out. We will never know.
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Looked on replay it would be safe to me.
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Janssen are you nuts? 0-2 count to Pham. And you fart around?
What are you thinking?
Two nights in a row you have been a major contributor to the loss.
MW where Solis to pitch to Miss?
That was his biggest mistake of the game.
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Since the All Star game our pitching has been suspect.
Our hitters not great, but I think a lot better than the pitchers.
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Scherzer has been the problem and Gio. Strasburg has been great. JZ mostly good and Joe Ross mostly good.
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The 8th inning relieving also a killer.
We have led I bet in 75% of the games and won less than 50%
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I have no doubt that’s not true. Leading 75% of the time in the 8th? No way.
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Joe Ross goes 3 innings and this is why Rizzo needed to worry about the Nats instead of AAA. Could have used Rafael Martin and Matt Grace, etc.
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MW has used up most of the bullpen tonight. I don’t get why more reinforcements aren’t here becuz as they say YOU NEVER KNOW
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That’s for the Ask Rizzo segment.
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There should have been many more players called up. Are we trying to win, or no? They better be here tomorrow.
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Yep, needed a few more arms. When your starter goes 3, that’s a problem.
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Okay, it’s Casey’s turn for a bounce back.
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looks like he’s on his meth tonight……good.
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Ray hooked him up with his cappuccino man.
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Escobar needs to get a hit here to pick up his team for his poor defense.
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He got a hit
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RBI hit I should have said. 😉
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He followed your request.
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I know. I wasn’t specific enough. When I do my summoner thing I have to say exactly what I want.
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Out by a frame.
They never over turn one frame outs before so why now?
Because NY finally got it right.
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That was a no doubter.
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All of them are no doubters to me.
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I know.
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If Escobar gets the go ahead RBI, I’ll take it all back.
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Got the hit but no RBI. Not gonna take it back.
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Out by a frame.
They never over turn one frame outs before so why now?
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This ones overturned. Exact opposite of Janssen last night.
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Storen actually gets charged with a Blown Save for that appearance.
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Why wouldn’t he?
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He should. Poor pitching.
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Should have had Espinosa on second, Rendon third and den Dekker in left for the eighth. Everyone knows that.
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I say the 7th, but we pretty much agree.
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MW has had problem this season , but tonight the players have failed not MW.
Storen total nelt down again. This is getting old.
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That’s on Storen, player substitutions on MW. Putting in Turner a batter sooner as a pinch-runner is on MW. You can never have enough runs.
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This is on Storen. Lousy pitch to Pham then he hits Moss in a 2 strike count then his throwing error. Talk about a guy who can’t get it done against the Cardinals or is there another reasoning.
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Pure concentration.
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Really nice play Bryce!
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Sure was!
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Nice play by Harper.
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Um, hello Carp. Rosenthal will pitch in a tie game too. He’s at home, remember?
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MW has had problem this season , but tonight the players have failed not MW.
Storen total nelt down again.
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oh, b.s. Escobar, and Werth should not be on the field at this point.
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+28 +6
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I don’t think it would made a difference. Storen’s pitching and fielding choice was the real problem.
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Peralta. Well of course.
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Once again, MW asleep at the wheel with ZERO defensive subs.
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I absolve him for the Ross mess, but this is squarely on his pointy bald head.
Nice catch, Bryce.
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Well – I might have put Rendon at third and Espinosa at 2nd. And maybe Rendon makes that play at third. But I think this is on Storen, no?
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Even if he catches it the man is safe. Bases loaded none out. The unknown is what Carpenter would have done.
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Ooof!
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No way he may he be out at second. Why throw it to third. Get the out.
One thing MW promised was better fielding. We have not had it.
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That’s why you have Rendon on third for the eighth inning. Isn’t it, Matt?
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Yep, no reason not to.
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Escobar cannot handle receiving throws at third.
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It’s in his head. Maybe that’s why he isn’t playing 2nd base.
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Couldn’t Escobar catch that? Here we go again. Storen melts down quickly.
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MW is a doofus.
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Why? Why? Why? Why? Whhhhhhyyyyyyyyy?
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WTF Drew 1-2 count and you nibble and hit is uniform. Just pitch strikes.
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Need to get Papelbon up. NOW!
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Never mind.
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Storen can’t make it easy can he?
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Rarely unfortunately. Can’t wait to see where that pitch actually was. Anyone get a good shot of it? Pham just got on top of it.
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Clippard revisited
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That was like the Bumgarner error on the Ramos bunt in Game 3 last year.
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that, it was
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Awful pitch by Storen to Pham. Leaves it hanging and he smashes it up the middle.
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It’s not too much to expect MW to make the right move. But to expect him to also make it at the right time? That’s a bridge too far.
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No sweat Drew. Kozma’a already burnt.
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Meatball!
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Ouch.
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If you have Difo on the bench you run for Ramos and CRob any time they’re on base from the 7th inning on.
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That is lightning from Turner.
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Oh my goodness Trea.
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Turner gonna a potent weapon in years to come when he plays daily. HIts for power, average, and lightning fast? Wowsers.
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There you go. Who says Matt can’t learn?
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Uh, pretty good jump there.
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A click late. When you have the baseball equivalent of Bullet Bob Hayes you run him.
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You mean, Willie “Mays” Hayes, right?
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LOL, no.
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Everyone here thinks the same thing. MW does not care what anyone here thinks.
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Well there you go but a click too late. Turner could be on 3rd now if he stole 2nd and tagged on the long fly to get to 3rd.
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And if the infield was in maybe Robinson’s ball gets through.
Yes one batter late.
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Exactly. You never know but as quick as Turner is he might score on that.
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I agree. Or maybe give him a shot at stealing third. Could have scored on the ground out.
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Yep yep. This kid can do what Billy Hamilton does. Use him as an asset.
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Our Jarrod Dyson. Can’t wait to see him run more.
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According to ESPN Turner ran the 2nd fastest on any play to 1st base this year. Not sure where Dyson ranks, but he is quick too.
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I was just thinking of the weapon he was in the playoffs last year for the Royals.
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Huge weapon. Reminds me of the old days of Jimmy Rollins when he was fast and caused havoc on the bases. Speed in an intangible. Nats need more of it.
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Ramos is 3-4 on the night. I would have Trea Turner in there in a pinch.
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No runner for Ramos until he gets to second, if I recall that page from Matt’s September book correctly.
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I remember that but you pull him absolutely in 3-2. What is he thinking?
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Hey, I’m with you.
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Soon the word gets around on Turner and the pitchers will get twitchy. In the Taylor at-bat you steal Turner and he’s on 3rd when he tags up and scores on the CRob grounder in my head.
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Talking about substitutions, now you definitely pull Ramos for Trea Turner. Come on MW. No reason not to.
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I would but Matt likes to wait and see if he gets into scoring position.
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Very, very nice bounce back, Felipe.
Let’s get another run.
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That catch was amazing for Werth. LOL!
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Werth catches that ball in his tracks. Isn’t that the time of the game to put in Den Dekker for Defense
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Nice catch Werth but…….Den Dekker does defense diligently, duh.
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Now would be an appropriate time to sub in den Dekker for Werth and shift Rendon to 3rd and put Espi at 2nd.
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Werth heard you! LOL but I agree. You have to do it and no reason not to with expanded rosters.
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Ray hates ks. Just like I say it is a wasted at bat.
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Only thing worse is a GIDP but as you see BABIP worked for the Nats 3 times on lousy contact.
Hard to believe just 1 run scored but we will take it versus a zero.
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Yep.
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Three cheers for not hitting the ball hard!
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If there was 1 out I’d say yes because Ramos is a groundball guy and you set up the GIDP. With 2 outs, bases loaded could lead to a run scored via a walk to Ramos or HBP or other bizarre mistake scores a run.
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Escobar too, as we all recall.
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we need to string together some hits. enough of these sacs.
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Huge add-on run and now 2 runs in scoring position with no force. Need some 2 out magic by Desi.
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Yes, please.
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Let’s take advantage here
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This is most un-Cardinals-like.
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Even they aren’t perfect. Go figure.
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Bryce doesn’t always hustle to first, but he did there and that’s what counts. Well done.
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don’t hurt yourself, Bryce. dayum
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Neighborhood play should be eliminated as soon as possible.
MLB enforces the neighborhood play.
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For once we agree MNF. The neighborhood play is stupid.
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Of course it’s there to keep middle infielders from getting shredded but sometimes it’s ridiculous.
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I know the purpose, but I really believe that not every grounder with a man on first deserves to be a double play. If you really don’t have time to avoid contact, maybe just take the force play. The idea of giving an out when no out was actually made really bugs me. Why require a catcher to tag the runner at home? Let him avoid injury and just go by whether the throw beat the runner.
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Need a cushion run or 2. Let’s go.
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Treinen comes up big in high lev spot. More of that plz.
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DP!
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Treinen picks up Esco/Ramos
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Oh hells yeah!
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Holy smoke.
Unfortunately that’s the sort of thing that tends to get Treinen unhinged.
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14-8 final. Phillies win. Six back.
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Nice play Anthony
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Not a good throw but Escobar should have picked it. Lack of fundamentals should have taken out at first
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It would have been great if he had picked it. But to say he “should have”. I think that’s unfair.
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Not that hard a play with a good throw. But it wasn’t. Plain and simple.
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Throw wasn’t good. But a one hopper isn’t that hard.
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Oh please. With the runner bearing down on you, and having run backwards. A good throw gets him. It was a bad throw. Ramos’s fault not Esco’s.
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I thought if Escobar extended the glove he catches that before it hits the ground but hard to tell. I just didn’t think it was that tough of a play.
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Watch the replay again. His momentum was carrying him backwards. He had to lunge forward with his glove to try to get it. Couldn’t move in the direction of the ball. I’m not saying it was an impossible play and it would have been great if he had snagged it, but he runner was right on top of him. I just don’t blame him, I blame the throw.
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Not a good throw, I just thought catchable but luckily, it didn’t matter in the score.
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Let’s see what the Cards do. Lead off double
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My goodness Escobar can’t catch a one hopper.
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Lousy sac bunt, I disagree with Ray as that should have been an out. Esco with another odd play on a ball on a tag play.
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I agree a one hopper.
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They didn’t score either
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Maybe Matt had his reasons for not going to Thornton and Rivero last night?
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MNF, there are some interesting team stats here, though not precisely what you’re looking for.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/batting/split/39
I often have to rethink my impressions in the light of the actual numbers.
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I’ve decided to blame Ray this evening.
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I blame McCatty. Fix the mechanic problem. Don’t let it go.
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Uh huh.
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All right, Dougie.
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Had the tag been about 3 inches to the right, he was probably out.
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If pigs had wings, they could fly.
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Bryce did his job now we need someone to drive him in
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fail, fail, fail
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We must be among league leaders in lead off doubles not scoring.
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We are certainly the leader among teams we watch every day. No doubt about that.
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Wish finding stats was easy.
Another one man on third with 1 or less outs how many don’t score.
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I wish we would quit swing at sliders outside. Lots of batters do it, we have just a bigger percentage it seems.
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And swing at fast balls over the plate.
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Back from being out of town.
Last night Janssen just list it. Tonight Ross just loses it. None of that is MW’s fault.
The pitchers are responsible for doing their job.
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List =lost.
When we going to get an edit button. I need it badly.
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Agreed they have a job to do but if they aren’t doing then it is MWs job to get someone in there sooner rather than later at this point in the season.
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That is as fast as he could. Was not reasonable to criticize that. That is all on Ross.
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I agree, but shouldn’t you get somebody warming up pretty quickly when a pitcher is starting to lose it in the 3rd inning of a game in early September and you are trailing the Mets by 6.5 games and your offense just put up four runs and knocked out the other starter. It is on the players, but by not getting someone up and stretching when he was missing the strike zone by a foot leaves at least a little blame on MW.
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He got him up fast . I am not sure how you would have a bull pen left if you got a reliever up after 2 men reach base every time. Once the third one on he was up.
That to me is reasonable.
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Normally I would agree with you, let your starters work out of jams and don’t overuse your bullpen. But I propose this is different for three reasons.
First, Ross had already put three men on (one had scored) before Fister got up to start stretching. Normally, not a big issue. But he was not just nibbling corners and walking guys, he was missing the strike zone by a wide margin. He also had thrown a first pitch ball to eight consecutive batters before Wong fouled off the first pitch.
Second, Joe Cool has had amazing control all year. He did not walk anyone. By the time he had walked three guys I started to realize that something was really not right with him tonight. Gio gets wild and gets out of it, stressful but expected. Ross has never been wild this year, he has had great command in nearly every start.
Finally, the season is not a long one anymore so wins do matter. A 4-0 lead in the house of horrors is something that should be protected. Knowing that Solis is called up and a number of other guys can arrive tomorrow to help in the bullpen should mean that every weapon needs to be used to keep getting W’s.
Again, I have been annoyed by the fire MW comments all year, but I have finally reached my breaking point. I’m not trying to pile on the guy, I just think this decision was more complicated than just a couple base runners.
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Good inning there Fister. Let’s get some runs now
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All the comments chastising MW are bizarre. I believe he got Fister up right after the second walk. It’s not like a former starter can warm up and come in the game in a matter of minutes. McCatty went out, Ramos went out. Both buying time.
MW has screwed up lots of times this year, but this wasn’t one of them.
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Everybody must’ve gotten up to take a pee at the same time.
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I was just making a random personal attack on MW. Sorry for the confusion.
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I was listening to Charlie and Dave and they were even wondering why nobody was up in the pen after Ross had completely lost it.
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Maybe they got up to take a pee too.
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Doug Fister is getting way too many ABs recently.
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McCatty came out after ball one to Piscotty. So Matt was stuck when the wheels started to come off, until Fister could get warm. Which maybe he didn’t, quite.
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Thanks must have missed that…..
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Might recall that Joe threw a strike after the visit, then completely lost it.
Wonder if his leg tightened up where he got hit.
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These guys just don’t want to win. MW is a doofus.
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My feelings about MW are clear but what was he supposed to do there?
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Kick ass
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How about Rizzo makes a call to the dugout and tells Matty thanks for everything but time to hit the showers. Ross had completely lost it, everyone could see it, yet MW has nobody warming up or even stretching out. I’ve thought it was ridiculous that people have been wanting MW fired all year, after last night and tonight it cannot happen soon enough for me.
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Yeah while not a big fan of MW never really thought he needed to be fired but after the last couple of nights starting to join the MW must go club
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WTH Fister
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Speaking of dumpster fires…
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That was truly bizarre. Hope Joe is ok.
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Can anything be easy? Where was the pitching coach with some wisdom? Fine giving up the 1 run but why risk 2 runs?
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Came out after ball one to Piscotty.
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How’s about a trip to the mound by McCatty????? Get off your bench.
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Jinx
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So are they asleep over there? What the heck are they waiting for?
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Wondering the same. The pace should have been slowed way down and pulled him when Wong stepped into the batter’s box.
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Already had been out once.
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Has Cat made a visit? If so I missed it
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No, you beat me to it.
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Hope MW has someone up…..Ross has just lost it
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Lotta pitches for Joe.
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MAT needs to learn to lay off those pitches….would have been nice to get another run there
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I’ve been waiting an entire season for the “Run and Hit”. Ramos and Escobar are classic groundball hitters. About time to take advantage of that. Great job by Ramos.
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14-4 phils? OK, we need this win big time. Time to play your guts out.
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13-4 Phillies. I am not making this up.
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Are you sure?
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Who gave Ray the cappuccino?
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That’s funny. You gotta love a guy who gets tears in his eyes from a good AB.
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I like Ray. I just wish he were a little more parsimonious with his wisdom.
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Agreed. He doesn’t get much chance to color commentate though. He obviously loves it. I’m giving him a pass.
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Check that. Giving him a pass on overexuberance. Errors like when he said Ramos should run himself into an out — nah.
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Oh, Ryan u rawk.
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Zimmy goes boom
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Sweeney clears the bases with a double. 9-4 Phillies.
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Tony 2 bags comes through! Woohoo!
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*3 bags
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Come on TTB
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Parnell walks Blanco and Ruiz to open top of sixth.
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Galvis singles in Blanco, Ruiz to third. Collins summons…. O’Flaherty? Oh, my.
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Galvis was actually sac bunt/ throwing error, I’m belatedly informed. O’Flaherty walks his guy from 2-0 count, of course. Torres on.
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Agree with Carp, let that ball bounce and play it into an easy doubleplay.
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Harang staggered in fifth. Now 6-4 Phillies with two out. Cespedes 2 run homer.
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Neris finally brought in.
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Unreal. Nothing is easy.
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Ramos, ramos, ramos…. you should be on 2nd. Stop trying to admire your hits…
Ugh.
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Ray was off base on that one. He was a dead duck if he tried to make it to 2B on that one.
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“Runs like a plow horse” as my granny used to say.
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I would say at this point you need to push the issue in that situation although Ramos probably would have been out as you know the Cards make the plays usually. What disappoints me is regardless of it being a single or more that Ramos seemed to admire the hit for a second according to Ray…
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I agree that admiring his hits is a Ramos trait that needs to go. But what do you mean “at this point he needs to push the issue”. Don’t we need them to play smart now more than ever?
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Agree and while I don’t always agree with Knight I do believe you do try to make 2nd there with 2 outs….also must say I enjoy listening to him breaking down what hitters should do to adjust
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I like Ray in small doses. A whole game is probably too much. A whole series….
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Yeah small doses – if he would just stick to the hitting breakdowns
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News flash: Second base isn’t really “scoring position” for Ramos.
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3rd time thru the order should produce better results…
I hope.
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Yikes. Joe….. that looked like it hurt
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I would still be laying on the ground writhing in pain..
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Joe Ross is cool as the other side of the pillow — Stewart Scott
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That is by far the coolest lineup graphic the Nats have done this year.
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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BTW – sad to hear about A Barrett… speedy recovery. Guess we will see him again in 2017….
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I’m still not over yesterday game. So if I’m quiet, that’s why….
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Me neither and that’s why I’ve been quiet most of the day so I don’t get ticked.
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Co worker tried to talk to me about it today. Had to walk away from a few peeps.
Idk how I missed that the Nats are only 1 or 2 games over 500…
Unh, I cant…
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must be pretty frustrating for the players too….what’s the point when management will screw it up (oh, or am i talking about my job again )
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Tough to feel like when MW got that doubleplay and could have gotten out of the inning he didn’t turn to Rivero for Carpenter or Storen for Piscotty.
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Please Nats please win tonight.
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Phillies drop a five-spot on the Mets in the top of the third. Sorry to say I wasn’t watching.
Maybe I should find something else altogether to do this evening.
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If the Nats could pick up a game tonight it would be miraculous
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Who is pitching for the Mets?
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Nielsen, I believe.
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Gah. Niese. Effing word correct. Gets stupider and more aggressive by the day.
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Justin Maxwell was released by the Giants.
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Lotta raw talent. Not such a great baseball player.
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So which thread do I use…. this or the new site?
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Use this for this evening’s game. Transition isn’t until 11:00 am tomorrow.
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Cool beans. Thanks. Will this site redirect peeps over?
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Ghost said they were copying everyting over there
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Heard that Rafael Soriano was just kicked to the curb by the Cubs. Ouch if true! Very surprised with roster expansion that they did that.
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When you’re done, you’re done. The “Untuck” is done.
Some athletes taper off. Others smash the wall and fall flat.
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Truth!
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Big News: I have been on the new site at http://www.TalkNats.com and there is a 5 minute edit button which was asked for. We have the comments box on the top right now but now have to figure out how to get “Newest” comments on the top.
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Question: Would posters still log-in via WordPress on the new site? Thx
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For now yes until we move to Disqus but @bsmithjmu would know if you’d need a new sign on.
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Ok. Thanks. I just signed up on Disqus with the same posting name. I was just thinking that more people may want to do that. Otherwise, there is no “tradition” on the posting names.
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Good point! See if this link works for you into a new post on the new site:
http://www.talknats.com/2015/09/01/nats-have-put-together-their-arizona-fall-league-roster/#comments
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Steve: Re your reply below, there is no comment link on the site as yet (per your link). I tried the URL you directed after logging into both WordPress and Disqus.
I’ll bet the comment section has not been publicly published yet.
Anyway, my original question was simply in the spirit of continuity. Not sure if your site can accept either log-in.
The beauty of the WordPress login is that you are also automatically logged into NI.
However, no big deal (from my POV) if only Disqus is accepted on your new site.
If people have to create new user names, they would probably state their old name at first. Others would get used to it.
Thanks for all the hard work for the Nats nation!
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Senators, Brandon from Image Works said the new site will be up tomorrow morning.
Looks like your current login should work!
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Please reconsider the “new comments on top!” It’s a nightmare if you come to a thread late. Just impossible to review a thread and catch up. We’re all used to the NI format. Stick with that. Or at least take a poll?
Hooray for a five minute edit button!
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2’s they programmed the Comments Box on top and the Newest Comments on top like we have now.
I tested comments and it Looks great! The site beautification will be the next phase. Getting better functionality was Job #1 and they’ve booked dozens of programming hours for just a few fixes.
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I’m sure it looks great. I’m just telling you that as a commenter who sometimes gets home at 9 pm, and wants to catch up on a game thread before participating, it’s a nightmare. You said I’d get used to it, but I tried and I’m not. You have to scroll up from the bottom to read comments and try to figure which are Tier 1 comments, then scroll back down to read replies. It doesn’t work for me and I’m less likely to participate if it stays that way.
I’m still trying to figure out why anyone thinks it’s better except if they are too lazy to scroll down to the bottom to comment. That seems like a weak reason to change the way we’ve all been used to reading and commenting since NI started.
IT would another thing if, like Wash Post NJ, you could choose whether to read the newest comments first or oldest comments first. But someone said early on that’s not an option because it costs too much.
Just my two cents.
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The earliest comments we got was from people who wanted Newest first but when we go to Disqus you can toggle how you want to view between newest and oldest.
Phase 2 is temporary to an improved WordPress site.
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Just my own two cents, but if I come in at the fifth inning and choose to read 100 comments (or whatever), I find it takes me about the same amount of time, no matter where I start. And if I’m on a keyboard, navigating top to bottom, or vice versa, is one or two keystrokes, depending on what OS I’m on at the time. So for me, I don’t really care either way. It just takes getting used to, because my brain is now trained to Oldest First.
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I’m impressed Sofa that you can reverse course so easily. Because if you’re navigating bottom to top, you have to go up and down in order to read the replies. But if you go top to bottom (oldest to newest) you’re always traveling in the same direction.
Luckily, the programming geniuses have figured out how to give us a choice, which means you and I won’t have to argue about this anymore. 🙂
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I’m still trying to figure out why anyone thinks it’s better except if they are too lazy to scroll down to the bottom to comment.
I’d ask you why having to scroll through the same two or three hundred old comments every time you refresh is somehow better, but it doesn’t matter because disqus, for all its faults, gives you the option so everyone can suit his or her self. Also, realtime notification of new posts when it’s working properly, as it sometimes does.
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Oh that’s cool. Good news. Thanks.
As for “scrolling” through 200 comments, just FYI, if you go to the right hand side of the screen there’s a vertical bar right where that arrow for scrolling is. You just click and hold it and drag to the bottom. Usually takes about .042 seconds to drag to the bottom. 🙂
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Ray, nice post! Nats are now desperate for a win.
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Yes, a win indeed, which should have come last night!
So today, to paraphrase Simon and Garfunkel…
“Here’s to you, Joe Cool…the Nats nation turns its weary eyes to you.”
or something like that…
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Paul Simon used Joe DiMaggio’s name instead of “his” Yankees center fielder, Mickey Mantle, because, as he put it when asked by the man himself, “Syllables, Mick. Needed five syllables.”
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