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hermano</category><category>what sport are these guys playing</category><category>drunk spending</category><category>so long donkey</category><category>DIE asshole</category><title>Nats Nation (as viewed from Section 138 and beyond).</title><description>A blog about the Washington Nationals, updated whenever the hell I get around to it.</description><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>418</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NatsNation" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="natsnation" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">NatsNation</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-688375185279572908</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-21T09:09:17.108-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fuck you King</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">call me when this goddamn series is over</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">what sport are these guys playing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ugh</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">look I did that thing where I pretend I can't spell the guys name right</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Suicide</category><title>The Washington Nationals failed against the guy least likely to cause failure.</title><atom:summary>Hey, yippee, woo-hoo. The Nats were shut out (and limited to 3 hits) by Ryan Voglensnog Vogelsnogog Vogelsong. RYAN VOGELSONG. Vogelsong was the baseball pitcher guy that threw spheres from that raised mound of dirt 60 feet 6 inches away from that home plate thingie worse than any other baseball pitcher guy in all of Major League baseball up until last night. He had an 8.06 ERA, and had yet to </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-washington-nationals-failed-against.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-8920770528498752328</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-13T12:53:23.530-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Danny has one serious right arm on him</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crappy ass video</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tony LaRussa is a jerk and also got a DUI while asleep in his car</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">espi</category><title>Danny Espinosa has an arm that throws objects incredibly fast, far, and accurately.</title><atom:summary>Well, looks like it's time to show off Danny Espinosa's cannon, RPG, howitzer, bazooka, missile launcher, [insert other metaphorical object here] yet another time. Which suits me just fine, since Strasburg threw 3 &amp; 2/3 innings of perfect ball and lost, while Gio threw 5 innings of perfect baseball, but also managed to lose.
Take it away, Daniel-san.








I must say, all those days of Mr. </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/05/danny-espinosa-has-arm-that-throws.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-8726183645648078602</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-09T14:11:31.218-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sooooooo good.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZNN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crappy ass video</category><title>Jordan Zimmermann... Hubba, hubba.</title><atom:summary>ZNN. ACE. GOOD. ZOMG. GOD. Look, whatever short, all caps word you choose to apply to Jordan, they all fail in conveying what he truly is, and is all about. That word don't even exist yet. Besides, who likes having to read a bunch or words? Words are for suckers. Let's go to the videotape to describe him:









Oh. I see. "STUD." Very apropos.    



Above words aside - if you do want to read </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/05/jordan-zimmermann-hubba-hubba.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-7627137825801505915</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-06T14:32:26.857-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">good thing we payed a whole ton of cash to see the 3rd base umpire</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">holy god hirschbek had an agenda</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bryce Harper</category><title>Bryce Harper blah blah blah John Hirschbeck</title><atom:summary>
To be honest, if I tried to write anything about the absolutely galling actions made by John Hirschbeck in yesterday's game, I might be here a while. Instead, I dealt with it how I normally do; with stupid stuff.



Here's what really happened to cause Harper to be ejected.





That's right, I made a "LOL Hirschbeck be old" joke. It was either that, or point out how he refused to side with most</atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/05/bryce-harper-blah-blah-blah-john.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yHBq6Y1Y3W4/UYfxZCU14jI/AAAAAAAACL0/Jph-ni2uLVY/s72-c/Discussing+older+TV.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-4902578873952923513</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-14T17:15:07.637-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZNN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">i'm sorry</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">What in the name of Christ</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">this is like the stupidest thing ever</category><title>I've figured out what the 'M' means!</title><atom:summary>This has always stumped me:








What does the 'M' stand for? Well, after ZNN's last two games, we have come to the only logical conclusion. 




The M stands for Motherfuckingbadassmotherfucker.  I must commend Mr and Mrs Zimmermann for realizing early on what they had, and naming him appropriately. I picture it as such:



Pan to a room in a hospital. Mrs. Zimmermann has just given birth to </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/05/ive-figured-out-what-m-means.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LXcQR61Tvao/UYKA_PYFxAI/AAAAAAAACLE/ZLw7gmgwDNM/s72-c/Jordan+M+ZNN.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-594033920742000168</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-25T11:24:09.681-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bobble heads</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birthdays yay</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">espi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Youkilis be wimpy</category><title>Happy Birthday, Danny Espinosa. (AKA, anything but game discussion.)</title><atom:summary>(Look, let's just skip past the last few games, okay? In honor Daniel Richard Espinosa turning 26-years-old today, we'll take about off the field stuff. Cool? Cool.)

After decades years months days of work, I have finally completed my Danny Espinosa bobble head collection. All four bobble have been acquired. Phew.
What? You say there's only one Espi bobble? Ha! Not so, my friend, but only us </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/04/happy-birthday-danny-espinosa-aka.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jaf8nZlB69Y/UXfc1E2pCRI/AAAAAAAACJc/YZ161LoAsnk/s72-c/espi+bobblehead+003.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-5812653251646293980</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-23T11:35:17.422-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TONE DŌN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rendowned</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sheldon Miller has stamp marks all over his body</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">I'm really taking this rendOWNED thing a little far</category><title>Another Anthony Rendon Post?</title><atom:summary>Yup, another Anthony Rendon post.

Allow me to set the scene...

Bottom of the 4th inning. Werth singles. Desi drives him in all the way from first on a double, because Jayson is fast! finally started taking his wallet out of his pants when playing. (Fact: Hundred dollar bills weigh more than one dollar bills. ALL the rich people know this. And they've told me.) Up comes TONE DŌN, who then </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/04/another-anthony-rendon-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0_xlW78acw4/UXapeuFQKaI/AAAAAAAACI8/7o-kMqInOHs/s72-c/Rendon+RBI+2B.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-7965544499958628316</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-19T09:27:59.942-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Carpy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">If this is all this post is why don't I just make a tumblr</category><title>Matt. Suzuki.</title><atom:summary>Presented without comment.









Also presented without comment is a link to an internet-page-thingie that let's you know if Papa Johns pizza is half off or not. It was created by Ben Packard. Click if you are thinking about ordering Papa Johns, but only if it's 50% off because of the local sports teams here in the DC area. http://www.ispizzahalfprice.com.
Crap, I just commented about it, </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/04/matt-suzuki.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-5819899659624912523</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-17T10:32:48.007-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ian D</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Nat Gio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mailing it in</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">can I interest you in another plug for my shirts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rejected shirt ideas</category><title>The bats were well rested after that 3 day layoff, eh?</title><atom:summary>Well, taking Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off turned out to be very beneficial to the bats last night. After Davey substituted little-leaguers-in-adult-sized-clones-of-the-real-guys for the real guys the last three games, the boys were well rested and ready to swing like they know they can - LARGELY and LOUDLY. (Can you swing largely? Survey says: YES. And so it is written.)

While watching the </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-bats-were-well-rested-after-that-3.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PhYhcIujOIs/UW27MZkzVUI/AAAAAAAACGA/XgtXRTncjoQ/s72-c/Desi+dont+walk+shirt.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-4284835646853518037</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-19T09:29:34.703-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Nat Gio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gif</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">smoooooooth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">made up Ty Cobb quotes</category><title>Smooth Gio is Smooth.</title><atom:summary>Gio went yikkety last night off Kevin Slowey. It was a Harperian blast, that impressed a lot of folks, including Gio himself, I suspect.
As I watched the TV, and him rounding the bases, I couldn't help but think this was his inner monologue:

"[To himself] Gio Gonzalez, you just hit your second career home run, what are you going to do?"

"I'mma smile like Mister Ed, cause I'm so damn happy, and </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/04/smooth-gio-is-smooth.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RZ6qP948cyI/UV2VApPmQ_I/AAAAAAAACEY/trbSL8Q9FPQ/s72-c/Smoooooooth+Gio2.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-4916859855700221759</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-18T11:05:34.500-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ian D</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">holy tons o gifs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gif</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bryce Harper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">synchro drinko</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">chad tracy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Shark</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ike davis was the worst position player in all of baseball last year</category><title>Well, Opening Day went rather well, didn't it?</title><atom:summary>
Sorry for not writing about opening day sooner, but I had a huge hangover. You see, I imbibed way too much HARPER-STRAS-ZIMMY AWESOME SAUCE. (Yeah!) Seriously, that was an awesome day, and anything I write certainly won't do the experience justice. Suffice to say, there were some incredible things at the park, including the awesome straight-from-getting-hitched-appearance by @TClippardsSpecs and</atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/04/well-opening-day-went-rather-well-didnt.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lnuUooUAYwE/UVtCMW6GV9I/AAAAAAAACDc/qZa97hcunwY/s72-c/Desi+popping+lids.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-8845479761471613125</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-20T10:40:18.538-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ramon Castro is fat</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Skole</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TONE DŌN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cat Stevens songs covered by Sheryl Crow</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">I hope I get one gazillion hits from people searching for the planet Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crappy photoshops</category><title>The first cut is the deepest... </title><atom:summary>
That's what Cat Stevens says, anyway, right?



[Insert musings about the first spring training cuts here (RIP, Rendon), as I was way too busy lazy to write about them.]



Now, since no one has actually listened to that song all the way through, did you know the sixth verse starts with, "The second cut? It don't hurt so much."? Well it does!



Gone to AAA Syracuse in the second spring training</atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-first-cut-is-deepest.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E9IAbrQJrAE/UUm-ZZw-Z0I/AAAAAAAACBw/_EmaS2dQO1c/s72-c/Corey+in+Syracuse.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-4637830037986963762</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-09T18:27:45.413-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TONE DŌN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rendowned</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gif</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">I'm really taking this rendOWNED thing a little far</category><title>Anthony Rendon doing his Anthony RendOWNED thing.</title><atom:summary>






HI, Mr. Chad Durbin. TONE DŌN just went about 380' on you the opposite way. You, sir, have been rendOWNED












Footnote time!  My nickname for Rendon was originally 'Ton 'Ron, but it was then remastered to its current form (TONE DŌN) by Andrew. If no one else gets the reference, we know we're at that point in our life where we should probably just hurl our bodies off bridges, as </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/03/anthony-rendon-doing-his-anthony.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--VEGOadKkHA/UTpQdMwucBI/AAAAAAAACBQ/H70HH508pWU/s72-c/Rendon+Yikkity+durbin+rendOWNED.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-8505705189560757360</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-07T11:27:17.319-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insects landed on his gum all the time</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hairy muppet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZNN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TheBigDonkey</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Nat Gio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crappy ass video</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gif</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Matty Purke</category><title>The boys are back. And they're *spectacular.*</title><atom:summary>
Spring training is here! Spring training is here! I swear, there's no better day of the year than when the first Nats' game is broadcast. You plop down on the couch, have a beer in each hand, a remote in the other, and your opposing team's voodoo doll in your fourth. Here it is. The first video images of the 2013 gang: 



 
The boys in all their Spring glory from Section 138 on Vimeo.


And, if</atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-boys-are-back-and-theyre-spectacular.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sjF_uYUfQbw/UTZcv7vhwfI/AAAAAAAACAs/ENWC1y9CE7I/s72-c/Purke+is+Cappy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-3440816155268424540</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-02-27T13:46:46.579-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rendowned</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chico Man</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">might as well start talking about the kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">don't trust people with lower case letters starting their names</category><title>Anthony Rendon? More like Anthony RendOWNED.</title><atom:summary>Cause, see... he's going to own you pitchers. He's gonna own you so good, it hurts. (Hang on a sec, I gotta call the trademark office to claim "Rendowned.")


...


(God, it's so hard to get anyone to answer the phone at these government gigs. I've been on hold for 7 minutes.)


...


(Oh, Christ on a Segway, PICK UP THE PHONE!)


...


You guys still here reading? Sorry about that. Apparently it</atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/02/anthony-rendon-more-like-anthony.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LakMYBo0hT8/US5LU7vOANI/AAAAAAAAB_8/mvvoVfiU9Mk/s72-c/denn+dummy+dekkker.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-894371980514454013</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-02-14T14:09:52.749-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stras</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">two minute Photoshop</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">el drew k</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">I'm back baby</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crappy photoshops</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Although probably not</category><title>Well, these are just some fantastic specimens.</title><atom:summary>Great googly moogly! Get a load of these stunning calves, everyone!




Well, that's embarrassing. Not only is that not the picture I wanted, I'm not even sure why that picture is on my hard drive.

Great googly moogly! Get a load of these stunning calves, everyone!






"Meeeeee-oww!" (That's what Steve McCatty said when he say Strassy's calves. Cause, you know... McCatty... Catty... Cat... Cat</atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2013/02/well-these-are-just-some-fantastic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y2zYJjrGvbE/UR0k4cLbmdI/AAAAAAAAB_U/-UnAbPPxqIE/s72-c/stunning+calves.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-7868107492442740259</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-06-06T11:52:15.240-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gif</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Morse is a horse</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Non Human</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bryce Harper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Akra</category><title>Brycey got a bit spicy. And then got a shower.</title><atom:summary>
Ho hum. 19-year-old Bryce Harper hit the game winning single last night in the 12th inning to give the Nats the win over the Mets. Just another pimping moment in Bryce's pimping life. And, as you know, pimping is dirty business, so Mikey Mo was there to clean him off.





(As an aside, welcome back, Mikey. After what seemed like 19 straight ground outs to shortstop, he hit two doubles last </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2012/06/brycey-got-bit-spicy-and-then-got.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7L9_gZ-cTsY/T893xsmEk2I/AAAAAAAAB7U/B4ud47JhsQ8/s72-c/harper+gatorade+shower.wmv.GIF" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-6745312182524128459</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-23T14:41:09.187-04:00</atom:updated><title>Ian Desmond will steal your opponent's soul, then your batting helmet.</title><atom:summary>


You know, I always find myself watching every Nats game. I don't think it's healthy, really, but it keeps me from walking alleyways and punching strangers in the head and face, so there's that. Anyway, if I'm not at the game in person then I'm watching it on TV. Whether it's at home, at a bar, or at work, it's on. I find myself watching much more than just the action that takes place when the </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2012/04/ian-desmond-will-steal-your-opponents.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-miWXNL_qonc/T5WJodvd3xI/AAAAAAAAB3I/j0y9hSuGbCg/s72-c/Laroche+helmet+removal+4712.wmv.GIF" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-6524695540903217028</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-04T11:01:20.925-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chore Eye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Carpy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ian D</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">espi</category><title>Well, Bob Carpenter is still Bob Carpenter.</title><atom:summary>Yesterday's game was the most Bob Carpenter game in the history of Bob Carpenter games, with the last play of the game being called in the most Bob Carpenter way possible.

Please allow me to do my best Dan Steinberg and transcribe what happened on the last play of the game. Situation: Bottom of the ninth, Nats down one. Ian Desmond on second, two outs, Danny Espinosa at the plate.

/SMACK goes </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2012/04/well-bob-carpenter-is-still-bob.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EzIQNTsL4xU/T3xcfVMEy3I/AAAAAAAABtw/9El2OUYQLuk/s72-c/Ricky+and+Davey+think+Bobby+C+is+funny.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-6068818805548750069</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-21T11:49:58.997-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blind ass umpires</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stras</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Nat Gio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crappy ass video</category><title>Stephen Strasburg was erred by the scamp in blue!</title><atom:summary>Hi, ladies and germs. Miss me? Really? Well, I didn't miss you either, so there.

/Sobs in the corner while petting Danny Espinosa's bobblehead.

So, Stephen Strasburg (the latest member of the high profile Opening Day Starter club) pitched in yesterday's ballgame against the Mets. He was cruising along, you know, all Stras-like, when he ran into Lucas Duda HP umpire Hunter Wendelstedt. Stevie </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2012/03/stephen-strasburg-was-erred-by-scamp-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-7721213794488090082</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-06T11:18:26.669-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ACK</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mikey rizz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">winter meetings yall</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lerner is creepy as hell</category><title>The Winter Meetings are here!</title><atom:summary>And they mean so much to us baseball fans right now that I'm capitalizing them! In fact, let's just rename them, shall we? The Goddamn Awesomest, Drinkinest,  Wheelinest, and Dealinest Winter Meetings are here!

Mr. Michael Rizzo and Mr. Mark Lerner are sitting in their booth, ready to wine and dine potential clients. Look, here's a picture of them! (Let me know if I did this right.)



"Can we </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/winter-meetings-are-here.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gyxhccq5TBs/Tt46DEifbDI/AAAAAAAABpw/dfB0R_vvGUA/s72-c/creepy+lerner-vert.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-6820682283321434498</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-23T14:17:17.555-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">philthies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ownage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">I will destroy your fuckin face Utley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">espi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cliff LOLee</category><title>How sweep it is!</title><atom:summary>Why yes, that headline is a duplicate of a tweet I made last night. Big whoop, wanna fight about it?
Our valiant band of brothers, dressed in red, white and blue, strode strongly into Citizens Bank Park (or is it Nats Park North*?) and proceeded to layeth the smack down on the Phillie's roody-poo candy-asses. (How many readers did I lose with a wrestling reference? Three? Gah! You other two, </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-sweep-it-is.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D22zxvfu7c4/TnyfwA3jMdI/AAAAAAAABpg/kKmvgzVcYOI/s72-c/Sweeping+the+filthy+phillies.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-229079100128453909</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-17T12:30:41.124-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">humungous home runs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Non Human</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bryce Harper</category><title>Ryan Zimemrman kills it, and Bryce Harper... also kills it. Too. As well.</title><atom:summary>If you didn't see Ryan Zimmerman's colossal shot that just missed hitting the left field concourse by a couple rows, well, you can click here. Or, just look below. In handy, dandy gif form is Zim just destroying some leather-wrapped cork and twine.


As a certain black orange brown (what the fuck color is Goofy?) animated dog would say, "GORSH!" Mike Leake probably wishes he would have stolen </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/ryan-zimemrman-kills-it-and-bryce.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-p2TXwLZq7n4/TkvXh3W-reI/AAAAAAAABkQ/aeAnWC1A8zs/s72-c/Zim%252520moon%252520shot.GIF" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-6794863204646256570</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-09T13:42:51.629-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HOF</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Carpy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chico Man</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">I will destroy your fuckin face Utley</category><title>Did anyone get the number of that truck?</title><atom:summary>I did! It was #33, Juan Rivera. He decided (very wisely, no matter what the outcome of the play was) to bowl over Chase Utley last night on a ground ball to second, and I love the man for that.

Chase Utley's scummieness has been well documented over at these here parts, and it brought a large smile to my face when I saw this on MLB network this morning. I was so happy, in fact, that I made a </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/did-anyone-get-number-of-that-truck.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493696596740125044.post-8355580137445190339</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-02T14:16:17.365-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">not matty chico this time</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">i didnt use the words ugly and uggla together yay for me</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sea bass</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crappy ass video</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gif</category><title>Hooray! I didn't have to cringe this time!</title><atom:summary>A play occurred in Monday's game that resulted in the ball being thrown a gazillion rows up into the stands. Sure, sure, it's a regular happening at Nats park, but, the difference this time? It wasn't a Nat, and I roffl'd as opposed to ohnoes'd. (Aaaaand, I've already used up my meme allowance for the entire post in the first paragraph.)
A ground ball was hit to Alex Gonzalez (the Braves </atom:summary><link>http://gnatsgnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/hooray-i-didnt-have-to-cringe-this-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Section 138)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-twVeCP58tzo/Tjg8-D34rjI/AAAAAAAABj0/HFM2BbpCRbQ/s72-c/Uh%252520Oh%252520Danny%252520Ugg.GIF" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>
