Nats Opener

Ryan Zimmerman scorched one down the leftfield line in the 8th inning off of Aaron Heilman (Heilman was visibly phased by my constant yelling of "Heil!" at that Nazi bastard through the tv). Alphonso Soriano rounded third. Cliff Floyd of the Mets gobbled up the ball and threw it to Jose Reyes. Reyes threw it home. Soriano slid head first and stuck his hand in between catcher Paul Lo Duca's legs. Soriano was called out. In fact, Lo Duca never had control of the ball and even if he had, it appeared that So-So (my nickname for Soriano, because of the last two letters in his first name and the first two in his last name, and also because I'm not sure how I feel about him yet) got his hand in before the tag anyway.

Livan Hernandez pitched well for the Nats, but hurt his own cause in other ways. Brandon Watson (he could replace Brad Wilkerson not only in centerfield, but also with the nickname B-dub, or he could have "Elementary") put down a good bunt, but Hernandez wasn't running and was thrown out at second. Right after, Watson tricked Mets 2nd baseman Anderson Hernandez and reached second base. While Watson played well, Hernandez also made two defensive mistakes. He didn't cover first when Tom Glavine was caught in a run-down. He also failed to catch a liner right at him, trying to turn two.

Jose Vidro tried to start a 2 out rally in the 9th, but was thrown out by Carlos Beltran to end the game in a 3-2 loss. Beltran was booed heavily up until that point.

The Nats have a promising year ahead of them. I predict we'll finish over .500 this season. Our defense needs to sure up a bit, but this game will not be indicative of the rest of the season. Unless a bad call costs us a win every game.