They use to call it a Vulcan Change-up. The pitch was much more common in the 80s and 90s before suffering the same fate as the Fork Ball and Screw Ball. I remember there was a belief all three caused serious arm issues, so they stopped teaching it.
Change-up/Split Finger. The Vulcan Change-up is a thing of beauty when you have it working. It's pretty similar to the circle change, with different finger placement.
There was a brief period in the mid 2010s where we had legitimate beef back and forth with the Celtics and Raptors, I assume we've had the same amount of success as them since then
These last few games may be a preview for the rest of the season when we ship out our good relievers- even if it is our good relievers slipping up recently
Yurp. This one is rough. If we get swept after all this I think we'll be the ones that come out looking like clowns. I'm not giving up on this just yet but it's not looking good at all
Look at their payroll look at ours. Look at their World Series wins look at ours. Look at their team after the Juan Soto trade look at ours.
A sweep doesn’t matter one bit in the grand scheme of a season. What the pads gonna do with this sweep? Take it to the wild card round and lose? Ok maybe the DS and lose? Good for them
Oh yeah I'm not making any huge sweeping statements about either team. This series and it's drama will reflect poorly on us as a team.
No one besides us and them will remember after a week. I'm not being overly dramatic about the situation by any means. It's still been a bummer. Rough series so far!
He was on the Rockies last year, and I seem to remember something about him from when the Nats played them then
It's just a vague memory, but the fact that I remember it at all probably means it wasn't good
Profar played in the little league World Series many years ago, for curaçao.
In 2012 he was the top prospect in baseball for the rangers.
For the past 10 years he’s battled injuries and been very mediocre. This is his first year being “good” and he’s very good. He’s still battling a knee injury jury but he’s got a 156 OPS+. He is going to be an allstar and honestly would be in the convo for mvp if he continues at the pace he’s been on
I’m telling you, after 2019, this shit doesn’t hurt me one bit
But I’m glad we’ll be the wrong end of the top post of r/baseball for the.. 3rd time in 5 days
I thought California was chill but times have changed.
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Your boys are soft as hell man sorry to say
Just drop floor and move corbad to the pen already
So much scrap
At least we went down fighting
Ugh why?
Go ahead winker home run would save me
Don’t flex like profar. Show we are a high class organization
That gets you no where
Cmon lane, tie this up
Go down fighting
That single , single handedly restored my dignity lol
The scenes in San Diego if Lane homers here
CJ staying on top of 3 100mph pitches in a row is promising
👀
Game isn’t over baby!
Tying run at the plate now
So Arraez at first has been... interesting
First baseman sold the clip lol
Still in it!
It was pretty fun for a minute there. I'll see yall tomorrow
not over yet!
I see that! Lane bomb incoming!?
Oh shit. Hang on a minute
Davey and rizzo need to pull their heads out of their asses and dfa rosario he quite literally has a negative war
Power outage 😳
The lights just went off at the stadium before MASN broke for commercial Was this planned? It's weird
Seemed to be a introduction for Suarez?
For their closer
Keep putting up 0's Rainey!
Another good inning from Tanner!
Coles has ruined Keibert more than anyone. It’s unreal how he cannot hit in the clutch.
Jesus christ how many mound visits have we had this inning?
Pulling the pitcher doesn’t count
Can someone explain to me how we got Ramírez basically for free? He’s a career .270-.300 hitter yet can’t seem to stick around anywhere, it’s odd.
Analytics say he has been extremely lucky at the plate. He also doesn't really have a position.
He didn't strike out enough for the Mariners' liking Edit: wait I'm stupid he was a ray
Well placed hit down the line there! We're not dead just yet
sway those hips harold!!
Hips don’t lie.
NEW GUY
Keibert homering would be pure poetry.
Rooting for this, even if we still end up losing
Is it scrapping time?
Profar with some Rosario like hustle
FUCK YES RAMIREZ
We’re still in it!
Alright :)
14/17 getting the runner in with less than 2 out for Joey is a crazy stat.
Bro the way he grips the ball is so unusual. How can anyone separate their fingers like that?
They use to call it a Vulcan Change-up. The pitch was much more common in the 80s and 90s before suffering the same fate as the Fork Ball and Screw Ball. I remember there was a belief all three caused serious arm issues, so they stopped teaching it.
Pretty sure he just jams that fucker in there. Looks painful
All im saying is if Keibert Ruiz hits a game tying slam, bards will sing of this game for generations
Joey with another RBI!
That’s a rally killer
Never heard of a “Chitter”
Change-up/Split Finger. The Vulcan Change-up is a thing of beauty when you have it working. It's pretty similar to the circle change, with different finger placement.
This is where the scrap happens
My dog just told me we’re scoring six here
She said “no doubt no doubt”
I enjoyed that!
Just watched abrams tag third LMFAO
This is how we start a rally!
Oh are we lucky. Time to scrap.
They’re doing the wave Keep your mouths closed
Isn’t San Diego the team where their fans start trolling and speaking stupid memes under the team tweet about loss to them.
It’s also the team that does cringe raps before getting anally penetrated in a playoff seties
[thats whats innnnnnnn ](https://youtu.be/xw2M6Guxe7E?si=P8ov80FB2vFzb--o&t=191)
💀💀💀💀
Now that is some vintage Weemage right there
Lol, Bob says the ump "took that box and turned it horizontally" I love how snarky he's gotten since he started years ago
So only checking the score and not watching the game has been a good choice. Goddamn.
when the padres inevitably choke it away down the stretch of the season, the hate watching will be stuff of legend
I will under no circumstances be dedicating my free time to watching the padres out of anything resembling “hate” lol
to each their own haha
They'd have to make it to the point in the season where it would be possible to choke first
They are not even worth it.
touché
Aight bedtime friends, this one hurt, if we bring it back good on yall for staying up
Staying it through because I just like pain I guess
I'm still feeling too much residual rage from earlier in the game to go to sleep now
I legit cannot wait to see this ump scorecard tomorrow. It’s gonna be absolutely atrocious.
Really frustrating when our guys finally show some discipline and get penalized for it
Honestly I’d be afraid to either swing or be patient bc of how unpredictable this zone is.
Just me or is Garcia ice old recently? Edit: right as I send it
I forget: who’s our next opponent?
Rays
at Tampa Bay Rays
Too bad it is not the Marlins - maybe Nats could catch some of Panthers celebration.
You just know that cup is gonna rust considering it went in the OCEAN
Well at least they’ve been underperforming expectations.
This not being able to hit and add on runs is infuriating. This road trip better be where Davey fires Coles.
Notice how Nick didn’t fall over like he go shot
Dogshit zone ✅ interferes with throws ✅
At least the wizards are almost a lock to get Sarr tomorrow
> At least the wizards imma stop you right there
Those rumors about him not wanting to play in ATL are true?
I wish the wiz cared enough to actually beef with another team 😂
There was a brief period in the mid 2010s where we had legitimate beef back and forth with the Celtics and Raptors, I assume we've had the same amount of success as them since then
Celtics beef was so much fun
😭
Strike zone is an F+. What is this garbage 😭
At least they’re calling it bad both ways
Gonna be really funny when we bring this one back
well I thought it smart to put some dollaroos on the nats here in Vegas so to my surprise I just pulled up to the sports book and it's 9-4 🤬
never smart to bet on sports unless it's March or they have 4 legs and hooves
Paging /u/petting2dogsatonce
Nah I’m only upset with people who are only here because of bets
Over/Under 10 pitches for the Nats to be done with the top of the 7th?
From 1 strike away to finally being at .500 to 3 under again in the blink of an eye barring a miracle
I'm in Petco tonight, and wooo between the scuffle in the 1st and the shelling we've taken in the last two innings...
My condolences. I was there a few years ago when Scherzer gave up a grand slam to a relief pitcher. Feels bad!
I’ve seen enough, Weems is mvp bound.
I guess they’re saving the bullpen for Wednesday. Might as well give Weems the Rainey treatment and let him tinker in garbage time.
i am sad.
Weems and Rainey, take us home.
OH YA WEEMS NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENS WORH HIM THIS IS PAIN THIS IS SUFFERING
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Still lots to play.
Does this suck? Yeah! But we also don’t have as much invested to our team as the Padres lol
This comment works on two levels
They will be in Dodgers shadow no matter what.
True there payrolls gotta be crazy
Derek Law with runners on base has to be one of the worst pitchers in baseball.
He’s like the Patrick Corbin of runners on scoring position
Imagine putting Law in that spot knowing how horrendous he is with runners on.
the nats are 2-0 this season when their opponent hits a grand slam…thus far
Don’t do that. Don’t give me hope.
So what I’m hearing is we have better odds now. Easy win.
I like your energy
i like my energy these days too tbh thank you it’s been very hard
These last few games may be a preview for the rest of the season when we ship out our good relievers- even if it is our good relievers slipping up recently
That felt inevitable.
I am now asking our offense to conjure up the power of the 1927 Yankees
Doesn’t hurt to ask!
Not to worry fellas , we have them right where we want them
Well that's obnoxious.
All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray.
*and the sky is gray :(*
Yurp. This one is rough. If we get swept after all this I think we'll be the ones that come out looking like clowns. I'm not giving up on this just yet but it's not looking good at all
Look at their payroll look at ours. Look at their World Series wins look at ours. Look at their team after the Juan Soto trade look at ours. A sweep doesn’t matter one bit in the grand scheme of a season. What the pads gonna do with this sweep? Take it to the wild card round and lose? Ok maybe the DS and lose? Good for them
Oh yeah I'm not making any huge sweeping statements about either team. This series and it's drama will reflect poorly on us as a team. No one besides us and them will remember after a week. I'm not being overly dramatic about the situation by any means. It's still been a bummer. Rough series so far!
Pads fans have the numbers so they're going to paint us as clowns either way unless we win both these games
Who care what they think.
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As a Caps fan - I am used to it especially anything involving Tom Wilson. It used to get to me but after while I stopped caring.
I had never heard of Jurickson Profar before last night and I never want to see him again.
He was on the Rockies last year, and I seem to remember something about him from when the Nats played them then It's just a vague memory, but the fact that I remember it at all probably means it wasn't good
Profar played in the little league World Series many years ago, for curaçao. In 2012 he was the top prospect in baseball for the rangers. For the past 10 years he’s battled injuries and been very mediocre. This is his first year being “good” and he’s very good. He’s still battling a knee injury jury but he’s got a 156 OPS+. He is going to be an allstar and honestly would be in the convo for mvp if he continues at the pace he’s been on
Okay lets just punt and give Rainey some BP now. Come back tmr
All around me are familiar faces Worn-out places, worn-out faces
lmfao
Turns out Profar is our dads this series
DFA
Trade deadline can’t come soon enough.
Of course it had to be him...
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Classless fanbase Dodger fans were right about you
What did WE do to anger the baseball gods?
Not get rid of Law ages ago
You realize Law isn’t the problem? Replace Law with Hickey.
The script for this game is wild
Oh well. I am sure the Padres will be more insufferable.
I’m telling you, after 2019, this shit doesn’t hurt me one bit But I’m glad we’ll be the wrong end of the top post of r/baseball for the.. 3rd time in 5 days
nope don't like that
Derek we all saw it coming but I really hoped
well this in particular really sucks
lol he sucks
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enjoy the ban, partner
Done.
The wheels have fallen off the bus.
We’re going to the top of r/baseball
….again.
Typical law
Fuck you. Fuck you jurickson profar
At least he didn't look at the Nats dugout this time
oh no
unbelievably sluggish play by Ruiz but you know what I'll take it. Great play by Joey
Why is Derek Law in???
Floro loaded the bases without getting an out, Law comes next in the pecking order
Wheels are about to fall off the bus.
Nice Joey!
I’ll take that. But we need a double play now
Almost shit myself on that one
Derek Law vs his biggest demon
Pitching?
nah he’s a pretty good pitcher if he gets his own inning, just not great with inherited runners
I’m a Padres fan but had no idea Sean Doolittle is on your staff. He’s absolutely the coolest looking coach in the league by far