Mike

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@AlGaldi @Nats_Chat On offense, for sure. Pitching, not so much.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@GrantPaulsen This is why you slide head first into home. He touches the plate and avoids the tag. He is out if he goes feet first.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@MarkZuckerman Another way to look at this is they have been outscored 19-2 over the last 9 innings.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@GrantPaulsen That they used replay to flag it is the big thing to me. The ref missing it won't save offenders. More of this.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@JPFinlayNBCS Need to add another flag.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@MarkZuckerman Faced the min.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@MarkZuckerman Meanwhile Miz just put on a show. A 15k Maddux.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@MarkZuckerman Nat's pitching picking up where they left off. 5 runs in 1 and 1/3 innings.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@EVChargStations Camo is doing its job. But if it really comes in at $30,000 (and with Ford, just comes in at all), it could put the Slate truck to shame.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@capitalweather Radar doesn't look so bad so far (unless one is rooting for rain).

Seeing lots of early stage lantern flies. Ugh.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@BenStandig These videos aren't going to get SF to budge, but an uncomfortable NFLPA investigation might. (This assumes there isn't a logical explanation for a 6 month delay in filing charges in a case resting on a video posted last year.)

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@BenStandig I get that he's news but I don't follow Aiyuk and can't say I love following him vicariously. Mostly, I'll just wait and see.

He should request the NFLPA investigate the circumstances surrounding the timing of his indictment. 6 months, nothing, then bam? Triggered by 49ers?

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@capitalweather Power out and it didn't even try to come back. Getting Derecho vibes. 😬

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@BenStandig It is kind of funny that the all important mandatory minicamp clearly isn't important at all.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@BenStandig Up 3, I would agree. Up 1, I don't really have a problem with it. He was ahead of the defender and thought he had a shot (and maybe a +1 to go up 4). Pulling out probably only kills maybe a second more (which was killed by the Knicks dribbling the ball). I was fine either way.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@GrantPaulsen I don't think this is the brain-fart people are making it out to be. He thought he had a shot (maybe an "and 1" for a 4 point lead). If he dribbles it out the guy is right there to foul him. Maybe it burns another second. Then, if he only goes 1-2, it is a 2 pt game. A 3 wins.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@MarkZuckerman A lot of people didn't get the job done, but that includes Butera picking Parker again for a spot like this. This can be a learning experience for a young manager except that he doesn't seem inclined to learn. Bringing Parker in there was plain stubborn.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@MarkZuckerman "going to be" - I know the lead was big, but I was surprised how many people posted something like this. The baseball gods were not pleased and took it out on the Nats. Of course, pitching choices didn't help.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@JPFinlayNBCS @jenniferleechan *shown

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@JPFinlayNBCS @jenniferleechan And this is why they cancelled the minicamp. He could have showed up, gotten off the "left the team list" necessitating that he take up a roster spot and his cap space. Makes me think the start of SF camp might be the deadline.

[Mike @YuccaMike]

@JPFinlayNBCS @jenniferleechan Also, cancelling the guarantees was in his interest in a weird way. He wants to be released and sign with Washington. With those guarantees gone, he can be released. Would I have given up those guarantees? No. Did he? Yes.