Nationals Versus Devil Rays, June 30 2006 (or how I learned to stop crying and love the Bowden) July 1, 2006
Future president Stan Kasten announces that Bowden will be the GM of our future and the Nats take the field to show the confidence inspired by this decision….an 11-1 D-Ray drubbing.
On my scorecard, I noted “*Sound System Fixed*”. Finally I could hear and understand everything our lifeless stadium announcer said. However, in my quest to never be happy, it was too loud for normal ears when blurting out some of the routine sound effects.
Next to that note, I put down “*Bowden named perm GM*” and wept. Okay, not really. Not because there is no crying in baseball stadiums, just that it would be pointless. It is done, time to move on. The only good thing I can say about this is that it will be the end of Frank Robinson as manager, hopefully by the Grand Reopening of RFK on the 21st. If we have to move forward as a MLB-JV squad after trading away most of our veterans, then we need the manager of our future now to go with the GM of our future.
This game gave the fans a preview of the rest of this season, and realistically next season as well. Mike O’Conner gave up 5 runs in 5 innings (at least he makes baseball math easier) and was relieved by Jason Bergman who topped his batterymate by giving up 6 runs in 2 innings. These are two players that will be a part of the Nats future. To be fair, they both have the potential to contribute.
Frank Robinson visited Jason Bergman in the middle of his meltdown, not to pull him, but to whisper “Ohka, Ohka, Ohka” before abandoning the young reliever to watch his psyche leave the park along with the balls off of the D-Rays’ bats.
It says a lot when the old man Mike Stanton, tying Dennis Eckersley for third on the all-time old-time appearances list, comes in and is our most effective pitcher. Stanton threw 16 pitches over the final two innings, sending down 6 out of 6.
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