Comments on: The Nats beat the Phillies … with Natitude http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:03:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jaymidd http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-296243 Mon, 07 May 2012 17:02:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-296243 Natitude? Seriously? Thats the dumbest tag line ever! And i live in DC. If youre gonna go with that, why not just go with Gnatitude, since they bug you to death or how bout ratitude, since there are nothing but rats up in the bleachers in the outfield. Natitude….get the f outta here. Its gonna be funny when they come tumbling back down to earth in the greater loss column…then they can change it to gratitude for for ripping fans off trying to get them to believe this sorry teams was actually going somewhere. Puhleeze.

]]> By: pdowdy83 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295931 Mon, 07 May 2012 13:51:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295931 Really? You want to play the injury card? No Zimmerman, no LaRoche, no Morse. Our bullpen held better than the Phillies without Lidge or Storen…Oh and the umps blew 2 calls against the Nats too…man there is a lot of desperation in these posts for a “meaningless May series”

]]> By: natstowngreg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295339 Sun, 06 May 2012 00:53:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295339 A friend who has Capitals tickets offered me one for one of their playoff games vs. Boston. Being a longtime Buffalo Sabres fan, I was happy to go and root against the Bruins. We sat in a corner of the lower deck. $232.

]]> By: pbsenerchia http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295306 Sat, 05 May 2012 21:44:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295306 LOL Phillies.

]]> By: simon94022 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295248 Sat, 05 May 2012 18:08:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295248 DC looks like they are catching the Spirit of 1924. Nice to see.

]]> By: Utley's Hair http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295244 Sat, 05 May 2012 17:47:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295244 I was obviously referring to lats night’s game, and NOT the game of baseball in general, which, incidentally, just so happens to be a GAME also, so take your newfound holier than thou crap somewhere else. You show up when the Gnats have a good game or when you feel the need to disparage umpires or another team or their fans, and then disappear. As you say, I’m on here “every day,” which, though not exactly true, shows that I’m here regardless of outcome. I rip on the Phightins when needed, and to crow about them when they’re doing well.

I never said that Phightins Phans are all “honorable.” But just as with any fanbase, there is a vocal subset. On the flip side, there is a vast majority that just likes to cheer on our team. That subset act in a way to color the fanbase as a whole. I’ve been to a lot of Phils games, both at the Bank, as well as elsewhere. You know how much trouble I’ve had? None. At all. No matter where I’ve been. The only time I’ve ever come close to having a problem was after a Phils Mets game at the Vet, where a group of Mets fans were drunk and trying to mix it up with Phillies Phans. That’s it.

By the way, when did “Chill out” become a defense? It’s great that you are happy that your team won a game in early May, but pace yourself, man. There are still May through early October to go. If you don’t want to chill out and enjoy the ride, fine. Just stay the hell away from me.

]]> By: evanwins http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295238 Sat, 05 May 2012 17:09:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295238 Maybe not thrifty…but very successful, as both a business and a team.

How ’bout the Nats? can you say the same?

]]> By: kvanhorn87 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295202 Sat, 05 May 2012 15:25:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295202 Ochoa, the number 1 prospect in years (positional player) deserves more than 22000. Especially when you figure there are general baseball fans who probably showed up for his debut

]]> By: kvanhorn87 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295191 Sat, 05 May 2012 15:06:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295191 Haha one of your own ushers says the attendance was 3-1 Nats fans! Where else would this be a source of pride??

]]> By: undsputed http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295185 Sat, 05 May 2012 14:55:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295185 Let’s stay away from one individual example at the risk of someone using it to mislead others. Here you go…. team payrolls, start of the season:

http://www.stevetheump.com/Payrolls.htm

Read the top carefully. Analyze it.

]]> By: ocho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295166 Sat, 05 May 2012 14:01:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295166 Lets see, baseball had been missing in the Nations capital for decades leaving an entire generation of Washingtonians w/o baseball, the team had back to back 100 loss seasons as recently as 2009, and the Caps hosted game 3 of the playoffs on his Bryce’s debut. As Davey said, winning will fill the seats…if the Nats are competing for a playoff spot in September and only 22k show up for a game then you might have a legitimate gripe.

]]> By: ocho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295162 Sat, 05 May 2012 13:52:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295162 I agree with the first oart of your comment, last yr I was lucky enough to get some of the Lexus tickets and the restaurant/bar that accompanies those seats is amazing and still allows you to see the game from the concourse or giant HD tvs. I have to disagree with your assessment of the park tho, of all of the DC sports teams Nats Park is the most affordable and has all types of deals to promote attendance.

]]> By: 18thstreet http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295159 Sat, 05 May 2012 13:47:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295159 Very objective. If not for the stuff that happened, a different outcome.

]]> By: 18thstreet http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295158 Sat, 05 May 2012 13:46:48 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295158 Yes, the Phillies have been a model of thrift.

]]> By: schmedley69 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295154 Sat, 05 May 2012 13:32:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295154 Keep policing the boards and make yourself feel like you are up there on some kind of moral high ground. The truth of the matter is that you are a complete hypocrite and take yourself way too seriously. You are right down in the gutter with the rest of here.

]]> By: 18thstreet http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295138 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:56:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295138 Giving away a great seat to someone who literally cannot use it is an odd gesture.

]]> By: filthtown http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295136 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:54:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295136 Many of those seats–at least 25 directly behind home plate–are given to active duty service members, many of whom have been wounded in combat. They can often be seen standing or sitting in their wheelchairs on the concourse above those seats. Sorry they couldn’t sit in their seats.

]]> By: bleed4philly http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295132 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:39:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295132 Not to mention the phillies got robbed 3 times in the 7th inning.

]]> By: bleed4philly http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295128 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:36:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295128 Kendrick vs Strasburg = you had to have that game, and you would’ve lost had qualls not throw the same effing pitch 7 straight times.

]]> By: 18thstreet http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295126 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:33:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295126 It’s not sold out because it’s overpriced.

]]> By: dawglb http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295124 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:32:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295124 Mr. Undsputed, you are right! Money does not buy championships. ‘Cause that was a whole lotta money the Nats paid Jayson Werth…… And it will not bring them a championship of any kind.

]]> By: 18thstreet http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295123 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:32:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295123 The seats behind home plate always look like that. I’ve heard that it’s because the people who own the seats are watching from the richy-rich bar that’s exclusive to them. They’re in the park, just not in their seats (so I’ve heard).

It’s awful. They ought to rename the place One Percent Park, because that’s who it was built for.

]]> By: mungman69 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295118 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:21:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295118 Let’s face it, the Nats don’t have a fan base. Why, I dunno. You would have thought that the stadium would have been packed.
I don’t know what game that usher was at but there were more Phillies fans than Nat fans.

]]> By: garryjercia http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295114 Sat, 05 May 2012 11:57:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295114 Yeah, way to take the park back guys. You just missed your chance to up the sellout streak to 3.

]]> By: djm426 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295113 Sat, 05 May 2012 11:56:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295113 Natitude is stupid,stop trying to bring meaning to your team.ur not phillies rival,that game was like world series for u n just a boring bus trip for phillies

]]> By: blcomment http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295112 Sat, 05 May 2012 11:48:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295112 I am an usher at the park. The attendance last night was at least 3-1 Nats fans. The Philly fan base is so bad they were actually written up in the WSJ yesterday. Many DC area residents won’t bring their kids to these games with the Philly fans. Who would really want a fan base like that representing their team?

]]> By: kvanhorn87 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-2/#comment-295111 Sat, 05 May 2012 11:46:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295111 Both sides should try to be unbiased here and both acknowledge the absurdity of only 22k at Bryce Harper’s debut and mid 30 yesterday. There is no valid reason why yesterday wasn’t sold out. Have some pride. If they would have sold tickets to people outside relatively local zip Codes we would have been willing to help.

]]> By: kvanhorn87 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295109 Sat, 05 May 2012 11:43:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295109 It was kind of embarrassing to subject viewers on tv to staring at Lexus symbols all night. The Nats management should have at least given those seats behind home plate to seat fillers.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295108 Sat, 05 May 2012 11:08:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295108 It is a measure of how dumb this apparently interminable argument must be that my popcorn went soft and damp in its bowl while this juvenalia was perpetuating itself.

Anyone want to talk politics? It is a derelection year, and I crave some mature, reasoned argumentation on this blog.

]]> By: mungman69 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/davey-johnson-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-natitude/comment-page-1/#comment-295102 Sat, 05 May 2012 10:24:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144900#comment-295102 The Phillies will recover. Where were all those Nat fans?

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