Shit is getting real.

1 run game. Delcaso goes deep

money well spent.;) maybe he will be our next Pujols draft pick everyone passed over and we got lucky.

I would say I am surprised by this but there is a reason you guys won it last year. Sports are amazing. If the Nationals had broken a 5 to 5 tie the place would be going nuts and it would feel like the game is over. Since they blew a 6 to 0 lead it feels like its destined to be tied.

Hold the Nats and we have 2/3/4 against their closer. If there was ever a time for the middle of the lineup to wake up, this is it.

All you can ask for is 2/3/4 with a chance to tie.

Of course, all you could ask for is for Waino to start too...

These guys just dont give up. It's pretty cool to be a fan of a "tough" team, even if it is "baseball tough".

If I was a Nationals fan I'd be sweating bullets with Beltran, Holliday, Craig, Freese and Molina all coming up that can hit the ball out.

Don't understand why you throw Motte. Who goes in the 9th for a potential save?

He's throwing 2 innings.

You want to give yourself the best chance to go in top of 9 with it still a one run game. If we tie or take the lead, then deal with it then.

Not to mention he sucks in non-save situations.

Nats blow it up here. Bad move Matheny.

Maybe I am biased since I have played baseball my whole life but I think in a way it is harder to be "tough" in baseball because you control so little. You can't field it just by choice, and you are only up 1 out of every 9 times, and even then your fate can be with the pitcher, umpire, fielders, and luck. There is a lot more effort to be mentally tough in baseball, because its so much more about belief than effort.

That song was cool by the Nats fans. As a Yanks fan my team went from mentally tough for 6 years to whatever that was for the next 10 or so. Now they are in the middle. 2011 Cards vs. 1996 Yankees would be something.

That's what a 2-out hit looks like Cards. Jesus ****ing Christ.