{"id":14552,"date":"2011-09-03T23:46:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T03:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=14552"},"modified":"2011-09-03T23:46:50","modified_gmt":"2011-09-04T03:46:50","slug":"nats-walking-roger-bernadina-to-get-to-ryan-zimmerman-with-the-bases-loaded-in-the-9th-brilliant-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/09\/nats-walking-roger-bernadina-to-get-to-ryan-zimmerman-with-the-bases-loaded-in-the-9th-brilliant-mets\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats: Walking Roger Bernadina to get to Ryan Zimmerman with the bases loaded in the 9th?! BRILLIANT, Mets!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/09\/is-charles-krauthammer-embracing-the-soft-bigotry-of-low-expectations-for-the-nats.html\">Charles Krauthammer said<\/a>, &#8220;you go for the moments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Nationals just snatched victory from the jaws of defeat which they previously snatched from the jaws of victory. Who were they playing? The New York Mets of course!<\/p>\n<p>Entering the 9th, the Nats were down 7-6 to the Mets with 8-9-1 in the batting order coming up. That worked out to be Jesus Flores, PH Jonny Gomes and Ian Desmond. Flores singled was replaced by PR Brian Bixler who reached second on a wild pitch. Gomes then walked. Hope was alive. As I tweeted, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/doubleuefwhy\/status\/110173688376201217\">so, the #Nats need to get at least two base-runners on in the 9th..<\/a>.&#8221; Ian Desmond then advanced both runners with a great bunt that he almost beat out. Next, the Mets did something that even George Custer<sup>*<\/sup> would find to be an arrogant, uneducated and stupid tactic &#8212; they walked Roger Bernadina to load the bases and face Ryan Zimmerman AKA Mr. Walkoff in the bottom of the 9th.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"254\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/shared\/flash\/video\/share\/ObjectEmbedFrame.swf?content_id=18797205&#038;topic_id=&#038;width=400&#038;height=254&#038;property=mlb\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"tl\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nTried to hack an embed code, but it didn&#8217;t work tonight &#8212; maybe in a few days it will. Why does MLB wait a few days to make embedding possible anyway? Oh and here&#8217;s the Mets feed:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"254\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/shared\/flash\/video\/share\/ObjectEmbedFrame.swf?content_id=18797523&#038;topic_id=&#038;width=400&#038;height=254&#038;property=mlb\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"tl\" \/><\/object>v=3<\/p>\n<p>So, not a true Mr. Walkoff hit, since it was a bloop, broken-bat single instead of a home run, but a welcome one nonetheless. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/jamiemottram\">@jamiemottram<\/a> of Mr. Irrelevant called him Mr. Sawed-Off which I endorse. Also, in another nom de plume, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MrIrrelevantDC\/status\/110192465151131648\">he reminded everybody that I came up with Mr. Walkoff<\/a>. Thanks, Mr. I.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and if that wasn&#8217;t enough, earlier in the game on the first pitch seen as a major leaguer,  starting pitcher Tom Millone homered to the Nats bullpen in right field. A 3-run homer to put the Nats up 5-0. Shades of Jim Bullinger whom I almost instantly recalled for some reason. <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"254\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/shared\/flash\/video\/share\/ObjectEmbedFrame.swf?content_id=18803031&#038;topic_id=&#038;width=400&#038;height=254&#038;property=mlb\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"tl\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, Millone will have a more distinguished career with the Nats than Bullinger did with the Chicago Cubs or anybody else he played for back in the day. I probably had not thought about Bullinger since he hit a homer in his debut sometime back in the early 1990s. Memory is an odd thing.<\/p>\n<p>This was the Nats 11th last at-bat win this season, tied with the MLB lead according to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/STATS_MLB\/status\/110191838895419392\">@STATS_LLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back to the present and D.C. &#8212; you go for the moments. Or watch for the moments. I expect one tomorrow in what appears to be the final start of 2011\/ever for \u00a1LIVAN! in a Nats uniform. Maybe he&#8217;ll finally get a no-hitter (not likely, since Eric Gregg has passed on) or maybe hit for the cycle. Actually, a no hitter is more likely than \u00a1LIVAN! hitting a triple.<\/p>\n<p><sup>*<\/sup>My friend Joe added: &#8220;I remember George Custer. 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