{"id":17703,"date":"2012-05-22T12:55:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T16:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=17703"},"modified":"2012-05-22T12:55:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T16:55:31","slug":"gio-gonzalez-is-the-ace-but-could-still-improve-nats-survive-h-rod-beat-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/05\/gio-gonzalez-is-the-ace-but-could-still-improve-nats-survive-h-rod-beat-phillies\/","title":{"rendered":"Gio Gonzalez is the ace, but could still improve; Nats survive H-Rod, beat Phillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Nationals extended their winning streak to 2 and took a 3-1 season series\/Cheesesteak\/Half-Smoke Challenge lead over the Philadelphia Phillies last night. A few thoughts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Everybody over the latest (last as a closer?) meltdown by Henry Rodriguez yet? Other stuff happened in last night&#8217;s game, like Gio Gonzalez striking out nine over 6 innings. In the sixth though, he needed some stellar defense and poor Phillies baserunning. <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=21638839&#038;topic_id=8878754&#038;c_id=was&#038;tcid=vpp_copy_21638839&#038;v=3\">Rick Ankiel made a great catch off a Hunter Pence liner<\/a> that nobody tried to run on and<a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?topic_id=8878754&#038;c_id=was\"> Adam LaRoche throw out Placido Polanco<\/a> at home.  I wish MLB would let me embed those videos I just linked to!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.misschatter.com\/janf\/2012\/05\/22\/getting-to-know-g-g-g-gio\/\">Gonzalez, his enthusiasm was on display on Saturday as MissChatter notes<\/a>. She&#8217;s got video, part of which I shot so she could ask a question. BLOGGERS ASSEMBLE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/nationals-journal\/post\/gio-gonzalez-leading-the-majors-in-strikeouts-is-among-the-elite\/2012\/05\/22\/gIQAOH27gU_blog.html\">Gonzalez leads MLB in strikeouts<\/a> (Nationals Journal, <em>The Post)<\/em>, but I&#8217;d like to see him start pitching seven innings and giving the bullpen some rest. They need it with the closer situation being what it is right now with <strong>Drew Storen<\/strong> and <strong>Brad Lidge<\/strong> out and H-Rod ineffective in tight games in any role.<\/p>\n<p>In stuff leftover from the weekend,<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.letteddywin.com\/2012\/05\/20\/video-teddy-roosevelt-pummels-the-orioles-the-bird\/\"> Teddy did a Dexter Manley impression<\/a> on the Oriole bird:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/--PS8bgwK-Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Nationals extended their winning streak to 2 and took a 3-1 season series\/Cheesesteak\/Half-Smoke Challenge lead over the Philadelphia Phillies last night. A few thoughts&#8230; Everybody over the latest (last as a closer?) meltdown by Henry Rodriguez yet? Other stuff happened in last night&#8217;s game, like Gio Gonzalez striking out nine over 6 innings. 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