{"id":2280,"date":"2007-07-26T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-26T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/07\/church-langerhans-defeat-nats.html"},"modified":"2007-07-26T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-26T09:55:00","slug":"church-langerhans-defeat-nats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/07\/church-langerhans-defeat-nats\/","title":{"rendered":"Church, Langerhans defeat Nats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA 7 Washington 5 (14 innings) (<i>CBS Sportsline<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsline.com\/mlb\/gamecenter\/boxscore\/MLB_20070725_WAS@PHI\"><b>Boxscore<\/b><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>LF <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Church<\/span> and CF <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Langerhans<\/span> have been playing baseball for a long time, but it didn&#8217;t show last night. The two outfielders snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in stunning fashion last night by not calling a deep fly ball and nearly running into each other. The ball hit Church&#8217;s glove and then the ground, allowing <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jimmy Rollins<\/span> to score on a triple and a throwing error when the Phillies were down to their last strike. Had this happened in a playoff game, the Nats would have had to change their uniforms and probably gut the team, if not move to another city &#8212; it was that awful.<\/p>\n<p>When your team comes back with three runs in the ninth on the to take a one run lead you need to make sure that you call fly balls with two outs. Duh! How the hell can they blow a fly ball like that? I&#8217;m fed up with these two, I want them off the team on August 1 at the very latest. Either that or a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t5OJw380wo8\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">force choke<\/span><\/a>. In the meantime, they need to publicly apologize to their teammates, especially <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chad Cordero<\/span>, the Lerner family, the fans, the mayor, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Frank Howard<\/span>, the president, Butterstick, those retarded food stand employees and even <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Bowden<\/span>. Oh and me of course.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did their dreadful fielding cost the Nats a win last night, it cost me some serious bragging rights over <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Cliff<\/span> (The Ombudsman when the Nats and Fleas aren&#8217;t playing each other), who was uncharacteristically bold in an email yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Howard<\/span> won it with a two run homer in the 14th. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chris Booker<\/span> is credited with the loss, but the blame goes to Church and Langerhans.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/07\/25\/AR2007072502290.html\"><b>Nats Drop The Ball<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070726\/SPORTS02\/107260093\/1005\/SPORTS\"><b>Tough game to drop for Nats<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n<p>P <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">John Lannan<\/span> makes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/07\/25\/AR2007072502437.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">his MLB debut<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>) this afternoon in Philly. He started the season in A ball. His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070726\/SPORTS02\/107260080\/1005\/SPORTS\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">arrival<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>) shows both a rapid rise and a desperate need for starting pitching. The Nats have five starters on the DL and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jason Bergmann<\/span> may join them. Lannan will be the fifth National to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070726\/SPORTS02\/107260081\/1005\/SPORTS\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">his MLB debut<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>) this season. The <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Times-Union<\/span> (Albany, N.Y.) <a href=\"http:\/\/timesunion.com\/AspStories\/story.asp?storyID=609169&#038;category=SPORTS&#038;newsdate=7\/26\/2007\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">has more<\/span><\/a> too. Lanahan pitched at Sienna College.<\/p>\n<p>Bowden is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-847328~Nats_look_to_have_promising_future.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">talking about the future and reviewing the progress of several prospects<\/span><\/a> in  <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. 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