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Sunday, May 19th, 2013Thanks to Camden Chat for the heads up that it’s been 15 years since the O’s-Yanks brawl that Armando Benitez touched off by beaning Tino Martinez and Alan Mills ended by clocking Darryl Strawberry. See the Mills punch below at the 37-second mark; it is the best.
DMV: Braden Holty’s Boner
Thursday, May 9th, 2013Caps lose 4-3 in an ugly Game 4, return to D.C. tied at 2. [Japers', RMNB]
Holtby inexplicably turned it over, giving New York goal No. 1. [RMNB]
Ovechkin hurt Martin Erat while trying to take out a Ranger. [USAT Sports]
Ovi got called for a penalty on the play, which was BS. [Russian Machine]
Rangers fans own Ovechkin [...]
This Call Went Against The Caps
Monday, May 6th, 2013Too many men called on the Caps. Here are eleventeen Rangers on the ice. twitter.com/stopthehats/st…
— StopThrowingHats (@stopthehats) May 7, 2013
Five straight penalties called on Washington. Rangers up 2-1. Discuss.
Update: And now it’s 2-2 (via Mike Green basketing the biscuit).
The Green goal. Err, the most-recent Green goal. vine.co/v/b2eixpp1PrB
— JapersRink (@JapersRink) May 7, 2013
5 Reasons The Caps Will Let Us Down … Again
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013Caps correspondent Brad Parker is here to provide a counterpoint to, um, Brad Parker’s 5 Reasons This Is The Caps’ Year.
1. Henrik Lundqvist — We all know that a hot goalie can steal a game, or even a series (See: Halak, Jaroslav). Lundqvist has that kind of ability. In the 2009 series against NYR the [...]
Redskins-Giants Open Thread
Monday, December 3rd, 2012Kickoff: 8:40 p.m. ET
Line: Redskins +3
Prediction: 26-26 (likely!)
Redskins-Giants Predictions
Monday, December 3rd, 2012Hey, let’s play Predictions! Last week’s winner is illformula, who accurately predicted Redskins-Cowboys. A reminder on how it works, for the uninitiated:
Our Redskins-loving “staff” makes predictions in the post, readers make predictions in the comments, and the commenter who comes closest to predicting the final score gets to make a guest post. Hip-hip!
Chris Mottram: Giants, [...]
Redskins-Giants Winners & Losers
Sunday, October 21st, 2012Handing out labels following the Skins’ 27-23 loss in New York …
Winners
Robert Griffin III — Here I was, all geared up to knock RGIII out of the winners category, and then he went street-ball magic on 4th-and-10, 28-yard run and pitch-perfect 30-yard TD pass to Moss to go up with two minutes to play. [...]
Orioles-Yankees ALDS Game 5 Winners & Losers
Friday, October 12th, 2012Handing out labels following the O’s season-ending 3-1 loss in New York.
Winners
Jason Hammel — Another quality start, at least by Jason Hammel-in-the-postseason standards: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K.
Nate McLouth — Hit a long home run to tie it at 1 in the seventh foul ball.
Orioles-Yankees ALDS Game 3 Winners & Losers
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012I don’t feel like writing much after that ending, so here, quickly, are labels for the O’s 3-2 loss in the Bronx.
Winners
Miguel Gonzalez — Great start by a complete unknown (even if he’s been pretty excellent the past few months): seven innings, five hits, one run, eight strikeouts.
Ryan Flaherty — The O’s first postseason HR [...]
Orioles-Yankees ALDS Game 1 Winners & Losers
Monday, October 8th, 2012I’m not sure we’ll do this for every O’s playoff game, but we’ll do it for this one, a 7-2 loss in Game 1 to New York.
Winners
Jason Hammel — Hadn’t pitched in a month but matched CC Sabathia for five and two-thirds. Too bad CC went three more.
Nate McLouth — Picked up a two-RBI basehit, [...]