The final game in the three-game set between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets is a day game in Washington, D.C. – and it’s hot.
Game time temperature should be in the mid-90s. It’s keeping everyone busy. The grounds crew has been watering the grass and infield non-stop (in fact they have the sprinklers on in the outfield still), the fans – who have started filing into the stands – are working their fans (to keep cool) and the players are working hard at staying cool in the dugouts by drinking copious amounts of Gatorade.
The Nationals took the game last night and shut out the Mets, 3-0. t snapped the Mets five-game win streak. Yunesky Maya got the win for the Nationals – his first in the Bigs.
Today, righty Jordan Zimmerman is on the bump for the Nationals as they continue to try and gain ground and get back to .500 baseball.
The Nationals are 17-10 at home since May 31, The Mets are 6-3 in the last nine games on the road.
The big difference is the Nationals are more accustomed to playing in the heat than the Mets. And Mets manager Terry Collins is cognoscente of that… his thoughts below
Nick, dan bloom here again..with minor question: according to AP and Reuters style books, and WashPost copy desk, all names of Chinese or Taiwanese nationals who carry a China or Taiwanese passport should be written in English as LAST NAME FIRST NAME, the reverse of Western name order, ie, Dan Bloom or Nick Lilja. The former president of Taiwan is called LEE TENG-HUI in all English newspapers and TV broadcasts worldwide, from Wash Post to CNN tv…….so Mr Wang should really be called WANG CHIEN-MING on your blog and all USA newspapers and Adam Kilgore’s blog and reports in WAPO, no? To show proper respect to Taiwanese nationals, be they politicians or ball players, the proper name order even in English to show respect is WANG Chien-Ming………imagine if they called you Lilja Nick in Taiwan newspapers and blogs? so my question is this: who allowed this name order disrespect to start and why is it now accepted,,,when it is in fact wrong and disrespectful to Taiwanese people? Can you explain when this name order change happened and why? Maybe Wang’s agent asked for it? Maybe Wang himself said call me that way? Who did this and when and why? iti is wrong….the current president of Taiwan is Ma Ying-Jeou…..pronounced ma ying joe…..and his name is pronounced and written that way on USA TV channels and in the WASH POST…..
Nick, dan bloom here again..with minor question: according to AP and Reuters style books, and WashPost copy desk, all names of Chinese or Taiwanese nationals who carry a China or Taiwanese passport should be written in English as LAST NAME FIRST NAME, the reverse of Western name order, ie, Dan Bloom or Nick Lilja. The former president of Taiwan is called LEE TENG-HUI in all English newspapers and TV broadcasts worldwide, from Wash Post to CNN tv…….so Mr Wang should really be called WANG CHIEN-MING on your blog and all USA newspapers and Adam Kilgore’s blog and reports in WAPO, no? To show proper respect to Taiwanese nationals, be they politicians or ball players, the proper name order even in English to show respect is WANG Chien-Ming………imagine if they called you Lilja Nick in Taiwan newspapers and blogs? so my question is this: who allowed this name order disrespect to start and why is it now accepted,,,when it is in fact wrong and disrespectful to Taiwanese people? Can you explain when this name order change happened and why? Maybe Wang’s agent asked for it? Maybe Wang himself said call me that way? Who did this and when and why? iti is wrong….the current president of Taiwan is Ma Ying-Jeou…..pronounced ma ying joe…..and his name is pronounced and written that way on USA TV channels and in the WASH POST…..