Is the Nats stadium just inherently tough on outfielders to play in?  I've been three nights in a row, and it seems like the outfielders are struggling mightily.  I've seen Holliday take some awkward routes, Bernadino's ridiculous misplay last night, and some other outfielders taking some weird routes to make plays tougher than they are.  Is there any way to measure this?  Are UZR ratings or even fielding percentage available by field?  I think this could be an interesting topic.

As a proud Washingtonian who just happens to have an obsessive love of St. Louis, I have been to the first two games this series.  Both times, I've absolutely loved the interaction I get to have with the other fans, whether they be native STL folks who just had to go to KU, or guys who bring up both Julian Javier and Cris Carpenter in talks about baseball to explaining the true significance of Rick Ankiel to people who only thought he was an outfielder.  In any event, I'm just wondering if there are any other fans out here in DC who want to catch the next two games?  Not always easy being an Expatriot Cardinals Fan.  Gotta find my folks.

Ok, first post ever here, and not real sure about the mechanics of this thing.  So lets get this party started.

This question first came into my mind thinking "was George Brett actually good?".  Seems like a three-tiered question to me: 1) obviously, yes, he was great, followed by 2) he was a Charlie Lau slap hitter at a corner spot who likes high batting averages followed by 3) yeah, he was pretty good.  But, lets talk OPS+, the era players played in, and the big question:

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