SB Nation User Blog: TwoTonsOfIrony

Washington Nationals... Best of. 2008 Edition

TwoTonsOfIrony — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:42:00 -0000

So I've been watching the playoffs (always painful as a Nats fan) and watching some of the endings and plays it made me think about the season that was for the Nats and what some of my favorite plays and moments were. Of course at first I went straight to cynical mode and figured there weren't any, but as I thought through the season there were quite a few that came to mind (remember it is 162 game season). I put a couple of them below that I could remember, but I want to hear from everyone else to see if there were any that i may have forgotten or missed so that I could have the winter to dwell on the finer points of the season to look forward to '09.

-Pretty obvious here: Zim's walk-off to start the Nats (and MLB) season. Great christening for the stadium and the Nats were for a while 'first in war, first in peace, and FIRST IN THE NL EAST!!!'

-Willie Harris's diving catch against the Mets in September to hold onto that gem from Perez and spoil the Mets (always feels good) 1-0.

-Belliard's walk off against the O's at the end of June. Bottom 12 off Sherrill, they had just given up the lead in the 9th, but fought back for the win, good stuff.

-On the lighter side: I also do remember Teddy taking a huge lead in the race and everyone getting excited and then he fell down only to get beat by Abe again...LET TEDDY WIN!

So there actually was some good stuff to take away from the season, for me at least. What do you guys remember most fondly to at least keep our winter upbeat.

N.B. I'll add to the poll below according to posts that seem good.

Poll

What was your best moment of the season?

Zimmerman's Opening Day walk-off.

15 votes

Belliard's walk-off vs. O's off Sherrill in the Bottom of the 12th

5 votes

Willie Harris 'game winning' catch vs. the Mets

3 votes

23 votes | Poll has closed

Baltimore Orioles 2008...Best Of

TwoTonsOfIrony — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:57:57 -0000

Hey, since the posts have been getting increasingly depressing I thought I would take a different route and look back at the good times. I was thinking the other day about how at least this season at one point in time had me excited about the future (even the near future). A couple of moments that I remember fondly.

Adam Jones' walk off in like the 15 game of the season against the White Sox, where it seemed like the team might actually be going somewhere because Trembley was managing them as if they were going to the playoffs

The game against the Yankees in mid-July in which Huff hit a home run off of Rivera to take the lead and then Sherrill, after letting a guy on, striking out the side. 1. It is always nice to beat the Yankees, and 2. That was where I kind of thought Sherrill may be the real deal.

Mora showing us that he wasn't going to die a slow painful baseball death by resurrecting himself in August.

There weren't any specific ones that stuck out for Markakis or B-Bob, but that's why I am putting up the post, so I'd love to hear some of your moments from the season that was.

OK NOW THERE'S A POLL!!!!!

I tried to go through the responses and pull out the ones that garnered attention. Let me know if there are any that are missing.

Poll

Best Moment of the 2008 Season

Markakis lazer to the plate to get Damon at home.

4 votes

JJ getting Manny to ground into double play with bases loaded.

7 votes

4-run comeback against Pittsburgh (throwback jersey night)

5 votes

Luke Scott walk off home run vs. Tigers on O's Magic DVD giveaway night.

13 votes

Jay Payton grand slam off Okajima

7 votes

Luis Hernandez walk off vs. Seattle complete with 9th inning comeback

9 votes

O's and Guthrie crushing Mussina and the Yanks 13-4 in NY

15 votes

Sherrill in the All-Star Game

5 votes

65 votes | Poll has closed