tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647291021082797487.post2790143483440547224..comments2023-06-25T06:58:15.188-04:00Comments on Capitol Baseball: Former Nats Great #6Joe Druganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445225986824666955noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647291021082797487.post-36245742692195849742011-01-11T01:39:19.372-05:002011-01-11T01:39:19.372-05:00i love what free agency has done to the end of onc...i love what free agency has done to the end of once really good players...so far removed from their team of greattness...though i guess its not new...willie mays was a met<br /><br />SeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647291021082797487.post-61515751195058813472011-01-10T11:37:37.821-05:002011-01-10T11:37:37.821-05:00The 2005 Nats really were chock full of All Stars....The 2005 Nats really were chock full of All Stars. Jose Vidro, Cristian Guzman, Vinny Castilla, Carlos Baerga (leader of the powerful Cleveland teams of the 1990s), Preston Wilson, Esteban Loaiza, Junior Spivey (!), Jeffrey Hammonds (!!), and of course that year's real All Stars, Livan Hernandez and Chad Cordero. The 2005 Nats definitely had the 1998 World Series wrapped up.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647291021082797487.post-69607981364902360022011-01-10T09:34:17.769-05:002011-01-10T09:34:17.769-05:00One of my funniest memories of that year was Baerg...One of my funniest memories of that year was Baerga rounding third and being waved home. He tried to kick it into a gear he lost long before, and the resulting "sprint" to the plate had the entire bench howling. The cameras later showed Vinny Castilla busting on Carlito, do his impression of Baerga running, and the whole team falling out. If annyone can find it on youtube please post a link cause it is hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647291021082797487.post-72929825964668112442011-01-10T09:24:17.427-05:002011-01-10T09:24:17.427-05:00I'm not going to dog on old Jimbo for this dec...I'm not going to dog on old Jimbo for this decision. He disn't do a bad job putting the 2005 team together considering that it was literally being run out of a trailer in the RFK parking lot. June 2005 was the best time so far to be a Nats fan, and Baerga was a part of that.<br /><br />Hate on the Lerners for keeping Leatherpants around after they bought the team, but give him him his props for pulling the best Nats team to date out of his rear end on a shoestring budget back in '05.bdrubenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647291021082797487.post-83106819958562731102011-01-10T08:10:11.676-05:002011-01-10T08:10:11.676-05:00" Jim Bowden liked him" = kiss of death" Jim Bowden liked him" = kiss of deathmacmomnoreply@blogger.com