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you connecticut brian zimmerman, the star third baseman and pitchers like jordan zimmerman and start seeing the fruits of those efforts. still, the matsen remained mired in last place. rumors are swirling that their manager will be fired. general manager jim bowden has already left and a permanent replacement has yet to be named. questions of bounds. will they be able to sign their first round draft pick, picture stevens frostburg. considered the best prospect in a generation. will the learned family, the bethesda real estate developers who own the team open their pocketbooks a bit wider and bring in some better players so that the or not talked about in the same sentence as the 1962 new york mets. mr. kaston himself has been a subject of criticism in "the washington post" and the washington times. then again, the "atlanta journal-constitution" once questioned why he got the contract extension. .. that will degree probably comes in handy when he has to negotiate contracts with scott boras who is representing the aforementioned stevan strous-berg petraeus questions probably won't be a

. >> bob: zimmerman is going to be called out on strikes on a breaking ball that caught the outside corner according to brian gorman. now they could walk adam dunn. >> rob: no, this is a filthyslider right here. hayhurst just breaks that right off over the plate. too close to not swing at. >> bob: yeah, that was 12:00, 6:00 there. >> rob: our guys have to start swinging when they've got two strikes on them not looking for walks especially the three, four, five guys. >> bob: and they have to walk adam dunn now. >> rob: yeah, and now you setup the double play to force because adam is not a speedy base runner. elijah dukes is going to do -- going to have to do some damage here. >> bob: it will be dukes 0-3. here is a freeze cam from coors light the world's most refreshing beer. it's frost brewed. >> rob: cristian guzman, nothing but hustle right here that gets them a base hit beating hayhurst to the bag. let's freeze it there for the coors light freeze frame. got it just by a spike. that's your coors light freeze it. >> bob: wheels turning in the bottom of the seventh. nats still a great chance to take the lead

zimmerman had that strikeout pitch going and he was on fire against the jays. >> phil: jordan threw a lot of pitches last night. he struck out adam lind and then his opponent, brianwas sharp last night. had a no-decision but kept his team in the ballgame and that's what it's all about. >> johnny: when you talk about getting the job done, six homeruns allowed, 48 strikeouts and only 37 walks. >> phil: again, there is room for improvement with the walks but the point is that the walks have not killed them. that's the main thing. they have gotten a lot of double plays this month and while defensively, they still have their problems and they are still making errors, they still have the double plays helping the pitchers out night after night. >> johnny: people say, it takes a while for young guys to get acclimated. is there a projected time that you give a young guy where he's going to finally get it as he progresses? >> >> phil: nobody has a specific, you know, date that they're going to get it. i think it cops down to the experience they are getting on the major league level which they might not get otherwise with a better club. that's what it comes down to, really.

zimmerman. off the end of the bat. that's why it's going to stay in the park. adam lind for the second out. >> rob: and to backup what you just said, briantallet against right-handed hitters this year, they're batting .218 off him. he's only faced 76. about a third left-handed hitters, they're hitting .237 against him. they have a few more home runs, but with that changeup it keeps those righties off balance. >> bob: here is adam dunn. adam in the new york series, 4- 9 with three walks, a homer and two rbi's. big holmqvist is on. rolen -- big shift is on. scott rolen is playing up the middle shortstop position. if adam dunn wanted to get elijah dukes to the plate in the inning, he could play carlos pena and bunt one down the third-base line, but the nats want this big guy swinging the bat. that was a front door breaking ball on the inside corner. >> rob: nice hit by direction by adam dunn. >> bob: so, 47 of the 60, dead center or pull. of course, we remember one of those opposite field picks. a grand slam into the bullpen that beat the orioles. that was really off-speed there. >> rob: here is our x-mo. finally where he wey get our little

brian, high throw to a big first baseman aubrey huff who is bordering on 6'4". you can see guzman does a nice job of trying to break it up. being ahead of zimmermanallows him to get him to chase a ball up and in. >> rob: that's his 14th double play that he's grounded into this year. >> bob: that's not a category you aspire to lead your league in. >> rob: no, it's not. it's making the adjustment. trying to hit behind the runner. be more of a hit-and-run type guy. nick johnson gets on all the time when he's in the two hole. he's out tonight. it's adjusting your mental approach. >> bob: high foul ball. adam dunn can hit them a long way. >> jim p.: he comes you and in. of course if you're going to go in, you better get it in, and he did. about the only place adam could hit that ball without breaking his bat was way foul, and he did that. >> bob: it's inside. >> jim p.: that's why the late l. rod hendricks would take batting practice. he'd be hitting them in the upper deck at memorial stadium almost over the dugout. used a 38-ounce bat. had to get it started. then what does he do in the world series, the only ball he ever hit to left field right over