you remember excuse me, three years ago i got here we were playing at rfk which was all rfk and many of you loved it for your own emotional ties to it, but it clearly wasn't what modern customers today have come to want or expect and so the process was already in place to design and build this great new stadium and i have to tell you as i travel around the country to all the new stadiums our stadium is as fine a stadium as there is anywhere in baseball. it's more beautiful than virtually any stadium i can think of. the ease of access, the sites are spectacular and more and more people recognize that irrespective of how that might's score is you're going to have a good time when you come to a ball game assuming it's not raining that night. you know, and for about one-third of the game so far this year it's been raining. i understand that's going to put a little bit of a damper, plan intended, all our might but there is no finer way to spend an evening than at the ballpark and that is especially so at national park. i understand as i said in the past when i saw people a ticket it's not

how about that nick johnson, a walkoff homer at rfk. >> that's when they were the rfk. >> you see some of the guys in that picture, damien jackson, marlon byrd, seems like a lifetime ago ago, doesn't it, fans? that someone a little bit inside to nick who has hit five homers this year. if the rays have a kangaroo court, matt garza should be convicted for walking cristian guzman. that's almost impossible to do. >> rob: he still is a young guy, with adrenaline. he still has a lot left in that tank even though he had a 30- plus 1st inning. >> bob: let's see if the nats can make him do some more work here. this has not been a quick inning either here. he has 16 pitches. >> rob: 46 pitches already. >> bob: garza, as rob mentioned, is a big kid, 6'5", 214. nick is johnson gets jammed and an easily flyball to right for gabe gross. the nats have had a bunch of base runners already, five hits and lead it 3-0, middle of the 2nd. at 155 miles per hour, andy roddick has the fastest serve in the history of professional tennis. so i've come to this court to challenge his speed. ...on the internet. i'

. >> he was here two years ago with the astros over at rfk the week before he announced he was retiring. >> one ball and two strikes to alex rios. got him looking on a front door breaking ball. kip wells gets his second strikeout of the inning. the blue jays strand two. they've left six. breaking ball backed up just a little bit, as bob said, the front door breaking ball. on sundays at the ballpark, god bless america today doing the honors, sullivan of the u.s. navy cruisers.  ♪  - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. >>> the nats need some runs,  down by 4, bottom of the seventh. >>> they're very thin in the bullpen, trying to salvage the series. mostly blue jays all day today. >> first pitch swing

nats tied against the rays after taking two out of three at rfk three years ago. james shields is the only tampa bay starter that pitched in that series. he pitched 6 innings. >> rob: he's the oldest on the staff at 27. it's a talented staff. >> bob: career record 27-39, good era. 3.88: he's gone the distance with two shuts out in his career. nick johnson's souvenir day. that got inside on him a little bit. he was checking checking the trademark area on his bat. gallon nick is doing a great job for his pitch total. already up to 15. >> bob: that's going to be in right field. great at bat for johnson. finally getting something he could pull with tomorrow. they've scored in both first innings of this series with zimmermann going deep last night. >> rob: i like the way ryan walks in, greats greats the catcher and umpire. >> bob: he's a kid that really enjoys playing the game. he plays with a lot of flair and joy. it's good to see somebody that appears to be elated to be out there. he takes a big time rip and fouls it away. he took a big time rip last night. >> rob: d

haven't won a game in this park. 0-3 here in rfk stadium.  there's oneck out  first inning. >> rob: you bring up a great point. there was one year we went to san francisco, that's when you played the same team in your division 18 times, a nice play by ryan zimmerman, tough hop off the dirt in front of home plate, plenty of time. >> johnny: boy, zimmerman just having another tremendous year. especially that hitting streak he had where nobody could get him out. >> rob: 30 straight games is just a phenomenal hitting streak, and it wasn't just a cheapy, 1 for 4 every night, the last 10 games he raised his batting average 60 points and he was hitting the heck out of the ball right at the end. and getting back to your, the reds having trouble here, we were 0-9 in three different trips into san francisco at candlestick park. so sometimes it's just, you know, certain ball park, a certain team has your number, right now they don't play the nationals a lot and dusty baker trying to change things. a different ball club, much better pitching than he has had

year, we opened with a lot more alternatives and a lot better quality than we were able to provide at rfk. still, it was not good enough for us. we needed to do better. this year, will replace our former concession in with a renowned company. again, we have increased an expanded and improved. we have as many cool rains and we have budget items and health items and have the basics. we have it all. one thing that continues to disappoint me is that we are still not fast enough and not smooth enough and good enough in our transactions across the counter. i think we are good. we have gotten better since last year. we have many excellent employees. to many of them are not yet excellent. that is what we're working on. we are still searching for the exact crowd. it is a tricky process. we have replaced a lot of them already because we have to get in the mix. that is our goal. that is a little bit about the game experience and the customer experience. i hope you are having fun any night you come to the ballpark. i thought that it would be better in terms of our neighborhood. the economy has hit al

nats took 2-3 from the blue jays at rfk back in 2005. swept at toronto a three-game series in 2006. the last time nationals traveled north of the border in 2007, blue jays won 2-7. it's about time we got these guys back down here. the toronto montreal interleague series used to be a pretty spirited rivalry. they played a lot over the years a total of 42 games and the blue jays won 23 of them involving the expos and the nats. nick will just step back from that one. 1-2. brian tallet pitching a really good game as well. four innings, one run on four hits. 61 pitches, 32 strikes as he entered the bottom of the fifth. yankees lead 5-1 at florida. news out of new york had them benching alex rodriguez for two games to give him time off and get things back together. the nats really pitched him wellin that series. >> rob: tallet didn't like his last interleague start against the marlins as nick hits a single to left field. >> bob: that was an interesting swing, rob. he inside-outed that ball to left field. >> rob: which normally he takes way outside pitch and smacks it over there. he went i

at 2-1 for the nats at rfk back in 2005. >> rob: you saw that stat about how they lead the american leaguein hits. hill has 90. lind has 80. scutaro has 81. rios has 77 and rolen is catching up with 69. they're all good at putting the ball in play. >> bob: vernon wells is their highest priced player. signed a big deal 2 1/2 years ago, $127 million. rich -- richest contract in the history of the toronto blue jays. he's been struggling this year. not that time. now he's 7-17 last. that will get scott rolen to the plate batting .327. >> rob: one thing young pitchers have done well is getting out of the inning after two outs which they hadn't done well. last six games getting out of the inning after two outs, imperative for this young staff. >> bob: scott rolen ran into choi choi of the dodgers back in 2005. until this year, his shoulder was never the same. he's been on the d. l. and out for the rest of the season a time or two because of it. he's now back healthy. he feels the best he has felt in years and the numbers prove it. not a lot of power though. only four home runs, 22 rbi's. >> rob:

. >> cincinnati hasn't won in two years, they lost the last three games at rfk. they lost all three in national's park. rob and i will be back in just a minute. @ we've got a ton of stuff we've gotta pay for. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. with the wish list, we can save up for anything we want. and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. . >> johnny: still ra national's park. nick johnston down to the dugout, where they are about to begin the press conference, talking about the number 1 pick, steven strasbourg. >> at 1-1 we took steven strasbourg the big fire bawling right-handed pitcher, we're expecting great things from him as we are with the number 10 pick this the country, drew storeage, our right-handed pitcher from stanford university. bot

you remember three years ago we are playing at the rfk -- many of you loved it for your own emotional ties. it clearly was not what autumn -- what modern-day customers want or expect. the process was in place to design and build the stadium. as i travel around the country to all the new stadiums, our stadium is as fine a stadium as there is anywhere in baseball. it is more beautiful than virtually any city might can think of. it has the ease of access. the sidelines are spectacular. more and more people recognize that. you are going to have a good time when you come to a ballgame at the nationals park. for about a third of our games so far, it has been raining. i understand that will put a damper, pun intended, and our night, but there is no finer way to spend an evening and at the ballpark. that is especially so i nationals park. i understand that when i saw people a ticket is not just the money that i am asking for. it is the 4 q hours of their time. we have to be prepared. we need to make sure that all of the time is easy and convenient and safe and clean and entertaining. most imp

first time here in this city since july 26th, two batters of six have lost their last three games at rfk. their last three here last year at national's park. they have got a 3-2 lead with two outs here in the bottom of the ninth. austin kearn is down to the nationals last hope. it's a strike. tomorrow it is going to be harang andlen lannan against micah oh wings. bars bars  ocean. but tonight the bats  come alive. one ball two strikes now to kerr. >> rob: coming off an off day, a little bit flat. maybe one of their best pitchers, harang tomorrow, is coming off a bad year, had his ups and downs. he has a great record but an enormous e.r.a., got one of the top e.r.a. guys in the league, you know he going to be tough. >> johnny: and the pitch just misses outside, three balls two strikes two out nobody on bottom of the ninth. >> rob: great effort though, detwiler, bergmann, malone, mcdougall, everybody pitching side tonight has done their job. >> johnny: 6 innings, three walks, five hits, the walks came back to haunt him. threw 103 pitches. >> rob: 103 pitches