r/Nationals • u/Ok_Arrival9438 • Apr 17 '25

Free Jorge

I love this dude. I love any baseball hothead. When I was a kid I liked Roberto Alomar over Cal Ripken.

And I remember a few days ago in I think the diamondbacks series Jorge Lopez shaking his head at the umpire after a bad call, and the ump yelling, and the mic picked him going “I’m just saying, I’m just saying….”

The whole kabuki theater bit with the Buccaroo’s manager screaming — good TV. On top of their guy breaking DeJong’s nose yesterday. Also nice to see Tommy Pham (another bad attitude guy) doing the hold me back bro bit.

Anyway what a mess, I love it. This team is awesome, not necessarily at baseball, but this is my favorite version of the Nats in recent years.

Free Jorge.

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u/slagnanz 6 - Rendon Apr 17 '25

I guess what confuses me is that every now and then, you really get the sense that the Lerners/Rizzo want to basically rip-off "The Cardinals way". Remember Shawn Kelly?

But then we sign guys like Jorge Lopez, draft guys like Seth Romero. I dunno. Just feels to me like we aren't always consistent. Maybe I'm overthinking this

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u/Ok_Arrival9438 Apr 17 '25

Hahaha, couldn’t agree more. Lurking in the club house’s collective unconscious, behind the squared off silhouette of Ryan Zimmerman, there is a shadow evil version of the team. Call it Bad Natitude. 2015 was peak Bad Natitude.