Neal Pomea

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It's a sorry man who cannot make up an Oscar Wilde quote to fit any occasion. -- Uncyclopedia.

Up 7-2 over St. Louis in the bottom of the sixth. A doubleheader today because of last night's rain out.

I remember the Mom and Dads! They used to play on those syndicated country-western TV shows like Porter Waggonner or Del Reeves in the early 70s.

His remarks in the interview about pretending on Twitter and Facebook, to me, were spot on, i.e., on the spot. He knocked it kisser in, i.e., in the kisser.

3 outs away from a 3-game sweep of the Brewers and an 8-7 record! Great doubleheader for Danny Espinosa. He was already leading all rookies in the NL in runs batted in, had 6 RsBI today!

Week late here. Heard Marcia Ball last Saturday at State Theater in Falls Church, Virginia. She's still got it! Really good boogie woogie piano in the mix. Together with the stuff she's famous for.

It's going to be hard to compete in the division when Lee's game is even better than Halladay's the night before! We might do better against some second-tier teams. Glad to see we're competitive, but the whole team is saying they don't want moral victories, they want real wins!

Enjoying F.P. Santangelo as our new TV color commentator! I know a lot of DC fans miss Dibble, but not me. This guy has a lot more charm and finesse. Haven't caught him contradicting his own commentary simply for the sake of having the last word, the way Dibble often did.

Just lost a pitchers' game to Philadelphia, time 2:06. That time is almost unheard of these days. Cliff Lee was awesome tonight.

Whoa! I didn't realize he directed The Hill (1965)! What an amazing movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059274/

Fats Waller too, but not to me.

Separated at birth?

Nice to have Jayson Werth homering AGAINST the Phillies tonight, instead of against us Internats.

Ryan Zimmerman was put on the 15-day disabled list with a strained abdominal muscle, aggravating a spring training injury. He may be out longer than that. We'll have to use Hairston and Cora, and maybe call up Brian Bixler who impressed this spring. Werth moves back to hitting in the number 3 spot. Here's hoping he gets hot and carries us a while.

Nice 11-inning victory for Wash over NY! Continued good relief pitching, better defense than yesterday (Hairston's error), and clutch hitting by Rodriguez and Nix. We were 3-10 last year in extra innings, so here's hoping for improvement.

"Especially as the Bear Family JD Miller set is about to be released. And the complete Bristol Sessions. $$$$$$" The Bear set is beautiful! Like a Mosaic. I got a comp copy this week. Comes with a hardbound book of notes with so many photos and stories I had not heard before. Some information already known through John Broven and Bruce Bastin, but some original telephone interviews conducted by Lyle Ferbrache with principals too. Painstaking discography by Dave Sax. This wasn't the year for Grammy to cut back on its number of awards. If I had a vote, I would nominate this in the historic category, or reissues, or whatever they want to call it. Musically, the climax comes for me on CD 2 of 3, with 4 songs by Amedie Breaux: Jolie Blonde, Acadian Two Step (aka Catch My Hat as we know it through Iry LeJeune), Criminal Waltz, and Poor Hobo. Amedie Breaux had one of the best hollers in the history of Cajun music. But lots of other gems too. I guess a guitarist named Jimmy Choates was the hottest, most swing-like stuff of the whole bunch. My uncle Louis Pomea played drums in one of his bands. On the Lawrence Walker front, his Khoury 78 reissues are on Arhoolie's Cajun Honky Tonk cd, but those are not what I would call his best. Sound quality, and pounding drum fuck ups. His best, IMO, are through La Louisianne and Swallow records. LPs compilations of his 45s. Never released on CD. PM me for further info.

Saddens me somewhat to say that Ivan Rodriguez might be splitting time half and half at catcher this season, making it hard to see how he would reach the 3,000 hit plateau as a National. But tonight's game showed why he is so great as a catcher! His pitch selection with Tyler Clippard, one of our erratic set up relievers, was just tremendous. No way Wilson Ramos, his competition for the starting position, would have called that sequence or been on the same page as Clip. He'll go in the Hall of Fame as a Ranger!

Good relief pitching for Washington in the past two games! That's encouraging to me. Time for some timely hitting. Too many men left on base! The big rbis of this game (6-2) were by our pitcher, Jordan Zimmermann (!), and Ivan Rodriguez with a lazy single. Spoiling the home opener for NY.

Exciting 11-inning win last night, Washington over Florida. Home runs by Jayson Werth and Adam Laroche. Getting ready to start a day game against the Metropolitans in NY.

It came right after "late medieval creative," I guess.

Hail delay in the 4th inning of Braves at Nationals.

There goes my hope for an undefeated season! (sic) Braves beat Nationals, 2-0.

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Final Four in April! VCU in the NCAA Basketball Championship Tournament LXXIII!