7/26/07 A Day Of Firsts In Philly or The City That Booed Santa or The City Whose Biggest Sports Hero Is Fictitious.

It's XM 185 for the MLB debut of the twenty-two year old left hander John Lannan, who tries to help the Washington Nationals avoid the road sweep in Citizens Bank Ballpark, Philadelphia, PA...Lannan, all 6'5'', 200 lbs of him, will have a 2-0 lead as he takes the hill in the bottom of the first courtesy of RBI singles by DY and Kearns... Lannan, straight outta Long Beach, New York, features a fastball, curve, and the change, which the Philly announcers say is his specialty, wearing #26 in the road grays, navy blue socks pulled calf-high, the first pitch from Lannan is a ball, and Jimmy Rollins gets the first hit off Lannan singling to start the first... Lannan gives up his first walk to the next batter, Shane Victorino, and his first run when Chase Utley singles in a run...Lannan is about to get his first visit to the mound...and now Lannan has his first K, getting Ryan Howard swinging...Aaron Rowand grounds into an inning-ending DP, and Lannan has his first complete frame...2-1 Nationals after one... Nook Logan single to start the second, Lannan fails in his first attempt to sacrifice...Felipe Lopez pops out, Logan caught stealing ...Lannan gives up another single to Chase Utley in the third, and RYAN HOWARD!! BANG ZOOM!! Straight away center and GONE! 3-2 Phillies, as Lannan surrenders his first HR... In the fifth...Oops! John Lannan has his first hit batter as Chase Utley takes one on the hand...Ryan Howard...takes one on the hands... LANNAN's TOSSED out of his first game by Homeplate Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt....another FIRST!!! Manny Acta, Nationals Manager is out and he is ANGRY!! Acta's tossed, this Ump's an idjut!!! Acta argues for a good five minutes...Chris Schroder on in relief, and two runs score on Pat Burrell's single...5-2 Phillies...it stays that way until the seventh... Jesus Flores singles, Nook Logan doubles Flores to third, and Felipe Lopez brings them both home with a two-out single to center... 5-4 Philly...Top of the eigth...Two on, two out for Jesus "Rule 5" Flores...Flores takes the first pitch DEEP to LEFT and GONE!!! Flores blasts a three-run shot off Philly reliever Mike Zagurski!! 7-5 Nationals lead... The Tallest Pitcher in MLB History Jon Rauch pitches his second scoreless to hold the lead through the eigth...Wait for it... Chad Cordero takes the mound in the ninth wearing the Nationals away gray uniforms, navy blue Nationals cap, white cursive "W", brim flat as Ivan Drago's "flattop" in Rocky IV ...Cordero gives up singles to Rowand and Michael Bourn with one out...Chris Coste grounds out to third to score Rowand from third...Cordero, The Flat-Brimmed Closer... walks Carlos Ruiz...Two on, two out, 7-6 Nationals lead...Cordero vs Abraham Nunez, Nunez grounds out to second, 1,2,3 Nationals win! Final score 7-6...AND RUMOR HAS IT DC AND DY are negotiating??? What does a 2-Year deal mean for Nick Johnson?? What does this mean for Cordero and Rauch?? Tune in tomorrow Same Time Same Address...