Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Nationals at Marlins (7/30)

It felt like the crowd knew that last night's game mattered. There was a palpable tension and sense of excitement in the air during the 9th inning. The crowd was on its feet throughout the inning. That may have been helped by Todd Jones' new intro video, but I think it was really driven by the Nats being ahead of the Fish in the standings and the fact that (despite their poor play) the Marlins are still right in the playoff hunt.

Day baseball today, so that means it's going to be hot. Assuming that I don't melt, I'll report after the pre-game tailgate, game, and post-game tailgate.

The trade deadline is at 4 PM tomorrow. Will this be A.J.'s last start? Or will he be gone before he can make it?

In addition to making your ichthyomancy picks, make sure you VOTE! today.

If you'd like to help out with the descriptions for tomorrow's (Sunday's) players, here's who we'll be looking at: (teal) Chuck Carr and Andre Dawson, (97) Charles Johnson and Luis Castillo, (Ugly) Alex Gonzalez and Antonio Alfonseca, and (03) Josh Beckett (already have text from Jsprt) and Todd Hollandsworth.

EDIT: Today's matchups are up (see below), so vote away.

Also, I've neglected to mention it, but Delgado has some sort of an elbow problem (thus he hasn't played) and Gonzalez has some similar malady (thus only the PH AB last night - was that the first of his career?)

Ichthyomancy Pick Table:

Person	Player	Attendance	AAB
Carolina	Cabrera	27,876	Lowell: HR
Colombo259	Castillo	24,128
Craig	Pierre	31,878	Pierre: HR
Danielfred1235	1B	25,000	Morbid DL pick
Dex
Double B	Burnett
Fishfan24	Burnett	26,000	Heatstroke victim
Jsprt05	Cabrera	32,548	Catches a foul ball
Seamusfurr
StrandedX02	Encarnacion	28,427	AJ: 11 K
Wiggins	Pierre	29,864	Marlins win 3-2

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Make your picks and discuss...