James Wood smacks a ball 106.7 MPH the other way for his first MLB hit in his first MLB plate appearance

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1. I think I’m pregnant.

2. Vibes couldn’t be better right now

3. That was fun to watch.

4. I HAVE WOOD

5. Oh man this has got to be so satisfying for Nats fans

6. We’re so back

7. I’ve seen enough, call him up

8. Wood walked up to Crew by Goldlink, worked a full count, and got a hit in his first MLB at bat. He’s already a DC sports legend!!

9. It’s a beautiful thing to truly feel optimism again in DC baseball

   The light is at the end of the tunnel, I’m very excited

10. Always good to see a first AB knock

11. First piece of candy

12. Jimmy Lumber

13. He’s gonna be so special.

14. I’m so glad his debut is against the Mets, their booth is just so good.

15. There has not been this much energy in this ballpark in a *long* time

16. i am in great pain

17. The radio station for the Nats is thrilled with that exit velo 106.7

18. I don’t think it’s an overreaction to say he should already be a Hall of Famer

19. Mets broadcast showing him on first base, kid looks serene and completely locked in. Was a great piece of hitting taking a 3-2 pitch oppo. Washington, good luck with him.

20. Honestly go ahead and retire his number

21. This guy’s gonna be Aaron Judge 2, isn’t he?

22. Didn’t even know he got the call. This kids gonna be a problem

23. Padres essentially traded

    6 years of Wood

    6 years of CJ Abrams

    5 years of Gore

    2 years of Grisham

    Number 57 ranked prospect Hassel

    for

    1.5 years of Soto

    2 years of Cease

    2 years of King

    1 year of Higashioka

    5 years of Vásquez

    5 years of Brito

    Going to be one of the most interesting trades in history.

24. Great smile – wish everyone could have this experience. Let’s just sum it up – baseball is great!

25. Saw this live, straight chills

26. BUILD THE STATUE RETIRE THE NUMBAH

27. Watching this game because of James Wood (the top Nats prospect and NOT the guy who took over the Kwik E Mart when Apu got fired) and it made me look up how close Nats Park is to my old apartment back when I lived in DC a decade ago.

    Apparently ~25 minutes away and I lived there for a year and never went to any games. And this was when the Nats were good.

28. He hath arriveth

29. it’s crazy how much better SNY broadcast is. they had a great shot of the hit, then cut to the family celebrating, down to the crowd, back to the players. it was really sweet and booth was able to react to the hit with context. i think SNY audio picks up the crowd pop way better too.

30. That was such a professional at-bat too. Worked the count, went with the pitch.

31. I know stuff like this may seem silly. But I love how baseball players know how important that first hit is. Like you see Alonso end up with the ball and toss it towards the Nats dugout

32. everyone get in here

33. League sure is turning out a lot of these lanky giants, these days. Used to be they said guys like this were too tall and had too many moving parts. Dave Winfield and Randy Johnson were the odd men out, in their days.

34. 

35. Love to see it

36. Hell yeah good for him

37. Pretty good for the star of “September Eleventh, Two Thousand-Fun”

38. Juan Soto being in that lineup next season with these guys is going to be wild

39. As a certified NL East hater, the gNats rebuild happened so quickly and is looking pretty impressive. I hate it.

40. Knock on Wood

41. I liked him the most in Disney’s Hercules

42. 

    Lisan al-Gaib!

43. He’s tall. Fuck

44. Massive, Wood.

45. You know he was on deck thinking “Just hit it hard somewhere…”
    And he did.