Posts Tagged ‘baseball’

A Shutout Win, And A Glimpse Of The Future?

On a warm Sunday afternoon on the final weekend of September, the Washington Nationals shut out a division opponent in a game with major playoff implications.

Strasburg Stumbles, Nats Bumped Off By Braves

Stephen Strasburg had trouble locating the strike zone in a 38-pitch first inning, and when either his four-seam or two-seam fastball did find the zone, it was carted all over the Nationals Park outfield.

Neutered Nats Flop Against Fish, Lose 3-0

Saturday’s game shouldn’t be nearly as somnolent. Werth and Morse should be back, and some kid named Strasburg is on the mound.

Mental Errors Doom Nats In 4-2 Loss To Arizona; In Memoriam Mike Flanagan

All-Stars, Cy Young winners, and World Series champions aren’t supposed to come from a place like Manchester, New Hampshire. But Mike Flanagan did.

Detwiler And Werth Lead Nats Over Snakes, 4-1

Nats fans can now expect, rather than hope, that Jayson Werth has got his feet under him in the nation’s capital.

King Richard: Ankiel’s Slam Helps Nats Over Braves, 9-3

Left with no choice but to hope that his sinker would suddenly sink, Derek Lowe kept throwing it, and the Nationals kept hitting it.

Ankiel’s Solo Shots Lead The Nats Over The Braves

Springing off the mound with alacrity, Hernandez spun and fired a bullet to the covering Desmond at second to start the 1-6-3 twin killing

Nats Fall To Fish As Zimmermann Can’t Right The Ship

The Nationals offense, true to usual form, was about as exciting to watch as molasses.

Werth’s Hustle Starts Holiday Party as Nats Beat Cubs 5-4 in 10

‘Jayson Werth, where is you’re head at?!?’
courtesy of ‘Tony DeFilippo’
Jayson Werth, the focus of so much agonized discussion among Washington Nationals fans over the last few weeks, didn’t get the big hit in this 4th of July thriller. But he did score the winning run, drove in two more, walked twice, and helped cut down [...]

Nationals Park Adds New Food Options

All photos courtesy of the author
Although Nationals Park already features a number of iconic Washington-area restaurants, such as Ben’s Chili Bowl and Hard Times Cafe, the Nationals partnered with New York City’s Union Square Hospitality Group to bring in four new dining options: Blue Smoke BBQ, Box Frites, El Verano Taqueria, and Shake Shack (which [...]

Nationals add three in Amateur Draft

The Road Trip: New York, Baltimore and Milwaukee

‘Route 16′courtesy of ‘Kevin.Jack’
The Nationals got a nice present from Mother Nature yesterday: a rainout. A day off at home is about as rare a commodity as you’ll find during the Major League Baseball season.  The Nationals leave in the morning for a quick two-game jaunt in New York before three games of interleague play [...]

Homestand Preview: Marlins & Pirates

‘ballpark crescent’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Welcome to the sweet spot of the baseball season in Washington, when the weather is perfect, the team is playing good cohesive ball, and there are enough deals and giveaways to make a night at the ballpark sound absolutely redeeming. The Nats come home this Friday night for a short but sweet [...]

Nats’ late heroics top Yanks, Harper sent down

Spring Training is full of common hero tropes, and that’s part of what makes Sports into big entertainment and big drama for the fan. Today, we got a bit of the “underdog makes good” plotlines as the Nationals beat the Yankees 6-5 in the bottom of the ninth off the bat of a young phenom [...]

Nationals face off with the Mets in Spring Training Action

The Nationals are off to quite a start in their Spring Training in Viera, Florida.  Their 7-3 start makes it the best start since the club left Montreal, but March baseball isn’t the sort that counts in the longterm.  Today’s matchup with the Mets was delayed slightly by a torrential downpour that covered much of [...]

Zimmerman passed over for Golden Glove

‘Ryan Zimmerman’courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’
Ryan Zimmerman is a joy to watch at 3rd base.  He’s the sort of guy that old school radio announcers loved to call games around.  ”Zimmerman at Third like a Razor’s Edge!”  ”Zimmerman makes the play, leaping on that ball like a mongoose!”  He’s a phenomenal athlete, and the core of the [...]

Season Wrap-Up: The Nationals

‘Friday Night Fireworks’courtesy of ‘MudflapDC’
The baseball season is over and done with.  Hockey starts Friday, and Basketball in a few weeks. The beginnings of winter are incumbent upon us to respect, and the end of the baseball season is a part of that winterizing process.  This was a season of growth for the Nationals in [...]

Nats take night off against Houston, drop game 8-2

Photo by Cheryl Nichols/Nats News Network
The Nationals appeared to have left their collective team heart elsewhere Monday night when playing the Houston Astros in Washington. It’s painfully obvious at this point in September that whatever underdog grit this team had after going 20-15 to start the season is long gone.
Livan Hernandez looked sharp on the [...]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Nyjer Morgan

Woman loses beer to foul ball

And now a video of a woman getting owned by a foul ball at the Nats game last Thursday.  Thank God she wasn’t hurt, but major fail for leaving the beer in harm’s way.
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