Posts Tagged ‘nationals’
As the season wanes, Nationals continue strong, beat Braves 4-1
‘win’courtesy of ‘oddlittlebird.’
When this season started, I thought the Nationals might well win about 72 games this year. An improvement over last year’s tally of 69, but hardly a big step forward. With four games remaining, the Nationals are 77-80, still in reach of .500 ball. The Nationals are 14-9 in September, their best span [...]
Zimmermann, Flores Come Through Big for Nats in 3-1 Victory
‘PRE’
courtesy of ‘MissChatter’
Two years ago, right-handed pitcher Jordan Zimmermann and catcher Jesus Flores founds themselves sidelined due to injury. Since then, Zimmermann has returned to the Nationals’ clubhouse after successful Tommy John surgery and Flores has regained his spot behind the plate which makes them regular fixtures in Washington’s 2011 25-man roster.
Flores, although he fills [...]
Matt Purke Introduces Himself
‘Matt Purke 3′
courtesy of ‘jondejong’
Nationals draft pick LHP Matt Purke, who signed with the team in the late hours of Monday night, introduced himself to the core group of Nationals beat writers this afternoon from the team’s ballpark at the Navy Yard. He spoke with what Dave Nichols of Nats News Networks called “a quiet [...]
Nationals drop heartbreakers to Reds, 2-1
‘DSC_3791′courtesy of ‘photopete’
The Nationals couldn’t deliver any of their 5 runners in scoring position on Wednesday night against Johnny Cueto and the Reds, and they let Ross Detwiler’s best start in recent memory get written into the books as a loss. The Nationals got their only run on a 400-foot bomb by Ryan Zimmerman to [...]
Homestand Preview: August 16 – 25
‘$5 Nats Ticket’courtesy of ‘MudflapDC’
There are just two long homestands remaining in 2011, and just 26 home games between now and the end of the season. While the Nationals aren’t in the midst of a playoff hunt, there are still a lot of good reasons to head out to the ballpark before the end of [...]
Nationals stand pat at deadline, win 3-2
‘Storen’courtesy of ‘photopete’
As the 4pm deadline crept ever closer the questions about a potential trade with the Minnesota Twins for CF Denard Span were met with silence. No one was talking about the trade. As the clock struck four, not a positive thing had been said about the prospects of the trade for four hours. [...]
Homestand Preview: Late July – Early August
Welcome to the dog days of summer in Nats Town. The Nationals start a nine-game homestand tonight; they’ll play three series against NL East foes, and they’ll need to come out 6-3 if they want any shot at making a run at the Wild Card. Unfortunately, I don’t see that happening, but there’s a good [...]
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‘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 [...]
A Look inside the Nationals Win Streak
‘189/365′courtesy of ‘Danilo.Lewis|Fotography’
The winning streak that ended on Sunday was the Nationals’ longest since 2009, and is tied for the second longest since their return to Washington. As I said on Sunday, streaks are difficult things, and they take you out of the big picture, and you start to live for the microcosm of the [...]
Nationals drop game to Orioles 7-4, end streak at 8
‘Moon over Nationals Park’courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’
Streaks are hard things.
Streaks take you out of seeing the Big Picture, and they change your focus to the tiny reality of the streak. Streaks of either kind aren’t microcosms, they’re localized disruptions of the normal. As a good friend said Sunday, “Losing streaks are the result of talent, while [...]
Nats rack up 8 in 7th straight win, beat Orioles 8-4
Photos by Patrick Pho, special to We Love DC
Oh, for a real crosstown rivalry.
The Nationals came into the Battle of the Beltways (or whatever they’re calling it this year) on a tear, having won six straight, and having just swept the formerly hot Cardinals. Tonight, they put their best starter on the mound against a [...]
Nats mount comeback, deal Cards 8-6 loss
‘bang, zoom go the fireworks’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
On the night when Ryan Zimmerman returned to the lineup for the first time in over two months, the Nationals put together one of their more impressive rallies. In the seventh inning tonight, they plated six runs against the St. Louis Cardinals, four of which scored with two outs. [...]
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 [...]
Homestand Preview: Padres and Phillies
‘Bright and Ballsy’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
There are few things that say summertime quite like baseball. With the long weekend coming, the Nationals (21-28) return home for a six-game homestand against the Padres (20-30) and Phillies (31-19). The road trip wasn’t as kind to the Nationals as the previous one, with the Nationals going 1-7 across [...]
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 [...]
Talkin’ Transit: Parking Edition
‘281|365′courtesy of ‘Danilo.Lewis|Fotography’
I hate parking meters. I think they’re an awful concept. Not because they make you pay for what you use, but rather how they make you pay for it: with change. As rates have increased in the downtown core to $2/hr, it means that you need to carry with you rolls and rolls [...]
Werth gives cold Nats 4-3 win over Brewers in extra innings
‘1ST’
courtesy of ‘MissChatter’
There was no heat at Nationals Park on Friday night.
Game time temperature was 56 degrees, decreasing with the breeze and as the sun went down. It was colder than the press box at Verizon Center where the Caps were taking on the Rangers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinals playoff series.
There [...]
Nats shut-out by Lee, drop series to Philly in 4-0 loss
‘2ND’courtesy of ‘MissChatter’
Cliff Lee, much like Roy Halladay on Wednesday, was a force of nature that the Nationals just couldn’t contend with. Lee racked up 12 strikeouts in a complete game shutout of the Nationals to close out the opening series against the Phillies in front of 24,875 mostly Philadelphia fans on a perfect April [...]
