Posts Tagged ‘nationals’

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Nats Almost Comeback To Beat Halladay

‘Trying to turn the double play’ courtesy of ‘afagen’ The last time Nationals left-handed pitcher John Lannan faced Phillies right-handed pitcher Roy Halladay was September 27, 2010 at Nationals Park. That was the day the Phillies clinched their fourth consecutive National League East division title. Jayson Werth went 3-for-5 against Lannan that night, hitting a [...]

MASN Introduces Nationals Buzz Guest Bloggers

Photo by Rachel Levitin As a few of you know, last year was my first full-season covering the Washington Nationals. Tom Bridge and I had the privilege of bringing you the latest news from Nationals Park during each home game. This summer, Dan Rowinski joins us in our effort to cover baseball in Washington. During [...]

Nationals Beat Phillies 7-4

‘win’ courtesy of ‘oddlittlebird.’ The boos of Philadelphia Phillies fans targeted toward Jayson Werth didn’t stop the Washington Nationals from winning Tuesday night’s game 7-4. Division rivalry aside, the Nationals had to prove they could handle one of Major League Baseball’s best teams on a night where their men in the corners were sidelined with [...]

Nationals lose laugher to Braves 11-2

‘scooting through’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ April baseball can be a peculiar thing. The Nationals today displayed that peculiarity in all of its ugliness before a crowd of 22,210, surrendering 11 runs to the Braves, Despite a month of Spring Training ball, both the Braves and Nationals made some ugly miscues in the field this afternoon.  In [...]

Position Battles Remain with 2011 Nationals

‘LSE Sports Day, Malden Sports Ground, c1920s’courtesy of ‘LSE Library’ We’re down to just 9 days before the Nationals starting 9 take the field against the Atlanta Braves (tickets still available), and there’s a pretty decent chance a couple of those positions aren’t yet full. The Nationals have been sorting out the position struggles over [...]

Spring Training through the eyes of the fans

Spring Training is always an optimistic time in baseball.  Fresh off a cold winter, and usually full of fresh faces, it’s easiest to have hope for even the most doomed club.  Look at the throngs that travel from Chicago to Mesa, Arizona to HoHoKam Park and swear that this will finally be the year for [...]

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 [...]

Welcome The Beard

Jayson Werth’s Beard, by Bill LadsonUsed with Permission No, I don’t mean your uncle Jack’s “wife” Mimi.  I mean the best beard in DC Sports: Jayson Werth’s beard.  Pitchers and Catchers don’t technically have to report in Viera, FL until Wednesday, but several players arrived early to start their Spring preparations, and among them is [...]

Nats make overnight contract moves, part ways with Dunn

‘Adam Dunn’courtesy of ‘Max Cook’ Yesterday evening at midnight was the end of season deadline for the Nationals to agree to contracts with their arbitration-eligible players, and the Nats let Chien-Ming Wang, Wil Nieves (Who?) and Joel Peralta go without a contract.  The Nats did agree to contracts to Jesus Flores and Alberto Gonzalez for [...]

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 [...]

DC Mythbusting: The Sports Curse

‘Strasburg – Coming Spring 2012′ courtesy of ‘afagen’ We all know about the Sports Illustrated cover curse.  And we know the story of the Madden NFL cover curse.  But is the worst curse of all just being part of the Washington sports scene?  That’s what ESPN claims, saying, “A star-destroying black hole of unimaginable proportions, [...]

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 [...]

Nats drop home closer to Phillies

‘Roger Bernadina is Safe!’courtesy of ‘MudflapDC’ Ross Detwiler was read like a book on Wednesday night’s home closer at Nationals Park, and the crowd of just over 20,000 watched four home run balls sail out of the yard to propel the Phillies to a 7-1 victory.  It was a cool evening at Nationals Park, but [...]

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 [...]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Nyjer Morgan

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‘Zim be nimble, Zim be quick’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ Nationals Record: 56-75 (Last in the NL East) Last Two Weeks: 5-8 The impossible-to-miss, off-field story involves none other than his Royal Strasburg. Late last week, the team announced that a tear in Strasburg’s pitching elbow will require reconstructive surgery of the Tommy John type. The [...]