Nats Down The Halos In A Walk Off
In a season of improbable come-from-behind wins, the Nationals come from behind 5-4 walk off victory over the Los Angeles Angels has to count as the most improbable of all. Down by a score of 4-1...
View ArticleIs There A “Nats Nation?”
Last week the New York Times published a fascinating, and unusual, look at baseball loyalties. “Using aggregated data” provided by Facebook, the Times published a map of U.S. baseball loyalties,...
View ArticleNats, Fister Bombed In Oakland
Doug Fister returned to the mound for the first time in the 2014 campaign, but struggled against the A’s — giving up five earned runs on nine hits in just 4.1 innings of work, and Oakland coasted to an...
View ArticleNats Salvage A Win In Pittsburgh Behind Fister
The Nationals have good pitching and it shows: after doing a three game face plant in Pittsburgh, Washington brought out starter Doug Fister, their most recent version of a stopper, and the former...
View ArticleDesmond, Strasburg Fell The Giants
The Washington Nationals blasted twelve hits (Ian Desmond had three of them) and Stephen Strasburg tamed San Francisco’s hitters — and the Nats went on to an impressive 9-2 victory over the Giants on...
View ArticleRoark Punishes The Reeling Reds
Tanner Roark was all smiles when he walked off the mound after the 7th inning in Cincinnati last night, and for good reason. The young Washington righty was on his way to his tenth victory of the...
View ArticleMarlins Hook The Nats, 3-0
Henderson Alvarez pitched seven complete innings and Giancarlo Stanton had two hits and drove in two runs as the Miami Marlins shut out the Washington Nationals at Marlins Park on Tuesday night, 3-0....
View ArticleLester Heads To Oakland In Deadline Blockbuster
The Oakland Athletics improved their rotation this morning, sending Yoenis Cespedes to the Boston Red Sox for lefty pitcher Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes in a blockbuster deal just hours before...
View ArticleKershaw Too Much For The Nats
Clayton Kershaw gave up just three hits and one run in eight complete innings of work on Tuesday night, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a ho-hum 4-1 victory over the Nats. The victory was Kershaw’s...
View ArticleIt’s All Strasburg In Atlanta
The Nationals edged closer to playing in October Monday night, downing the Braves at Atlanta’s Turner Field behind the shut-down seven inning pitching of righty ace Stephen Strasburg. Strasburg stymied...
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Meeting Carlton Fisk
One of the memorable baseball photographs of all time — perhaps the most memorable — is of Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk waving his arms, willing a fly ball fair during the sixth game of the Red...
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Playing Hunches — and Playing Favorites
Tom Boswell and Dave Sheinin’s sobering dual articles (“everything-has-changed-now-that-we’re-in-the-playoffs”) in yesterday’s Washington Post hasn’t kept anyone from playing hunches — or favorites.Â...
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Twin Killings: Twinkies, Bosox On The Ropes
 There have been 26 Yankee juggernauts in major league history — 27 if you count the 1960 team, that could have, might have and should have won a world title: were it not for the heroics of Bill...
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Angel’s Stun, Sweep Sox
That glazed and puzzled look that has appeared on the faces of so many other post season teams (the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday, and the Chicago Cubs last year, to name just two) is now being worn by...
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Lackey, DeRosa . . . Or Both?
CFG writer and droog DWilly (here he is, in case you’ve forgotten), is pessimistic about the possibility the Nats will sign Belinski free agent pitcher John Lackey: “The Red Sox will be in the mix and...
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Another Bullpen Arm: Capps Signs With Nats
Nationals fans will be forgiven if they now view Pittsburgh as part of the Washington franchise feeder system — a kind of waiting room for Nats-to-be. With the signing of reliever Matt Capps on early...
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The $8 Million Man . . .
Diamond Nuggets for 3/07/10 Spit and Vinegar:  Grizzled veteran Jamie Moyer is in Phillies camp this spring after three surgeries since the end of last season. The 47 year old went under the knife...
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Fish Fall, Nats Take Series
The Washington Nationals nudged out yet another victory against the Florida Marlins, defeating the Fish at Nats Park on Sunday, 3-2. The game clinched the series for the Nationals, who took two of...
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Nats Skid Now At Four
Ian Desmond went 4-4 and Drew Storen made a solid debut, but the Washington Nationals fell to the Cardinals 6-2 on Monday night in St. Louis. The Nats were victimized by a tough first inning from...
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Jonathans Are Wild
The season may have ended yesterday for two storied franchises. The Red Sox and the Dodgers both blew late-in-the-game leads (the Sox to the Blue Jays, the Dodgers to the Phillies) and lost on the...
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