It’s a Star-Spangled “W!”
With today’s Fourth of July win, the Washington Nationals have improved their record to 47-32 and continue their sole possession of first place in the National League East. As the first half of the...
View ArticleWow! We’re Halfway Done Already?
The first half of the 2012 Major League Baseball season has just ended, so it’s time to reflect on how the Washington Nationals have done so far. The Nats are in sole possession of first place in the...
View ArticleDone in Miami For Now – Good Riddance!
The Washington Nationals just ended a four-game series in Miami, where they took 2 of 4 games from the Marlins. The first-place Nationals are 4-5 against the fish, and still have 8 games left to play...
View ArticleNationals Still in First Place (Phew!)
This weekend’s four-game series between the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves was the most important (and for us fans, stressful) series of the year so far. With the Nationals going into the...
View ArticleThe Nationals’ Weak Link
The Washington Nationals have surprised many a baseball fan this season, currently tied with the Cincinnati Reds with the best record in baseball at 61-40. While the Nationals’ pitching has been...
View ArticleBack to His Old Self?
The first-place Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins on Sunday by a score of 4-1, with pitching ace Stephen Strasburg pitching 6 scoreless innings while striking out 6 batters. It was a...
View ArticleI Guess They Had to Lose Sometime!
After eight straight wins both on the road and at home, the Washington Nationals were on the losing end of things yesterday in Arizona against the Diamondbacks. They battled back from a 7-0 deficit to...
View ArticleRain Delay Was Worth the Wait
My fourth trip to Nationals Park this year turned out to be a long but exciting day. After a 2-hour and 26-minute rain delay on Sunday afternoon, Gio Gonzalez won his 16th game of the season — a team...
View ArticleThe Biggest Debate in the DC Area
After a forgettable weekend being swept by the Phillies and scoring only 5 runs in 3 games, the Washington Nationals are headed to Miami, where the Nats’ Stephen Strasburg will be taking the mound....
View ArticleHey, Did You Know the Nationals are in First Place?
We are in the final stretch of the 2012 baseball season, and the pennant races are getting tight. The Baltimore Orioles took 2 of 3 from the Yankees, putting them only 2 games behind the Bronx Bombers...
View ArticleGet That Broom Away From Me!
As you’ve probably read by now, the Washington Nationals were swept by the Atlanta Braves over the weekend, in a series where the Nats gave up 13 walks, allowed 3 batters to reach on errors, and hit 2...
View ArticleOur Last Trip to the Ballpark (maybe!)
This past Saturday, my husband and I went to our fifth and final Nationals game of the regular season. It was a warm afternoon, and Nationals Park was packed with over 40,000 fans hoping to watch...
View ArticleA Loss and a Clinch on the Same Night
Part of me feels like I’m dreaming –the Washington Nationals are the National League East champions? Really? Finally! But the other part of me is a little skeptical, since the Nationals did, after...
View ArticleMLB ’12: Year of the Skipper
Whine-fest ‘12 Baseball’s celebratory red, white & blue banners still had creases in ‘em Friday night when one of its post-season entrants was quickly bounced from the festivities amid another...
View ArticleIn the Blink of an Eye…
Hello, my friends. I know I haven’t posted in a while, but I was so caught up in the baseball playoffs that I wasn’t sure what to write about – the surprising Oakland A’s, the feisty Orioles, the...
View Article“World Series or Bust!”
Hello there, Nationals fans! It’s finally that time of year again – time for Major League Baseball players to brush the dust off their bats, rub some oil on their gloves, and grab a new bucket of...
View ArticleSpring has Sprung in Viera!
After a couple of weeks of drills, simulations, and conditioning, It’s finally time to play some ball. In the Grapefruit League, the Washington Nationals are 0-1-1, having lost their first game to the...
View ArticleTwice as Nice for Bryce!
Opening Day of the 2013 Major League Baseball season brought a lot of fanfare (and fans!) to Nationals Park today, where the Washington Nationals shut out the visiting Miami Marlins by a score of 2-0....
View Article“Sigh!”
Oh my goodness! What can I say about the Washington Nationals being swept by the Atlanta Braves this past weekend? Well, I could come up with excuses (“it was only three games – they’ll bounce...
View ArticleThe Land of the Free and the Home of the Braves
After taking 3 of 4 games against the Cincinnati Reds last week, the Washington Nationals had a pretty decent time at home. Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmerman both pitched one-hitters and Bryce Harper...
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