Author Archives: Andrew Lang

Bryce Harper Field will be a standing symbol of youth baseball in Washington, D.C.

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Andrew Lang

Bryce Harper Field was officially dedicated on Saturday morning and will serve as a lasting symbol of youth baseball thanks to DC Parks, the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation, and Bryce and Kayla Harper’s own contributions. The field is situated in … Continue reading →

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Game #14 Nats need to find that explosive offense

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Andrew Lang

The past few days it has been Bryce Harper who has been playing in a funk. He struck out three times yesterday chasing off-speed pitches below the zone and in the dirt. Harper is 2-for-his-last-14 and he has not had … Continue reading →

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Game #8 Gio in the stopper role in a game of lefties with Mets

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Andrew Lang

Clearly, the Washington Nationals miss Daniel Murphy who has just seemed to dominate the Mets in his career with the Washington Nationals.  Murphy has ownage on his original team where he sports his best NL stats slashing .386 /.435/ .700/ … Continue reading →

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Game #6 Max Scherzer looks to win the series for the #Nats

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Andrew Lang

Yesterday’s tomorrow is now today which is the wonderful part of baseball to shake-off a bad game and get back at it in the next day’s game. “Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher” — Earl Weaver The Washington Nationals send … Continue reading →

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T-Minus two, T-Minus one, Nats welcome their original Washington Senators descedents.

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Andrew Lang

The Washington Nationals will play the Minnesota Twins today in an exhibition game at Nationals Park. These distant cousins share a lot of history. The Twins were born out of Washington, D.C. after the Griffith family took the 1960 Washington … Continue reading →

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Game #31 Could this #Nats line-up be what we see on Opening Day?

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Andrew Lang

In today’s line-up, Nationals’ manager Dave Martinez has gone off-script and has moved Anthony Rendon into the coveted two-hole and has pushed Trea Turner back to the six-hole for this game. Could this be a foreshadowing of the Opening Day … Continue reading →

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Game #30 Scherzer’s final tune-up before Opening Day in 5 days!

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Andrew Lang

On the concluding Saturday of Spring Training, Max Scherzer will get his final tune-up to get him ready for Opening Day in five days in Cincinnati. The plan is for Scherzer to pitch to real game conditions and keep him … Continue reading →

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Game #28 & #29 Cole vs Cole and the debut of Jeremy Hellickson in split squad games!

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Andrew Lang

The pitchers in the photo above are the current clubhouse leaders  in ERA (sort of). It is hard to compare apples to apples because Fedde has done most of his work in relief and is actually tied with Tommy Milone … Continue reading →

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Game #27 Nationals have a night game for last Grapefruit trip outside of Palm Beach County

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Andrew Lang

The early season games against the New York Mets had Tim Tebow in the starting line-up against the Washington Nationals. By the time Tebow was sent down to the the minor leagues, he was batting .056 with a shocking 61.1% … Continue reading →

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Game #26 Only 3 regulars in the line-up; Ryan Zimmerman not in the cards

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Andrew Lang

Opening Day is a week from tomorrow, and Daniel Murphy finally told us what we already knew that he would not be on the roster as he nurses his knee back to health. Ryan Zimmerman will be on the roster, … Continue reading →

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