Author Archives: Andrew Lang

Dollars and Sense: The Dodgers financial issues, the CBA, the Nats and MASN, and BAMTech

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Andrew Lang

News broke over the weekend from the L.A. Times beat writer Bill Shaikin that the Los Angeles Dodgers principal ownership group led by Guggenheim Baseball Management faces a debt reduction order from Major League Baseball to conform with debt to revenue rules. … Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving journey for #Nats prospect Andrew Stevenson

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Andrew Lang

This is a long story.  Some might think it begins on the fields of Williamsport, Pennsylvania in the Little League World Series. It actually begins when Andrew Stevenson was growing up in Youngsville, Louisiana near Lafayette.

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Trea Turner is a Rookie of the Year Finalist! Winner revealed tonight!

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Andrew Lang

The Baseball Writer’s Association of America (BBWAA) have already revealed the finalists for the NL Rookie of the Year award. The top three in votes are Kenta Maeda, Corey Seager, and Trea Turner. The award show begins at 6p.m. ET … Continue reading →

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Win, Place or Show. #Nats are finalists in MVP/Cy Young/ROY/MOY

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Andrew Lang

The 2016 Nationals are the first National League team in twenty-one years to have finalists in all four awards categories of the BBWAA Awards that include the NL Most Valuable Player with Daniel Murphy, the NL Cy Young Award with … Continue reading →

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The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches is 80% complete!

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Andrew Lang

Players will be arriving earlier than they normally would be at their Spring Training facilities because of the World Baseball Classic schedule in 2017 which means the West Palm Beach facility known as The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches must … Continue reading →

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The Nats prospects are opening eyes in the Arizona Fall League

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Andrew Lang

The temperatures are over 90°F every day in Glendale, Arizona where the sun is shining on the Nationals prospects who are getting to show their goods in the Arizona Fall League. Teammates Drew Ward and Andrew Stevenson (Harrisburg Senators Double-A) … Continue reading →

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Top priorities for the #Nats off-season

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Andrew Lang

At this time of the year, twenty-eight MLB front offices have put together their top priorities on their white boards and are working on their payroll budgets. The Washington Nationals have the same top priorities (1-3) that they had on … Continue reading →

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What is bat ‘Exit Velocity’ all about?

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Andrew Lang

When StatCast™ began publishing exit velocities on batted balls, the baseball world had a new stat to talk about. The baseball world loves ‘velo’ whether it is measuring a pitcher’s fastball velocity or a hitter’s velocity of how fast a … Continue reading →

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The season ends with more post-season heartache: Postgame

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Andrew Lang

How can you explain how the Nats could blow that game. Max Scherzer went 6 full innings throwing a shutout. Scherzer was sent back out for the 7th inning nearing 100 tough pitches as he entered the inning at 97 … Continue reading →

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Changing the future starts with changing results #Nats

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Andrew Lang

There is no team with a better record in the Major Leagues since 2012 than the Washington Nationals. 95+83+96+84+98= a whole lot of wins. For some, winning 3 division titles in five years is good enough, but for many, the … Continue reading →

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