Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Game #136 So close you could taste it

The Washington Nationals were this |—–| close to a walk-off last night against the Cubs. Dylan Crews had already homered in the game and was a single from tying it in the 9th inning and probably a double from winning … Continue reading

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Game #135 The Cubs in town for the weekend

The Washington Nationals have the Chicago Cubs in town for this Labor Day weekend series. With a lefty on the mound, manager Dave Martinez will stick with Dylan Crews at lead-off. He also moved his struggling shortstop, CJ Abrams, down … Continue reading

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A story of the rookies and adding proven stars to the roster. The Nationals could learn from the Commanders’ revenue model!

The Washington Nationals just won a series against the mighty New York Yankees in Nationals Park in front of crowds that were large and enthusiastic. Manager Dave Martinez penciled up lineups of mostly rookie players for that series. One player … Continue reading

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Game #134 Finale to take this series against the Yankees, and “au revoir” for now to Juan Soto

The Washington Nationals have just 29-games remaining on the season. This is the rubber game of this series against the New York Yankees. For the fans of the Nationals, this is au revoir for now to Juan Soto, who spent … Continue reading

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Game #133 with 30 games remaining on the season

The Washington Nationals have just 30-games remaining on the season. And tonight’s matchup of starting pitchers evoke memories to Game 7 of the 2019 World Series that should bring a temporary smile to your face. Patrick Corbin, starting for the … Continue reading

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Dylan Crews’ debut brought lots of national media focus

From yesterday to this morning, the media is abuzz with Washington Nationals content spurred on by the MLB debut of Dylan Crews. Having Juan Soto in Nationals Park for the first time before his impending free agency just added extra … Continue reading

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Game #132 Dylan Crews debut against the Bronx Bombers

The Washington Nationals continued one of their best starting rotation turns of the season that now has spanned six starts with a 3-3 record in that span. DJ Herz had two of the starts and has gone 10 2/3 IP … Continue reading

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Dylan Crews has already arrived in Washington, D.C.

Before Dylan Crews was drafted in 2023 by the Washington Nationals, he told me that he had never been to Washington, D.C. before. After the draft he traveled to D.C. twice, and now he could make the D.C. area his … Continue reading

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Game #131 is a salvage operation in the series finale in Atlanta

The Washington Nationals have had one of their best starting rotation turns of the season as their starting pitchers have kept them in every game despite some horrific defense and baserunning at times — and a lack of offense to … Continue reading

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Game #130 Nats will place Alex Call on the 10-day IL

The Washington Nationals had found something special in Alex Call who was a sparkplug in so many ways for the Nats. In two separate callups, Call said that he had made a mechanical tweak but also a mental adjustment that … Continue reading

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