Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Game #66 Try again in Houston!

The Washington Nationals lost last night and have now dropped 7-of-8 games in this stretch. From that great 20-game run the team was on, they have sunk to 13-games below .500. On any given night some main part of their … Continue reading

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Game #65 The Nats are back in Houston!

The Washington Nationals are back at the scene of the celebration of the team’s first World Series win in Game 7, back on October 30, 2019. It was exactly 3.62 years ago (1,322 days) from today when Howie Kendrick hit … Continue reading

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Baseball America’s mid-season Top-30 Nats’ prospects!

Baseball America has published a new Washington Nationals top-30 prospects list. There is a lot of movement as you would expect, and expect more as the draft is less than four weeks from now, and the Nats top pick will … Continue reading

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Game #64 Six-game losing streak as of last night!

The “CAUTION BE ALERT” sign in the foreground can be seen just before Ronald Acuña Jr. unleashed the decisive 2-run homer; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats When will it end? The Washington Nationals enter this game stuck in a … Continue reading

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Game #63 has the Nats entering in a funk

The Washington Nationals enter this game stuck in a 5-game losing streak, and mistakes once again K.O.’d the team. Tell me if you heard this before: Another winnable game lost in a 1-run game. Errors, pitches in the dirt not … Continue reading

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Game #62 Nats need a stopper!

The Washington Nationals are mired in a 4-game losing streak. Another winnable game on Wednesday was just a 1-run deficit until the bullpen gave away another three. No easy task this weekend as the red hot Braves just swept the … Continue reading

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Baseball America drops Elijah Green from their Top-100

A walk-off single on April 9 had Elijah Green floating through the air. The 19-year-old entered the season ranked at No. 58 of all prospects in baseball by Baseball America. In fact, Keith Law had Green at No.35, and every … Continue reading

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Stephen Strasburg will always be a National legend!

Exactly a baker’s dozen years ago, were you one of the lucky 40,315 fans in a sold-out Nationals Park to witness the “debut”? Is there a true Nats fan who could forget June 8, 2010 when Stephen Strasburg made his … Continue reading

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Game #61 Patrick Corbin faces his old team in the role of stopper

The Washington Nationals are mired in a 3-game losing streak. Another winnable game yesterday was lost in the bullpen, and the Diamondbacks won the game last night and took sole possession of first place in the NL West. Tonight, Patrick … Continue reading

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Two veteran relievers were DFA’d after consecutive games!

Generally veteran relievers get more rope from Washington Nationals’ general manager Mike Rizzo — but not this week. Even Trevor Rosenthal and his 22.74 ERA in 2019 lasted longer with Rizzo than Erasmo Ramirez and Andres Machado did this season. … Continue reading

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