Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals were feeling good after their series opening win against the Phillies on Friday night. But they fell flat on Saturday and Sunday, and had a scheduled day-off yesterday for some much needed rest, and take on a … Continue reading →

Baseball is a strange game. The Phillies threw a bullpen game yesterday, and shut down the Nats offense to a total of two runs. The series is even at 1-1, and the Washington Nationals can take this series with a … Continue reading →

It was not a walk-off win last night, but it was an 8th inning shocker win from the Washington Nationals. The Nats and Phillies enter this game with identical W/L records, and after the conclusion of this game — one … Continue reading →

Coming into this week, the Washington Nationals had 11 blown saves and 11 bullpen losses. In the past two games, the team’s blown saves have shot up to 13 — but the bullpen losses remained at 11. In back-to-back games, … Continue reading →

It is just a broken record this week on the three losses — that it is not only the errors that show up in the box score, but also the misplays and miss-reads that don’t show up with the “E” … Continue reading →

We say it all the time that the Washington Nationals just are not good enough at this point in the their rebuild to make unforced errors and survive it. On Sunday, it was a grounder through the wickets on Dom … Continue reading →

The Washington Nationals looked like they were ready to celebrate their first series win since August of 2021 in yesterday’s game, but it was not meant to be. From a MacKenzie Gore 7.0 inning gem and a 2-1 lead into … Continue reading →