Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The season is 25% complete as the Nats are now on a 71.2 win pace!

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The season is over 25 percent complete, and the Washington Nationals are now just 2.0 games out of the Wild Card at this moment after the Phillies lost tonight in San Francisco. In the last 23-games, the Washington Nationals have … Continue reading →

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Game #41 Split series is the best the Nats can do at the quarter pole of the season!

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There is certainly a lot of Washington Nationals news today. The Nats and Mets are getting set to play the fourth game in this weekend wrap-around Monday game. In the season series, the teams are now 3-3, and the Nats … Continue reading →

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CJ Abrams had a Mother’s Day for Ruth!

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It was Mother’s Day, and the Washington Nationals had 5 2/3 innings to play for Saturday’s suspended fiasco plus their regularly scheduled Sunday game, and CJ Abrams knocked in all four runs finishing a triple shy of a cycle on … Continue reading →

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Game #40 Nats come up huge in the afternoon and need another!

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals bent but didn’t break in the afternoon win today, and thanks to the bat of CJ Abrams for getting the Nats two different leads in this game as he now leads the team in RBIs. Abrams’ home … Continue reading →

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Game #39 After a blown-loss, Nats must even it up!

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals got out to a 2-run lead last night, and could not bring home the win. Their 6-13 home record at this point is beginning to defy logic. It just seemed like a combination of bad luck, bad … Continue reading →

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BABIP, Bad Luck, Blown Balls, Bush-League, Blown-Loss, and Baseball happened.

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When you put 21-balls into play you expect more than four hits in a game. The Washington Nationals had a .190 BABIP as in they had a .190 batting average on balls-in-play last night. Part of it was bad luck, … Continue reading →

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Game #38 Nats have a 4-gamer with the Mets!

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals are finally back to Nats Park after their second west coast road trip in this young season. With a wrap-around 4-game weekend series starting tonight through Monday with the New York Mets, the Nats aren’t here for … Continue reading →

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A 70-win pace seems light based on the rolling 19!

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

In the last 19-games, the Washington Nationals are 11-8 since that trip to their distant cousins of the original Washington Senators in the l’étoile du nord, “the star of the north”, in Minnesota. Maybe the sight of that 1924 World … Continue reading →

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Game #37 16 games in 16 days concludes a team defining stretch!

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If the Washington Nationals win today, it will feel like a “Sweet 16” as the Nats would complete a tough stretch of 16-games in 16-days with a winning record (9-7), and hop on a very “happy flight” back to Washington, … Continue reading →

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Game #36 Patrick Corbin has a new LF

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Five days ago, Patrick Corbin was throwing a 1-hit scoreless gem through 7.0 innings. It unraveled from there a little when he was sent out for the eighth inning, but still one of his finest starts in a Washington Nationals … Continue reading →

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