Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We turn to May with 28-games in the books. How do the Nats look?

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals have a much better team than we thought they would have. But the record of 10-18 does not reflect how good this team has played since their 1-6 start to the season and going 9-12 since then. … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, DaveMartinez, Feature, Lerners, MikeRizzo | Leave a comment

Game #28 Nats face a Cubs team with lots of new faces!

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals begin a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs. The team from Wrigley brings a lot new faces to the team, and the Nats are familiar with them all. Cody Bellinger from the Dodgers and some classic postseason … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

Game #27 needs Josiah Gray as the stopper!

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals experienced some highs in their season just from the past week, and now this weekend the team has been humbled by the hot Pittsburgh Pirates, a team in first place in the NL Central. Today’s game is … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

Game #26 Nats find themselves in a 2-game skid

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals on Thursday morning had won 4-of-5 games before the one-run loss on Thursday night. After dropping the first game of this doubleheader, the Nats need to stop this two-game skid.

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

Game #25 Doubleheader day in D.C.

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals returned to Washington, D.C. on their chartered Amtrak in the late hours after Thursday night’s game in New York City. They got the highly anticipated rainout yesterday which has led to the doubleheader today. Patrick Corbin takes … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

Game #24 Nats face a lefty to complete this series

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals have another chance to do something special today and sweep a series for the first time since August 2021. Yes, another chance. The Nats had taken the first two games from the Minnesota Twins last week, but … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

It didn’t take a genius to figure out the main problem

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It didn’t take a genius to figure out that a team with a final starter’s ERA of an atrocious 5.97 for the 2022 season could never be successful if that was repeated. The Washington Nationals had a clear problem in … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis | Leave a comment

Game #23 The Nats have work ahead of them

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals showed up big last night, and they have plenty of work ahead of them to not get complacent on this road trip where they have won 3-of-4 games against the Twins and the win against the Mets … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

Josiah Gray showed his Westchester County people a Big Apple surprise

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Just miles from New York City, Josiah Gray grew up in one of the toniest suburbs in America in Westchester County. It does not mean that he grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth or had it easy. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature | Leave a comment

Game #22 Nats first series of ’23 against the Mets

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals have their first meeting of the year with the New York Mets. If the Nats can reverse their record from last year, that would be a good goal. The Mets had some serious ownage of the Nats … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment