Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This will be MacKenzie Gore‘s final tune-up in Grapefruit League play this year as the 11-9-2 Washington Nationals take on the Yankees in West Palm Beach. The good news is that manager Dave Martinez for the first time this year … Continue reading →

Winter is officially over. Spring has sprung and hopefully the sun is shining where you are. The Washington Nationals are in Jupiter today to face the Cardinals. It is Josiah Gray for the Nats and Jack Flaherty for the Cardinals.

For a Spring Training game it does not get better than Justin Verlander on the mound for the New York Mets. If we had vintage Patrick Corbin of 2019, we would call this a pitcher’s duel. Oh well, let’s see … Continue reading →

While most minor leaguers will stay behind in West Palm Beach into April as they work in the warm weather before most depart for Fredericksburg, Wilmington, Harrisburg, and Rochester, there might be a lucky few who will get chosen by … Continue reading →

The wind was blowing out to left field yesterday and the Washington Nationals got some of the luck of the Irish to take advantage of the stiff breeze with an 8-run explosion in the last inning to come-from-behind and steal … Continue reading →

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. The Washington Nationals got some of the luck of the Irish and have clawed back to .500 with a win in yesterday’s game to improve to 8-8-1. Not that Spring Training wins are indicative of what … Continue reading →

With yesterday’s game rained out, it won’t be replayed. That makes this the 17th game of Spring Training. What’s more, both Patrick Corbin and Josiah Gray pitched on the minor league side of camp. All of that changes up the … Continue reading →

We are back in Jupiter, Florida against the Miami Marlins. Their lineup will look much different with so many players participating in the World Baseball Classic. For the Nationals, they changed from Jake Irvin starting this game to Patrick Corbin. … Continue reading →