Category Archives: Feature

What Nationals Player Had the Longest Hitless Streak in 2021

Time to be brutally honest — with this baseball lock-out, it is challenging to come up with ideas for a post that people can have fun with and discuss. In an email exchange, DonH and I decided that it might … Continue reading

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Another quiet baseball weekend

With most of Washington, D.C. frozen over, the business of baseball has thawed some, but not enough to lift the owner’s lock-out. Without a new CBA, there is little to talk about in baseball outside of trivia, the lock-out, and … Continue reading

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Nationals Draft/Development – Is It As Bad As You Think It Is?

The conventual wisdom is that the Nationals have been historically awful, compared to other teams, when it comes to developing players. That is really a two part question: Do they draft badly? Do they fail in properly teaching their draftees … Continue reading

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A busy week turns into a quiet weekend

Last week was last week. It was a busy week for the Washington Nationals, on-and-off the field. On Saturday, the team announced their international signings which was highlighted by the long-awaited signing of phenom Cristhian Vaquero. Shortly afterwards, the team … Continue reading

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Washington Nationals Odds to Win the World Series in 2022

Nobody knows what is going on in baseball, including the owners and Player’s Association. The lockout is a significant issue, and it’s unknown when baseball will return. Spring Training will likely be delayed in some way, which means Opening Day … Continue reading

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Kevin Frandsen will be the MASN color commentator for Nats games in 2022

It has been a busy week for the Washington Nationals, on and off the field. On Saturday they announced their international signings highlighted by phenom Cristhian Vaquero. Shortly afterward, the team announced 21 new hires and several other moves for … Continue reading

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The Nats’ player development hires and restructure is complete!

The Washington Nationals made it official with their 2022 Minor League Player Development staff in an announcement today. The team’s President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo and Director of Player Development De Jon Watson made the joint announcement.

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What Are The Consequences Of The Ongoing Lockout?

While it didn’t officially commence until midnight on December 1st 2021, we’ve known that Major League Baseball was going to move into lockout for quite some time now. What most folks had thought though, was talks would progress timeously and … Continue reading

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The Life of a Sport’s Fan

Lately, I’ve given the subject a bit of thought on the life of a sport’s fan. What does it mean to be a fan? Why do we lose sleep over game results? Why do we care deeply about peripheral things … Continue reading

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Revisiting the 2022 priorities for the Washington Nationals

With MLB baseball in a deep freeze like the winter weather, baseball fans have little current events until the lockout is lifted. We set a list of priorities for the Washington Nationals baseball team at the end of September for … Continue reading

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