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Two friends from Triple-A Fresno bonded together for an unforgettable night!

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We already wrote about how Luis Garcia’s family friend could not watch his MLB debut because the Hilton Hotel across from Camden Yards was closed due to COVID, and there was no perch to watch the game short of breaking … Continue reading →

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The Nats 8-year streak of winning seasons has ended; Would the real Davey Martinez please stand up?

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

With last night’s loss, the Washington Nationals can no longer mathematically reach a winning season, that ends the team’s 8-year run that began in 2012. While the team would need a miracle to sneak into the postseason, last night was … Continue reading →

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Take a long look in the mirror for the Nats

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Barring a 13-0 miraculous finish for the Nats, they will be spending October to January wondering what went wrong with the team that most likely will feature two Top-10 MVP candidates and none ranking in the Cy Young voting for … Continue reading →

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After winning the World Series, we should be proud of 2019 and skip right to 2021! We name names for a 2021 roster!

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We will hopefully look back at the year 2020, and remember all of those blown games like yesterday as an opportunity that put the Washington Nationals in a position to draft players they would not have reached if they had … Continue reading →

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Rules, Rules, Rules and More Rules

Posted on September 9, 2020 by DonH

Time for an off-day fun post: lets talk about rules and what changes we would like to see and what changes we expect MLB will make. I suspect that these two sets of rules will have very little overlap. In … Continue reading →

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Rizzo under contract shapes the #Nats future, but what does the short-term look like?

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

With general manager Mike Rizzo penned for the next three years, what does the short-term look like? Certainly Dave Martinez is the longest tenured Washington Nationals’ manager in terms of full-seasons as he will finish his third season this year. … Continue reading →

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An Improbable II is fading for the #Nats

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When you have a pitching staff loaded with aces, you can win a World Series, and that is exactly what the 19-31 Washington Nationals pulled off in 2019. Their encore act though is missing a key ace in Stephen Strasburg … Continue reading →

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The silver lining of a woeful losing record is picking at the top of the draft!

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Suckitude has its privileges. A top draft seeding is the only silver lining to a woefully under-performing season. The darkest years in Nats history from 2008-2010 yielded three top of the draft prizes in Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper, and Anthony … Continue reading →

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Defense matters; Nats defense has looked like the Three Stooges at times!

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We have seen some “Three Stooges” type of comedic defensive misadventures before from the Nationals. But now these embarrassing plays are becoming almost daily occurrences in a failure of “The Little Things”. Over the years we saw it every once … Continue reading →

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Nats stick with Luis Garcia and option top prospect Carter Kieboom

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Andrew Lang

In shocking but never surprising news, the Nats sent their top prospect Carter Kieboom to the Washington Nationals’ minor league camp at the Alternate Training Site in Fredericksburg today to make room for Sean Doolittle who was activated from the … Continue reading →

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