Category Archives: Feature

The #Nats 2020 bullpen standouts aren’t who you thought they would be!

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We got to a point where we would just say, “All bullpens are bad” and then when your bullpen is actually good — you just don’t what to say. When the Nats PR department flashed a stat to the media during … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Juan Soto is back and he showed up with his family, sort of!

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Andrew Lang

If you watched Juan Soto‘s 2020 debut, you probably noticed the foam cutouts of his father, mother, brother, sister, and uncles in the first three rows of Nationals Park in section 106. Soto got Fathead to create these custom cutouts … Continue reading →

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For the Nats and the Scherzers, the new normal is more than just baseball

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Annie Dineen

At last, baseball stadiums aren’t dark. At last, the cracks of bats and the thwunks of gloves again beat in rhythm with the beeps of our kitchen timers and the clangs of dinner cutlery. For the first time in 281 … Continue reading →

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A week of roster moves for the #Nats is on the agenda!

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Fifteen days go by quickly as the season reaches that mark on Friday and as such rosters by rule must be pared down to 28-players from the current thirty unless MLB agrees to continue with the larger rosters which seems … Continue reading →

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Juan Soto was none too pleased about the “fake positive”

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

The 21-year-old is known to be the nicest young man until you cross a line. He is a person of faith, and that was tested in his two separate stints in self-isolation due to COVID concerns. In total, Juan Soto … Continue reading →

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The Nationals current/future schedule has been directly affected by the Marlins COVID outbreak!

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

The numbers are staggering on the COVID-19 outbreak within the Marlins organization. Over half of their current roster has reportedly tested positive for COVID, and instead of utilizing players from their Alternate Training Site, MLB has instead just postponed games. … Continue reading →

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If Howie Kendrick didn’t hurt his back, Kieboom’s groin wouldn’t have magically healed!

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When Howie Kendrick was suddenly scratched from Wednesday’s lineup with upper back stiffness, Carter Kieboom’s groin mysteriously healed simultaneously, and he was inserted into the lineup. Yes, the groin they said kept him from moving laterally was healed. It had … Continue reading →

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Opening Day happened…sort of…with crushing results for the Nats and limited “Championship” to see!

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals posted their Opening Day roster at 2:24 PM EDT. They were the last team to post, and before their tweet came the bombshell Tweet from Jeff Passan about Juan Soto testing positive for COVID which came out at 2:19 … Continue reading →

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Bold Predictions

Posted on July 22, 2020 by DonH

Time to offer some bold predictions for the upcoming Nationals season. To get the process started we’ve surveyed a few of the long-time members of the TalkNats community to weigh in with their number 1 bold prediction for the upcoming … Continue reading →

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Baseball’s Most Unusual Opening Day

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Ray Wyvill

One of the joys of being a baseball fan is the anticipation of Opening Day each spring.  This assumes that there is a team playing for your region’s city.  For thirty-four years the denizens of the metropolitan Washington area were … Continue reading →

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