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Trea Turner is still swinging the bat with 9 fingers; But it doesn’t mean anything is wrong!

Baseball fans have seen Jim Abbott pitch and field with one arm, and in 1945 there was Pete Gray who batted with one arm. There is no comparison from the feats of Abbott and Gray to Trea Turner who played … Continue reading

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Source: Nats play it by the rules; There was no circumventing DC’s strict rules!

These two youngsters from the Dominican Republic always seemed joined at the hip, but apparently that is not the case based on contact tracing for the infectious COVID-19 virus. Yes, Juan Soto, Victor Robles, and top prospect Luis Garcia all … Continue reading

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Nats have another intra-squad practice game tonight; Soto, Kendrick, Garcia return!

Finally, Juan Soto, Howie Kendrick, and Luis Garcia have returned. Our sources as we reported on Twitter have said that Victor Robles will be cleared on Saturday based on tracing that had him in contact with a COVID positive person … Continue reading

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Alternative Idea to a Runner on 2nd in Extra Innings

Lets have some fun with alternatives to something that most baseball folks hate: the idea of starting each inning after the 9th with a runner on second base. From my perspective there are a number of structural flaws in this … Continue reading

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One week and a day from Opening Day for the #Nats; Soto, Robles and Kendrick status!

No team at this point has been hit as hard by the COVID procedures than the Washington Nationals. Opening Day for the team is just eight days away, and the team is missing one-third of their starting lineup from COVID … Continue reading

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Suero and Elías to the IL; What is going on inside self-isolation? What about a move to Virginia?

Who and what do we believe inside Washington Nationals summer camp? Six days ago, we read a Tweet from Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post that read “Pitchers Wander Suero, Joan Adon and Roenis Elias have not been in workouts … Continue reading

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Gold trimmed Nats jerseys are no longer a secret!

The Washington Nationals “champions” jerseys were on full display on social media last week as players showed us their World Series rings. Neatly hung at each locker was a “champions” jersey which caught the eyes of studious onlookers. These jerseys … Continue reading

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Source: Some #Nats players on self-isolation should return soon!

There are at least seven Washington Nationals players on the big league roster in self-isolation on the COVID-19 protocol. Two of them had reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, and the others came in close enough contact to go into mandated … Continue reading

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The Value of a crippled season

  God willing, we will be starting the 2020 baseball season in less than 2 weeks. This will go down in all of our views, I think, as the most unusual baseball season ever, and this includes the cancelled World … Continue reading

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Predicting the Opening Day roster for two weeks from today!

Let’s try to come up with the 30-player Opening Day roster, from the 42 players who are still in big league camp at Nats Park. We already have some clues from both General Manager Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez … Continue reading

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