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

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!

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!

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!

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

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

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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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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