Category Archives: Feature

Win the World Series; Open the Season at Home

Posted on March 31, 2020 by DonH

Seems like a no-brainer, right? A team that wins the World Series should get to open the next season in their home ballpark, not on the road. Well, if the season had gone as planned, the World Series Champion Washington … Continue reading →

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Zim walks-off the opening of Nationals Park a dozen years ago today!

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Andrew Lang

The Washington Nationals closed up RFK Stadium with some hope. First year manager Manny Acta seemed to over-achieve with that 2007 team that lost 89 games, and that was considered progress as the team was looking to increase payroll going into … Continue reading →

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Never Let A Serious Crisis Go To Waste – Lets Change The Rules

Posted on March 29, 2020 by DonH

Rahm Emanuel was famously quoted as saying: “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” The quote is all I’ll … Continue reading →

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Opening Day is finally here delayed until further notice!

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Today was supposed to be that day you leave work or school early to attend Opening Day in the annual ritual. Due to COVID-19, our collective yearning for Opening Day will be delayed for a month(s) or more. We all … Continue reading →

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This book is titled Buzz Saw by Jesse Dougherty; A story of the power of positivity and of believing in yourself!

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Erika C.

In case you haven’t heard, the Washington Nationals won the 2019 World Series, and they managed to do so against almost every odds in the books. After an abysmal start, the ball club was staring at a 19-31 record on … Continue reading →

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Major League Baseball is opening up their video library to all with key games on YouTube and the MLB app!

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Every 2018 and 2019 MLB game is now unlocked on the MLB.TV channel and their MLB app! Free to all for a limited time of course. You can watch all 105 wins from the Nats magical 2019 World Series run … Continue reading →

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The line of destiny started with one Juan Soto at-bat and a lesson learned by Anthony Rendon!

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Andrew Lang

One of life’s lessons is learning from your past. Baseball calls that the learning curve part of the process. Last year, were you paying attention on August 17th to what happened? You might be thinking of the Sean Doolittle blown … Continue reading →

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A Spring without the Rites

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Ray Wyvill

Spring will silently arrive tonight just before midnight.  It always comes.  Some seasons get a pass every now and then.  There was “The year without a summer” in 1816, caused by volcanic eruptions.  There have been years without a winter.  … Continue reading →

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The majority of minor leaguers are on their own and living far below the poverty line; Where is their help in this COVID-19 crisis?

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We all know the kids in camp who we used to call back in the day “bonus babies” because they just signed for big bucks. Most minor leaguers live on wages below the poverty line, and no, this is not … Continue reading →

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Admit it or not, we are in our second offseason of the 2019/2020 season!

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

“The show must go on,” will not even hold true on Broadway which has gone dark. More baseball players are shutting it down as reality spreads that this is going to be a very protracted shutdown and a second offseason. … Continue reading →

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