Category Archives: Feature

Mike Rizzo was right, it was a ‘retool’

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There was that time when general manager Mike Rizzo threw out the ‘retool’ word for the first time after the 2021 trade deadline. He also used the term ‘reboot’ and said that a rebuild was a “five or six year … Continue reading →

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Washington Nationals and Commanders collaborate for the first time!

Posted on August 26, 2023 by Andrew Lang

For the first time in the Washington Nationals 18+ year existence, they have an official collaboration with the Washington Commanders football team. Both teams will have crossover games with players in attendance and special tailgate packages. The Nats will have … Continue reading →

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One Era Ends; Another Begins; Stephen Strasburg to Retire

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Ben Belford-Peltzman

We all knew this day was coming — we just did not know when — and the news broke that Stephen Strasburg is set to officially retire in September with the headlines that we had feared for many months, and … Continue reading →

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The “Little things” and the intangibles

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

That 2019 Washington Nationals team had an X-factor player in Gerardo Parra when they won the World Series. When he spoke, you listened, and the good teams need that type of player. It’s what I think is missing from teams … Continue reading →

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From the pages of THE NEW YORKER are a few paragraphs on the TalkNats effect

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Thousands gather on TalkNats for a shared bond of their love of the game and Washington Nationals baseball. There are cooking sites and Hollywood sites that do the same thing for their readers. Most are cluttered in annoying ads and … Continue reading →

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The trade deadline comes to a close in just 2 days!

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This year’s trade deadline is on August 1 at 6 pm ET. We are officially on “hug” watch. The Washington Nationals are most likely trading Jeimer Candelario. Beyond trading him, the situation got a little cloudy because two of the … Continue reading →

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Lane Thomas had the best game of his career

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Some thought Lane Thomas should have been an All-Star this year. The only vote that mattered was Major League Baseball’s, and they chose Josiah Gray as the Washington Nationals representative in the mid-summer classic. Yesterday, Thomas jumped to the top-WAR … Continue reading →

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“Always Remember” reads Dylan Crews’ tattoo

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It was the COVID summer of 2020, Dylan Crews had already decided to withdraw his name from the MLB Draft out of high school at Lake Mary in the Orlando, Florida suburbs. He could have been a Top-20 pick that … Continue reading →

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The Nats future is bright beyond the bullpen

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Let us state the obvious right now that the Washington Nationals bullpen is a mess. Okay, we got that out of the way. The future is bright, and that takes no sugarcoating. James Wood, Dylan Crews, Brady House, Robert Hassell … Continue reading →

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Choices or No Brainer – Who do the #Nats Draft?

Posted on July 6, 2023 by DonH

Don: Been a while so it seems to me that it is time for a Point-Counterpoint. I am fine with either Paul Skenes or Dylan Crews as the Nats draft pick . But I have to admit that I lean … Continue reading →

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