Category Archives: SpringTraining

Game #4 The Nats are home against the Mets; A lesson on making the team from the longest of odds!

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

If you followed Sunday’s split-squad games which were being played simultaneously at FITTEAM and in Jupiter, you hopefully were able to follow the radio call of Charlie Slowes as the Nationals had a walk-off single by DC’s own Brandon Snyder … Continue reading →

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Baseball and Orion

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Ray Wyvill

Few things state winter more strongly than the sight of the powerful constellation Orion the Hunter situated squarely in the southern night sky after dusk.   He is the de facto lord of the long nights.  Like all rulers his time … Continue reading →

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Games #2 and #3 in split-squad action

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If today’s weather holds up, it is Austin Voth at the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, and Erick Fedde up the road in Jupiter. It is Voth who gets most of the starters today and manager Dave Martinez in … Continue reading →

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Second (rainy) Day in West Palm Beach on Friday; There is a #Nats baseball game on Saturday night!

Posted on February 22, 2020 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

Unlike the wimpy Mets, the Nationals worked out Friday in the rain. It was also MLB Network 30-Clubs-In-30-Days at the complex and you can see the tripod setup with lighting. Here’s a shot of the glove layout beside the Nationals … Continue reading →

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First 24 hours in West Palm Beach

Posted on February 21, 2020 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

We got here mid-afternoon on Wednesday before the team was readying for the FITTEAM Ballpark season ticket holder event: plenty of time to leisurely shop the team store completely by ourselves . . . and get a great photo of … Continue reading →

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Max Scherzer has had very short offseasons before; Max will start on Saturday!

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This is not the first time that Max Scherzer has had a shortened offseason due to his team’s previous years success in the postseason. When he was with the Detroit Tigers, he went to three ALCS and one World Series. … Continue reading →

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Reading the tea leaves of early Nats spring training camp!

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Early season camp includes literally hundreds of interviews and photos. There are so many that is hard to keep up with who said what and the context some times. Nothing really earth shattering has been said in Washington Nationals camp, … Continue reading →

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Can’t steal these signs! Nats have World Series signs in their Spring Training home!

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

As the flatbeds rolled through Lot B to the player’s entrance of their parking lot at the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in the mid-morning, the arriving Washington Nationals players who were on a later schedule got to see … Continue reading →

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The Nats Opening Day roster will look very different in the infield and bullpen! Fangraphs projects major regression in the rotation!

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

As position players arrive at the Washington Nationals spring training facility in West Palm Beach, the count today should be 62-players in big league camp this year. There is always the remote possibility that another move(s) could be made. If … Continue reading →

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Same goal as last year and the year before. Just ask Davey Martinez!

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Goal setting is important. Delivering on those goal is what sets you apart from the wannabees. Dave Martinez took this managerial job a little over two years ago, and he made it clear on the day he was hired that … Continue reading →

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