Ramos Returns, Leads The Nats
Wilson Ramos hit a three run seventh inning home run in his return to the Nationals on Independence Day, lifting Washington to an 8-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. This was Ramos’ first day back...
View ArticleGetting Garza
If we didn’t know it before, it seems all-too-true now: the Nationals are in need of a starter, a veteran arm that will carry them over the hump and into October. The problem for the Nationals is that...
View ArticleAn Embarrassment . . . And A Walk Off
Ryan Zimmerman’s walk off home run in the 9th inning of the second game of a day-night doubleheader gave the Washington Nationals a desperately needed 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Friday. The...
View Article“They Outplayed Us”— Braves Sweep The Nationals
The Nationals had an opportunity to end the Braves winning streak on Wednesday night, but the bullpen couldn’t keep Atlanta off the board in the eighth inning, and the Aarons went on to win the game...
View ArticleMauled On The North Side
Jordan Zimmermann stood at his locker after Monday night’s game 11-1 loss to the Cubs in Chicago and explained why he’d just pitched one of the worst games of his career. “I’m not hitting my spots...
View ArticleNats Tally Just Three Hits In Miami Loss
The Nationals mustered only three hits against Miami pitching on Monday, and Washington was downed by the Marlins at Nationals Park on Memorial Day, 3-2. Washington’s lack of hit production highlighted...
View ArticleHarper Returns, Zim Leads Nats Over Rockies
Bryce Harper returned to the Nationals line-up on Monday night in D.C., but it was Ryan Zimmerman who led the way, going 3-4 and leading Washington to a 7-3 victory over visiting Colorado. Harper, who...
View ArticleStrasburg, Werth Crush The Rox
Nats ace Stephen Strasburg recouped from his last outing, when he gave up seven earned runs against the Brewers, by thrashing the Colorado Rockies in 7.2 dominant innings. Coupled with Jayson Werth’s...
View ArticleWill Mike Rizzo “Pull The Trigger” At The Deadline?
Yesterday Nats beat reporter Bill Ladson wrote that Washington had inquired about the availability of Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre, but were “rebuffed.” The report sent tremors through...
View ArticleNationals Swap Walters For Cleveland’s Cabrera
The Washington Nationals traded promising second base prospect Zach Walters to the Cleveland Indians for shortstop/second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera just one hour before the trade deadline on Thursday....
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Duo In The Sun
Washington Nationals fans, all agog over new team ace Stephen Strasburg, have come back to earth. That reality is reflected in team blogs, in newspaper reports — and in the young phenom’s own...
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Strasburg Getting Better, Nats Not
Stan Kasten was pretty adamant in talking about Stephen Strasburg on Sunday, telling Nats beat report Bill Ladson that, as good as Stephen Strasburg is now, he’ll get even better. That’s good news for...
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Nats Staff Still Unsettled
The New York Mets provided the fireworks on July 4 — taking an 8-0 lead against the Washington Nationals and going on to register a “no contest” 9-5 victory at Nationals Park. The heat wasn’t the only...
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Zimmerman Becomes A Leader
Over the past two days Ryan Zimmerman has demonstrated, quite publicly, that he has become comfortable being the Nats’ team leader. Some people are born leaders and some figure out how to do it as...
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Nats Struggling At The Break
Just two games ago it was possible to think good things about the Nats. They had taken two of three from a very tough San Diego team and grabbed an easy first game in a three game set against the...
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Assessing The Second Half
Just one year ago, in 2009, the Washington Nationals opened the second half of their season not only in last place in the NL East, but as the worst team in baseball. The problems then were obvious:...
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Willingham’s Gapper Lands Fish
Josh Willingham’s sixth inning double into the gap in right center field scored three and the Washington Nationals went on to shut out the Florida Marlins, 4-0 on Saturday night in Miami. Starter...
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“Prying” Adam Loose
Adam Dunn hates to talk about trades, hates to even think about them. He’s made it clear — he’s happy in Washington and would like to stay with the Nationals. And Nationals’ General Manager Mike Rizzo...
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Not A Dunn Deal
The best move the Washington Nationals made before the trading deadline was the one they didn’t. As the witching hour struck 4:00 pm, the Nationals front office didn’t budge — and thereby decided that...
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Zim Corrals Ponies
After enduring the adventures of a shakey bullpen — which squandered a workmanlike outing from Nats starter Ross Detwiler — a Ryan Zimmerman blast in the bottom on the ninth inning propelled the...
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