Marty Niland
Marty Niland has been covering sports and other news professionally for more than 30 years, including almost 10 years at The Associated Press. While there, he was part of the team that covered the Washington Nationals as they brought baseball back to the nation's capital. His stories included team coverage of the first Nats home game; the dispute between MASN and Comcast that caused games to be blacked out in the DC area; the marathon D.C. Council session where the ballpark lease was rejected, then approved; and team coverage of the selection of the ownership group led by Ted Lerner.
Marty also wrote for Outside Pitch, a Baltimore Orioles fan magazine, during the 1990s, and Ravens Report, the official publication of the Baltimore Ravens, during the team's inaugural season in 1996. He covered the Ravens as a daily beat reporter for States News Service and footballinsiders.com from 1996-1999 and landed some stories about the Ravens in The Washington Post.
On a night when most of the Nationals’ starters got a rest, it was a veteran leader who made the difference with a milestone hit.
Adam LaRoche hit his 33rd home run and drove in his 100th run of…Read More
The Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies will have a lot more reasons to dislike each other after the final stretch of the 2012 season is over. In the first of six games between a Washington team fighting…Read More
A little extra rest, a friendly crowd and a struggling opponent helped the Nationals put their struggles in Atlanta behind them and move to the verge of the postseason. Jordan Zimmermann allowed just…Read More
Despite thier lofty record and notable accomplishmentsthis season, the Nationals must be glad they’ve seen the last of the Miami Marlins and Ricky Nolasco.
The right-hander pitched a four-hit shutoutand…Read More
As Stephen Srasburg’s starts in 2012 start to dwindle, each one offers new moments to savor. The right-hander was dominant again Sunday, pitching six innings of two-hit ball and striking out nine…Read More
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It doesn’t seem to matter whether they’re playing at home or on the road, the Nationals are…Read More
By Marty Niland
After sweating out a pair of extra-inning wins against baseball’s worst team, the…Read More
Was MASN color commentator F.P. Santagelo serious when he speculated on Friday night that the Nationals…Read More
It had to end sometime.
After a six-game winning streak that saw them average more then six runs a game,…Read More
What started as a potentially glorious evening for the Nationals on Friday turned slowly into a sodden…Read More
The Nationals have been most resilient in this so far magical season, and Tuesday night’s 5-4,…Read More
The Nationals now have all of their top-ten draft picks in the fiold with the signing of first-rounder…Read More
Jordan Zimmermann can no longer complain that he doesn’t get enough run support.
For the second…Read More
Nothing like a visit to Coors Field and a few innings against a struggling Colorado bullpen to get a…Read More
For many longtime Nats fans, Tuesday night’s feud between Nationals manager Davey Johnson and Tampa…Read More
The Nationals got hard lessons in power, pitching and defense from the New York Yankees on Friday night…Read More
In a game where runs were hard to come by, the Nationals turned to their old standbys — pitching…Read More
Searching for solutions as the Nationals sank out of the Nationals League East lead in mid-May, manager…Read More
Nationals manager Davey Johnson says he doesn’t like to make decisions about his pitching rotation…Read More
The Nationals seem to have found a formula for winning on the road: Get ahead early, pull ahead for…Read More
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