Mike James
As an Expos fan in 2004, I had two choices -- continue to follow the team and its players after relocation or find some other club to cheer for. Seemed like a no-brainer to me, and I traded in my blue Montreal hat for a Curly W. I've been involved with baseball for a long time, as a youth player, a newspaper beat writer, a minor league PR director, an official scorer, a ballpark usher and now a youth team coach. I live outside of Las Vegas with my wife and my two children -- both of whom wear eye black streaking down their cheeks.
It’s been a rare day this season that the Washington Nationals have been able to field a fully functional, Opening Day lineup. After Wednesday night, the chances of that happening again any time…Read More
It would be folly for a baseball fan to assume their team could possibly make it through a full season injury-free — the truth is every team gets banged up at some point during the long 162-game…Read More
This wasn’t the return Ryan Zimmerman was hoping for.
After a stint on the disabled list with a hamstring issue, Zimmerman returned to the cleanup spot in the Washington Nationals lineup Friday night,…Read More
With each of the Washington Nationals’ first four home series of the season resulting in sweeps, it would have been easy for Nationals fans to assume Washington had Sunday’s series finale against…Read More
This is not what revenge looks like.
Seeking to put the ghosts of last year’s Division Series loss to the St. Louis Cardinals behind them, the Washington Nationals are instead staring an April sweep…Read More
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In each of his three starts this season, Ross Detwiler has pitched like someone who aspires to a higher…Read More
Yes, it’s only April.
But the anticipation surrounding this weekend series between the Atlanta…Read More
One day after watching the Cincinnati Reds swat six home runs in a 15-0 nightmare, the Washington Nationals…Read More
In an over-long Spring Training, players and fans alike are just playing out the string, counting down…Read More
It was an Opening Day lineup for the Washington Nationals on Monday, but the team is hoping it was not…Read More
Nationals fans have long been frustrated by the Marlins — of the Florida or Miami variety —…Read More
From about the fifth inning on during Game 5 of last year’s National League Division Series, I…Read More
Non-Nationals fans could be forgiven if the first thing that popped into their heads when hearing the…Read More
As well as the Washington Nationals bullpen pitched in 2012, left-hander Sean Burnett still managed to…Read More
You almost felt bad for the kid, having to deal with the inevitable wordplays on his name, the puns in…Read More
In 2011, Chad Tracy was a major-league castoff playing in Japan. In 2012, he was the leader of a bench…Read More
Since coming over from Oakland along with Henry Rodriguez in the Josh Willingham trade, Corey Brown has…Read More
When the highlight of your season comes on Opening Day, one of two things has happened. A. You’re…Read More
It wasn’t the comprehensive victory Nationals fans were hoping for, the one that solved all the…Read More
Get em on, get em over, get em in.
It seems incomprehensible that the team with the best record in baseball…Read More