Darlene LangleyDarlene Langley

I'm a devoted sports fan and baseball is my first love. Huge Nationals and Capitals Fan. I believe that the day pitchers and catchers report should be a national holiday. I'm a reformed Red Sox fan, which is the team I followed when I was a kid because DC had no baseball team. I'm also a reformed Redskins fan, at least until Dan Snyder sells the team. I live in Northern Virginia with my husband and two teenagers. The teenagers help me with the remotes and with getting MLB TV to work on the TV so I can watch all of the games. Rufus is my poker nickname, and it stuck, so if you are looking for me on Twitter, its rufusdrl.

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Nationals Fall To Dodgers In Pitching Duel, 2-0

The Washington Nationals played the second game of their three game series with the LA Dodgers Tuesday night. It was Clayton Kershaw vs Dan Haren in a game that turned into a pitchers duel. Haren pitched…Read More

Zimmermann Dominates Tigers in Nationals Win

  Jordan Zimmerman turned in another stellar performance against the fearsome Detroit Tigers lineup, and the Nationals beat the Tigers 3-1 in the first interleague game between the teams. The game…Read More

Haren And Span Lead Nats To Victory Over Braves

The Washington Nationals played the final game of their four game series with the Atlanta Braves and salvaged a split in the series, beating the Braves 3-1. Dan Haren pitched his best game yet wearing…Read More

“Bryce Begins” Airs Tuesday Night On ESPN

Nats wunderkind Bryce Harper is the subject of a up close and personal documentary airing Tuesday, April 30th on ESPN at 9:00 p.m. Jess Atkinson, familiar to Washington DC area sports fans for his stint…Read More

Haren And Harper Lead The Nationals To Win Over The Reds

It was the pitching performance from Dan Haren that the Nationals had been expecting from the veteran right hander, but had not received yet this year. Haren had his best outing in a Nats uniform today,…Read More

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Game 19: St. Louis Cardinals 3, Washington Nationals 2

The St. Louis Cardinals came to Nationals Park for the first time since last October. The outcome was…Read More

Game 14: Miami Marlins 8, Washington Nationals 2

Game two of the Washington Nationals three game series in Miami featured timely hitting, a three run…Read More

Game 9: Washington Nationals 7, Chicago White Sox 4

The Washington Nationals finished their interleague series against the Chicago White Sox at Nationals…Read More

Game 4: Cincinnati Reds 15, Washington Nationals 0

The Washington Nationals played their first away game of this season against the Cincinnati Reds. The…Read More

Spring Training Game 28: Washington Nationals 9, Atlanta Braves 3 (8 innings–rain)

The Washington Nationals hosted the Atlanta Braves at Space Coast Stadium on Sunday. The Nats won the…Read More

Washington Nationals 8, New York Mets 5—Washington Nationals 9, Houston Astros 7 (split squad)

The Washington Nationals played two spring training games on Wednesday. The regulars played against…Read More

Spring Training Game 6: Nationals 4, Mets 4 (10 innings)

The Nationals played the Mets at Space Coast Stadium with Stephen Strasburg starting his second spring…Read More

Michael Morse Will Be Missed

We knew the announcement of the signing of Adam LaRoche by the Nats to a two year deal spelled the end…Read More

Backup Catcher An Obsolete Term For Nats

There has been some chatter on the internet regarding the Nationals catching situation for this coming…Read More

Rizzo and Johnson Leave Winter Meeting Early

Mike Rizzo and Davey Johnson left the baseball winter meetings a day and a half before the scheduled…Read More

The Case Against Signing Michael Bourn

My fellow District on Deck blogger Andrew Flax posted an article several days ago expounding upon the…Read More

Miami Fire Sale Good News For The Nats

Jeffrey Loria is the Nationals Fan’s best friend. His mismanagement of the Montreal Expos franchise…Read More

2012 Season Review: Gio Gonzalez

Nationals fans were not sure what to expect when the team traded four valued prospects for Gio Gonzalez…Read More

Should the Nationals Re-sign Adam LaRoche?

  Adam LaRoche had a very good year with the Washington Nationals. He batted .271, hit 33 home…Read More

2012 Season Review: Danny Espinosa

  Danny Espinosa’s season in 2012 looked an awful lot like the second half of his 2011 season.…Read More