District on Deck » Around FanSided http://districtondeck.com A Washington Nationals Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Around FanSided: Call to the Pen & That Ball’s Outta Here http://districtondeck.com/2012/01/28/around-fansided-call-to-the-pen-that-balls-outta-here/ http://districtondeck.com/2012/01/28/around-fansided-call-to-the-pen-that-balls-outta-here/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:00:21 +0000 Aaron Somers http://districtondeck.com/?p=2875 One of the goals that we have here at DoD is to become one of the top resources for Washington Nationals news and analysis around. We’ve assembled a great team of writers to bring you our thoughts on the team. But, being a part of the FanSided Network gives us an outlet to other team’s [...]

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]]> One of the goals that we have here at DoD is to become one of the top resources for Washington Nationals news and analysis around. We’ve assembled a great team of writers to bring you our thoughts on the team. But, being a part of the FanSided Network gives us an outlet to other team’s writers who will, of course, have thoughts on their competition. An opposing opinion always has some degree of value – regardless whether we agree or disagree with it. However, considering there are some very talented writers that we are fortunate enough to consider colleagues and friends here at FanSided, we’re going to start sharing some more of their work when that work is about the Nationals. We’ll see how frequently this series will appear on the site. That likely largely depends on how frequently our colleagues put out worthy Nationals related content.

To most Nationals fans, the two biggest pieces of news this week likely were either Prince Fielder‘s decision to take his talents to Detroit (can we officially agree that joke is now used too much?) or the details being released regarding Gio Gonzalez‘s contract extension and his subsequent introduction to Washington. While both were rightfully significant stories, the team did end up making another move to continue building a competitive roster when they agreed to sign Brad Lidge to a one year, $1 Million contract.

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