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Game 30: Pirates 4, Nationals 2
When you go just 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, you can make any pitching staff look like All-Stars, and one hot player on the other team can make even the best hurlers look ordinary. Such…Read More
Game 25: Nationals 2, Diamondbacks 1
Davey Johnson’s instincts and Bryce Harper’s hustle could be just what the Nationals need to get over the hump this season. Johnson’s decision to put Harper third in the batting order paid immediate…Read More
What Does The Nationals’ April Tell Us?
Anyone who has followed baseball for a few years knows that evaluating players and teams requires patience and ruthless objectivity. When the Nationals lose games like they did Saturday night, when a storybook…Read More
Game 20: Dodgers 3, Nationals 2
Adam LaRoche is praying for one thing and one thing only at his bedside table right now, and that is “Oh lord, will you please remove them from the disabled list?” A huge at-bat by LaRoche…Read More
Game 15: Nationals 2, Marlins 0
I love what I do because of nights like tonight. Rick Ankiel, a career .245 hitter, proved to be a hero tonight in the Nats’ 2-0 win over the Florida, sorry, Miami Marlins. Ankiel blasted a solo…Read More
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Game 10: Reds 8, Nationals 5 (11 innings)
Anyone paying even moderate attention to the Nationals this season can see the club is significantly…Read More
Game 5: Nationals 6, Mets 2
The Nationals seem to have found their offense in New York. Ian Desmond homered to lead off the game,…Read More
Nationals Make Flurry Of Moves, Set 25-Man Roster
The best 25 go North. Those words have resonated repeatedly from the organization’s upper management…Read More
Breaking News: Nats Plan to Option Lannan to Minors
In an absolute stunner, the Washington Post’s Adam Kilgore reports that the Nationals will option…Read More
Bullpen Starting To Take Shape
It’s starting to seem pretty clear what pitchers will be departing Viera with the Nationals in…Read More
John Lannan Named Fifth Starter
Manager Davey Johnson has announced that John Lannan will be the Nationals’ fifth starter. “John’s my guy,” Johnson said. Lannan, the subject of many trade rumors this offseason, has…Read More
The Case For Keeping Craig Stammen On The 25-Man Roster
The injury to Chien-Ming Wang means John Lannan is almost certain to be the Washington Nationals’ fifth starter to open the season. While many teams would love to have a fifth starter with Lannan’s…Read More
Washington Drops Pair To Houston
Washington started their official Grapefruit League season this weekend with a home-and-home series against the Houston Astros. Saturday afternoon’s contest was hosted by the Astros at Osceola County…Read More
Looking Back At Washington’s Winter To Do List, Part One
Back in early October in one of the first posts that I wrote here at DoD, I tried to take a crack at what the organization’s To Do List might look like heading into the offseason. We’re about a week…Read More
Spring Training Rotation Plans
The Grapefruit League schedule of games will formally begin one week from tomorrow and it would seem that the team has started to put together some thoughts on what order their starting options will appear…Read More
Out of Options
With Spring Training kicking off on Sunday, it’s worth noting which players on the current Nationals’ roster are out of options heading into the 2012 season. These players will be faced with…Read More
Examining the Starting Rotation
For the first time since their arrival in Washington, D.C. for the 2005 season, the Nationals have more than enough major league quality starting pitchers. Gone are the years when the club relied upon…Read More
The Competition for Opening Day Starter
With the acquisition of two more quality starting pitchers this offseason, the Nationals can head into spring training with a legitimate argument that they have built their strongest starting rotation…Read More
Questions Heading Into 2012: Pitching Edition, Part 1
Each year teams report to Spring Training with high hopes and expectations for the upcoming season. We hear about countless players showing up in the “best shape of their lives”. But ultimately there…Read More
Which Nationals will pleasantly surprise us in 2012?
One of the best — and sometimes worst — things about baseball is its unpredictability. Every season, teams and players defy experts’ predictions. Take 2011, for example. Who foresaw a…Read More
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