Jan 1, 2015; Washington, DC, USA; A general view of the entrance prior to the 2015 Winter Classic hockey game between the Washington Capitals and the Chicago Blackhawks at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Good morning DoD readers, start off your day with some great Washington Nationals articles from around the web in today’s District Daily:
2015 Winter Classic: Transforming the Nationals’ locker room for Capitals
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s late in the day and darkness is falling over Nationals Park and the glistening rink upon which an NHL game will be played in less than 48 hours. And still, Brock Myles is in motion.
This has been the case since the early hours of the day for the Washington Capitals‘ equipment manager and his crew as they prepare for what might be their biggest professional challenge: making a new home for the Capitals in the completely foreign surroundings of a professional baseball park.
That means taking virtually every item that might be used for a hockey game, packing it up, loading it onto a truck and unloading it in the Washington Nationals’ clubhouse. Read full article here.
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Former Nats prospect whose deception brought down the team’s Dominican operation is still chasing his dream
(James Wagner, Washington Post)
BANI, Dominican Republic — Much has changed for the player who helped transform the way baseball teams operate in this country. Carlos Alvarez is 29 and maybe 30 pounds heavier than his early years as a top Washington Nationals prospect. He is no longer in the organization whose fate he changed when his false identity and true age were discovered in 2009.
Alvarez — known then as Esmailyn “Smiley” Gonzalez — still believes he has a future in baseball but it isn’t promising. He spent this past year playing for the Freseros de San Quintin in the Liga Norte de Mexico, a lower-level professional league, before returning to his native Dominican Republic to play winter baseball for the Tigres del Licey. Read full article here.