Oct 15
The wait is over. The drought is done. The ghosts are vanquished. After 86 Octobers watching other teams play for titles… After dozens of last-place finishes and an expansion team that had only one winning mark… After watching greedy owners move away two franchises… After 33 seasons in baseball wasteland without a team… After seven …
Sep 30
I have come around on Davey Martinez as manager of the Nationals. I’ll be the first to admit I was not a fan of Dusty Baker’s dismissal after back-to-back division titles with 95- and 97-win seasons, let alone Martinez’ hiring to replace Baker. Yet Martinez won me over this season, somewhere between the questions of …
May 14
These are, indeed, tough times to be a Nationals fan. After completing a 3-7 road trip by getting shut out twice in four games and nearly no hit in Los Angeles, the Nats have the second-worst record in the National League. The team is losing games even when Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg turn in …
May 07
The injury bug has bitten the Nationals hard. At this writing, seven players are on the 10-day injured list, and two more players left Monday night’s game at Milwaukee: Catcher Yan Gomes left after being hit by a pitch, and outfielder Andrew Stevenson was removed after developing back spasms in the fourth inning. That came …
Apr 29
Our Nationals have some fight in them after all. After dropping two games to the San Diego Padres – one that was close until Sean Doolittle made a mistake on change-up in the ninth inning, and another that was close until manager Davey Martinez made the mistake of sending Wander Suero in to pitch the …
Apr 22
So 20 games into the 2019 season, the Nationals are a .500 team. It’s probably not what many of us were hoping for at this point, but perhaps we’ll have to recalibrate our expectations for this team as the season goes along. After all, when the Nats first moved to Washington in 2005, the team …
Apr 01
So here we are, three games in to the Nationals’ 2019 season, and the bullpen has already been identified as the team’s biggest weakness. To paraphrase Capt. Renault when he shut down Rick’s Café American, I am shocked – shocked – that there is lead-blowing happening on this ballclub. It’s doubtful many people would have …
Sep 17
With wins in seven of their last nine games and three straight series victories under their belts, the Nationals seem determined to close out the 2018 season on a high note and set the tone for a winning 2019. It brings to mind the 2011 Nats season, when they won 14 of their last 17 …
Sep 10
The 2018 season is a huge disappointment to most Nationals fans, many of whom believed the team had the potential to win an unprecedented third straight National League East championship and finally win a postseason series. But is this really the most disappointing season the Nationals have been through since moving to Washington in 2005? …
Aug 27
The only thing consistent about the 2018 Nationals has been their inconsistency. It was on full display in last weekend’s series against the Mets, which saw them end a 32-inning scoreless skid in Sunday’s 15-0 rout. The scoring drought was miserable, but it could have been worse. Juan Soto’s sixth-inning grounder to score Trea Turner …
