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This Day in Washington Nationals History

Standings At Close of Play of April 16, 2005   NL East   Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 11 7 4 0 .636 – 50 58 Atlanta Braves 11 6 5 0 .545 1.0 46 45 New York Mets 11 6 5 0 .545 1.0 43 42 Philadelphia …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History

Standings At Close of Play of April 15, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Atlanta Braves 10 6 4 0 .600 – 45 43 Washington Nationals 10 6 4 0 .600 – 41 55 New York Mets 10 5 5 0 .500 1.0 39 39 Florida Marlins 10 …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History

Standings At Close of Play of April 14, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 10 6 4 0 .600 – 41 55 Atlanta Braves 9 5 4 0 .556 0.5 34 39 Florida Marlins 9 5 4 0 .556 0.5 44 15 New York Mets 9 …

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Flashing back to happier times after a lost weekend

The Academy Award-winning film “The Lost Weekend” details an alcoholic’s troubles in giving up his bad habits during an especially rough weekend. Sound familiar, Nationals fans? There will be plenty of time to reflect on the Nats’ lost weekend in Atlanta. The injuries, the errors, the baserunning mistakes and all their other failures in their …

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1926 Washington Senators (Part 5)

Senators scout Joe Engel had on eye on a shortstop at Georgia Tech throughout the spring. So did the Indians and Braves, but Engel was the one who got the collegian’s signature on a contract. Bobby Reeves was a terrific all-around athlete from Chattanooga. At Georgia Tech he starred on the football and baseball, and …

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Sockalexis Comes to Washington

Saturday 5 June 1897. Louis Francis Sockalexis plays his first game in the Nation’s Capitol. Born 24 October 1871 in Maine. Sockalexis attended Holy Cross, then signed with the Cleveland League franchise and made his debut with them. Sockalexis has been a wonder for the Spiders, his only weakness is ground balls and he is …

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Washington Senators – 1926 (Part 4)

   The Senators rode the momentum of Walter Johnson’s amazing opening day performance to win two of the next three from the Athletics. Washington won the second game of the season, 3-1, behind another well-pitched game, this one by Stan Coveleski, Washington’s other twenty-game winner in 1925. In fact, the only run allowed by Coveleski …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History

Standings At Close of Play of April 5, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 1 1 0 0 1.000 – 8 4 Florida Marlins 1 1 0 0 1.000 – 9 0 Atlanta Braves 1 0 1 0 .000 1.0 0 9 Washington Nationals 1 0 …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History

Standings At Close of Play of April 4, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 1 1 0 0 1.000 – 8 4 Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 0 – 0.5 0 0 Florida Marlins 0 0 0 0 – 0.5 0 0 Washington Nationals 1 0 …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History

April 3, 2008 PHILADELPHIA The Washington Nationals’ pitcher Jesus Colome walked Jayson Werth to force in Rollins with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Phillies an 8-7 victory over the Nationals. The Nationals jumped out to a 5-0 first-inning lead over the Philles. The Phillies were down 6-1 in …

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