As the Nationals struggled again to bring runners home in their 2-0 loss in Cleveland on Sunday, their fans must have been fuming. With apologies to Casey Stengel, or whoever initiated the quote that became the title of Jimmy Breslin’s book chronicling the 1962 Mets, the question “Can’t anybody here play this game?” comes to …
Jun 16
For Strasburg, is it all about his Catcher?
This morning I was going through Stephen Strasburg‘s statistics on baseball-reference.com and I saw some numbers that really surprised me. When you dig deep into his numbers you will notice Strasburg performs much better when Wilson Ramos or Jhonatan Solano is catching for him compared to when Kurt Suzuki is his catcher. As you can …
Jun 16
Washington Nationals Records by Opponent 2005 to 2013
Today’s opponent – Cleveland Indians Opponent Won Lost Year CLE 2 1 2007 CLE 1 2 2010 CLE 1 1 2013 2005 thru 2013 2011 thru 2013 2012 -2013 Opponent Won Lost Opponent Won Lost Opponent Won Lost ATL 71 75 NYM 19 12 NYM 16 7 NYM 65 75 ATL 17 20 MIA …
Jun 10
Jayson Werth: The straw that stirs the Nats’ drink
The Nationals have been hit hard in recent weeks by injuries to key players like Bryce Harper, Wilson Ramos, Ross Detwiler and Stephen Strasburg. But perhaps the most important injury to hit the Nats this season was the hamstring injury that kept Jayson Werth out of the lineup from May 3 until last Tuesday’s game …
Jun 09
Nats Box Scores on this Date
Standings At Close of Play of June 9, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 60 34 26 0 .567 – 246 249 Philadelphia Phillies 61 33 28 0 .541 1.5 300 297 Atlanta Braves 59 31 28 0 .525 2.5 262 225 New York Mets 60 …
Jun 08
Nats Box Scores on this Date
Standings At Close of Play of June 8, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 59 33 26 0 .559 – 242 246 Philadelphia Phillies 60 32 28 0 .533 1.5 290 289 Atlanta Braves 59 31 28 0 .525 2.0 262 225 New York Mets 59 …
Jun 07
Nats Box Scores on this Date
Standings At Close of Play of June 7, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 58 32 26 0 .552 – 235 244 Atlanta Braves 58 31 27 0 .534 1.0 258 217 New York Mets 58 31 27 0 .534 1.0 264 234 Philadelphia Phillies 59 …
Jun 06
Nats Box Scores on this Date
Standings At Close of Play of June 6, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 57 31 26 0 .544 – 233 243 Atlanta Braves 57 30 27 0 .526 1.0 255 215 New York Mets 57 30 27 0 .526 1.0 261 233 Florida Marlins 54 …
Jun 05
Nats Box Scores on this Date
Standings At Close of Play of June 5, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 57 31 26 0 .544 – 233 243 Atlanta Braves 56 30 26 0 .536 0.5 253 211 New York Mets 57 30 27 0 .526 1.0 261 233 Philadelphia Phillies 57 …
