Archive for July, 2006

All that hype for this?

Deadline Passes, Soriano Still a National – The PostSo, Alfonso Soriano is still here. It sounds like the Nats made a logical decision not to trade him for the sake of trading him. If he walks after the season, they get some draft picks.
Check out Capital Punishment’s analysis of today’s non-event for more details.
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Deadline day! Nats swept too

Soriano, Nationals Are Still Waiting – The PostWhile everyone was speculating the fate of Alfonso Soriano, the Nationals were swept by the Dodgers in Hollyweird. LA had been swept in their previous two series.
More from The Wash. Times: Izturis, Dodgers finish off Nats
Boxscore – ESPN
Soriano ‘worried’ as deadline nears – The Wash. TimesAfter weeks of [...]

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your RSS feed, Vol. II

I have added a whole bunch of blogs to the navigation. Some of these bloggers I have had the pleasure of meeting at recent events.
Washington Nationals
Nats320 – Nats320 is a blog by a group Washington National season ticket holders in section 320. We are the friendliest and LOUDEST section in RFK. We are famous for [...]

Let’s all go to the August 9 Nats game

Generally speaking, 4 out of 5 self-identified WWN readers like happy hours. Baseball is also quite popular. With this in mind, I propose we combine the two activities on Wednesday, August 9 at 7:05 p.m. for the Nats vs. Marlins game. My plan is for those interested to get together and all buy Nats tickets [...]

That crash you heard was Tony Armas’ trade value

Nationals Trade Stanton, Then Get Routed by Dodgers – The PostTony Armas, Jr. pitched terribly and diminished his trade value. The rest of the Nats did little else and lost 12-1 in La-La land. I hope you did not stay up to watch it.
More from The Wash. Times: Dodgers end Nationals’ streak with rout
Boxscore – [...]

Soccer: Much Adu about nothing?

One of my goals for 2006 was going to be attending a regular season game of every Washington team from the traditonal big four leagues, MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL. In 2005 I had seen the Wizards beat the Nets in January, the Nationals a dozen times over the summer, and the Capitals a couple [...]

"Your attention please"

DAVE McKENNA – Character Development – CityPaperMcKenna has a great column on Charles/Bob/Shelton/Baseball Adams, a Nats fan in 414 who acts as an unofficial socrekeeper/p.a. announcer. The NE resident used to do it in Balmer, but adopted the Nationals last season. He is more appreciated here. I am going to have to sit in that [...]

Nats sweep homestand, Soriano (probably) never coming back

Nationals Sweep Away the Giants – The PostThe Nats won their sixth straight behind the pitching of Livan Hernandez (7IP 3R 5K) and hitting of Alfonso Soriano (1HR 2R 2BB). Both could be gone by the time the team returns to Washington. Thanks fellows.
The 6-5 win before just under 30,000 brough the Nats record to [...]

How many days until kickoff again?

Penn State senior co-captains Paul Posluszny and Levi Brown addressed the media yesterday. They both don’t want to revisit the dark years of the program that they experienced as underclassmen. Here is the round up of articles:
Nittany Lions hunger for more success – CDT
Brown has big plans for Nittany Lions | Audio – Patriot-News
PSU Football: [...]

Nats only score 4 runs, win anyway before fifth consecutive 30,000+ crowd

Nats Rally in 9th, Win 5th in a Row – The PostWoo-hoo the Nats came from behind to beat the Giants in the ninth.
More from The Wash. Times: Nats deliver in clutch
Boxscore – ESPN
Nats trade rumors for wins – The Wash. ExaminerDespite all the trade rumors floating around, the Nats have been playing their best [...]

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