Historic Capitol Hill Marketplace Burns – The PostLike many Washingtonians I was saddened to learn of the fire at Eastern Market this morning. I’ve never been a regular there, but periodic trips have always been enjoyable. I hope the flea markets continues while the structure is brought back.
Curious about the fate of Eastern Market? Over [...]
Sunday: New York 1 WASHINGTON 0 (ESPN Boxscore)
Saturday: New York 6 WASHINGTON 2 (12) (ESPN Boxscore)
Friday: WASHINGTON 4 New York 3 (ESPN Boxscore)
Winning or losing a series is a fine line sometimes. On Friday night behind a strong Matt Chico outing, the Nats defeated the Mets 4-3 (The Post). RF Austin Kearns homered in the [...]
ARLINGTON, Va.— Tomorrow morning, Erica and I, along with some helpful family and friends will be making the big move out of Riverhouse in Pentagon City to Alexandria. It looks like we’ll have good weather for the occasion.
In light of the move, blogging may be a little light until Monday.
Also, has anybody had experience with [...]
SIX NITTANY LIONS FACE FELONY CHARGES – CDTSix football players face charges – The CollegianThe following players have been charged:
S Anthony Scirrotto*DT Chris BakerLB Jerome HayesCB Justin King*LB Tyrell SalesCB Lydell Sargent
*2006 starters
Bernd H. Imle, Jr. and Thomas Skalamera were also charged in the alleged altercation that proceeded the alleged assault.
A police report (PDF) from [...]
Shawn Hill pitched really well yesterday (The Post):
…where Hill became the first Nationals pitcher to complete eight innings, where he allowed three singles and Aaron Rowand’s solo homer, where he faced 29 men and went to a 2-0 count on only three of them. The Nationals beamed about Hill’s performance in beating a more highly [...]
Football players might be charged tomorrow – The CollegianWe will know tomorrow if any Penn State football players are going to be charged with assault following an April 1 altercation at Meridian II.
The attorney, Steve Sloane, said authorities have identified six players who forced their way into a third-floor apartment at Meridian II, 646 E. [...]
Blue Sapphire has family on her mind – Collegian MagazineUntil this morning, I had not seen this profile of Penn State Blue Sapphire P.J. Maierhoffer.
©MMX William F. Yurasko
According to On this Day (The Times), the first permanent English colonists arrived 400 years ago today:
An expedition of English colonists went ashore at Cape Henry, Va., to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
Reports that they immediately placed additional taxes on the northern part of the colony can not be confirmed.
©MMX [...]
PHILADELPHIA 9 Washington 3 (ESPN Boxscore)
Just to be different, John Patterson pitched better than he had been, but poor fielding by Felipe Lopez and LF Robert Fick (Fick in left field — why?!) doomed him. For the night, Patterson gave up six runs in 5 1/3 innings. Ouch.
Patterson Doomed By Nats’ Defense – The Post
Struggles [...]
According to On this Day (The Times), America was named 500 years ago today:
America got its name from German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller, who first used the term on a world map to refer to the huge mass of land in the Western Hemisphere, in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
I’m glad Waldseemueller went with the [...]
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