‘Nats/MLB 2011’ Archive

The Nats will have added incentive not to give up homers in Miami

Remember when I included the new Miami Marlins cap logo for 2012 in my penultimate Nats game post last week? That was VERY popular with the search engines. It turns out, things will be ever worse at the Marlins new Miami ballpark. Go to The New Miami Marlins Logo Is No Longer The Worst Thing [...]

Nats: Have we heard the last of Charlie and Dave together?

The 2011 Washington Nationals season is over and I miss it. Part of what I miss about the near-daily experience of following the Nats is the radio team of Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler. Last Wednesday, I was quite grateful to have them as I got stuck working late before driving up to Pennsylvania. I [...]

40 years ago today, the Washington Senators played their final game

The darkest day in D.C. baseball history was 40 years ago today. That night, the Washington Senators played their final game which they forfeit after fans overran the field at RFK Stadium. They appeared to be on their way to a 7-5 win over the New York Yankees when bedlam ensued. The Shirley Povich column [...]

Nats winning record bid ends in penultimate game of 2011, Florida Marlins and Sun Life Stadium

Nationals vs. Marlins: Bryan Petersen hits walk-off homer to deny Washington – The Post
Ninth-inning loss costs Nats a chance for winning season – The Wash. Times
The Washington Nationals bid for a winning record in 2011 ended in the penultimate game of of the season. A ninth inning home run by the Florida Marlins Bryan Petersen [...]

Nats beat Marlins on Morse’s 30th homer, clinch third place

Michael Morse’s three-run homer in ninth lifts Nationals over Marlins – The Post
Michael Morse’s 3-run, 9th-inning HR gives Nats 6-4 comeback win over Marlins – The Wash. Times
The Washington Nationals kept the dream of a winning season alive with a 3-run Michael Morse homer in the top of the 9th inning, beating the Florida Marlins [...]

44 home wins for the 2011 Nats

I was unable to get to yesterday’s Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves game and from what I saw on twitter and heard over TV and from pros like Mark Zuckerman of CSN Washington, I missed a great game. The 37,000+ crowd was lively and the Nats responded with a 3-0 shutout. Is this the [...]

Nats: I don’t mind Teddy winning, but not because Jayson Werth said so

Jayson Werth has been critical of the Washington Nationals Presidents Race on several occasions and has begun taking matters into his own hand to try a and Let Teddy Win.
Werth’s saying the right things (according to The Wash. Times):

Here’s what the right fielder had to say after the game — including perhaps the first [...]

Nats win season series over Phillies, cheesesteak for me

I did not see this coming. The Washington Nationals just swept the Philadelphia Phillies in Citizens Bank Park to win the season series 10-8. The entered the series needing two win 4 games in 3 days against the NL East champions and did it with 2 rookie pitchers, another prospect and John Lannan. They won [...]

Nats, Lannan beat Phillies, take season series lead

Nationals vs. Phillies: Danny Espinosa and Wilson Ramos lead Washington to win – The Post
Nationals striving to finish above .500 after latest victory over Phillies – The Wash. Times
What a minute? The Washington Nationals just took the lead in the overall season series of the Philadelphia Phillies with one game to play? American Hero John [...]

50 years ago today, Griffith Stadium hosted its last game

DICK HELLER: The spirit of Griffith lingers 50 years later – The Wash. Times
On this day in 1961, the Washington Senators era at Griffith Stadium came to a close.
Contrary to the madness of the 1971 finale when rowdy fans caused a forfeit in advance of the Senators leaving to “some jerk town with a single [...]

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