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When it came out that 20 Washington Nationals games would be broadcast on Ch. 9 (WUSA) instead of Ch. 50 (WDCW), I joked about how great it is that we could watch the Nats on VHF instead of UHF:
Did you hear, 20 #Nats games on VHF instead of UHF! Huge if true #tweetsfrom1969
— William F. [...]

THOM LOVERRO: In this area, battle is to be host with most – The Wash. Examiner
The Washington Nationals are expected to bid for the 2015 All-Star game, the next one available to a National League team. The Cincinnati Reds and Miami Marlins, who began playing in their ballparks in 2003 and this season, respectively, are [...]

THOMAS BOSWELL: Washington Nationals are due a bigger check from MASN for TV rights – The Post
The column linked above is almost two weeks old, but still an important read.
Tomorrow is apparently a big day that the Washington Nationals-MASN/Baltimore Orioles stalemate. A panel of three representatives from the Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates and New [...]

Sincen 2004, the bad behavior of the Baltimore Orioles and Peter Angelos has been rewarded constantly by MLB, bad Washingtonians and a significant chunk of the D.C. sports media. As a Washington Nationals fan and native Washingtonian, it is pretty frustrating. That adds the significance to the interleague series the two teams play in annually. [...]

Rather than try to build a narrative about the Washington Nationals series with the hated Baltimore Orioles, I think I’ll just make it short: The Baltimore Orioles and their owner Peter Angelos voted against D.C. baseball, “acquired” 90% of the Nats TV rights and kept the Nats off of most D.C. area cable systems for [...]

I go away for a family wedding (and sun, surf, food & drink, etc.) on the Grand Strand (more to come) and it gets a little exciting in Natstown. Or at least on Washington Nationals first western road trip of the season. I thought the timing of my spring break and that trip were ideal, [...]

Jim Williams: Nationals may be in line for bigger TV deal – The Wash. Examiner
Every five years, the Washington Nationals get to review the deal (*cough* corrupt bargain) they have with MASN, the cable channel that is owned by the Baltimore Orioles/Peter Angelos. My objections to the arrangement both historically and currently are well established, [...]

Once again, a Washington Nationals player, this year its Michael Morse, is a candidate to be the last National League player voted into the All-Star game by fans. Last year it Ryan Zimmerman. MLB is doing a promotion (which I won’t bother linking to because I disagree with it) to link a fanbase from each [...]

Let’s see, if Peter Angelos and the Baltimore had their way, the following would have never happened:

Nationals debut in 2005 at the Philadelphia Phillies
Brad Wilkerson hitting for the cylce in the team’s second game
The President throwing out the first pitch at the first home opener at RFK Stadium.
The 3rd base stands boucing during a Nats [...]

Thomas Boswell has hurt his credibility by covering the Baltimore Orioles over the last 6 years. A native Washingtonian writing for The Post shouldn’t be rewarding the owner of the team that voted against the Washington Nationals and kept them off of most cable systems for nearly 2 whole seasons.