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There has been a lot of coverage on Twitter, blogs and even the national media about Prince Fielder joining the Washington Nationals. I have thought it over and still conclude that he’s a DH with looming early on-set “old player skills.” Would he help the 2012 Nats? Yes, but anything longer than a 5 year [...]

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, [...]

We don’t know how much change we’ll see in media covering the Washington Nationals in 2012, but there is now an official departure. Ben Goessling will be leaving MASN to go back to his hometown paper, the Pioneer-Press in St. Paul to cover the Minnesota Twins. I haven’t read him regularly since he moved to [...]

Big Ten Icons’ Episode on Joe Paterno Debuts Saturday – Intercollegiate Athletics
Tomorrow, not too long after the conclusion of the Penn State vs. Purdue game on Big Ten Network, Big Ten Icons will debut their Joe Paterno episode. I suppose the outcome of the game will determine whether a lot of us watch this or [...]

I stumbled on this a few days ago, Charlie Rose interviewing Warner Wolf and Glenn Brenner in 1984 on CBS Nightwatch:

After Wolf, the native Washingtonian moved onto New York in the 1970s, Brenner eventually replaced Wolf at Channel 9 (then WDVM, now WUSA). After Brenner died, Wolf was brought back to D.C. where he [...]

Nats hire media consultant to improve MASN deal – Nationals Journal, The Post
Every five years, the Washington Nationals get to renegotiate their “deal” with MASN, the subpar cable channel they are forced to be on because Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos is a coward. As you may recall, Angelos voted against D.C. getting a baseball [...]

Last night, the Washington Nationals got ahead of the Chicago Cubs in the first inning, but as seems to be the case whenever they get the early lead, the lost. The bright spots: Ryan Zimmerman extended his hitting streak to 18 games and Jayson Werth homered to left. Not so brights spots: Ross Detwiler solidified [...]

Here is what my friend David, a Washingtonian living in the city of San Francisco, had to say about new Washington Nationals color commentator F.P. Santangelo:
He’s pretty good. I don’t know when he started at KNBR (Giants AM station), but I listened to his show a fair amount at night when driving home. I think [...]

Santangelo is new MASN analyst – Nats Insider
Santangelo set to join Nats’ TV team – nationals.com
F.P. Santangelo, a journeyman utility infielder has been hired to be the 5th regular color commentator of Washington Nationals games on MASN. His previously worked as a fill-in for San Francisco Giants. He replaces Rob Dibble, who was fired for [...]

Here is the coverage map for tomorrow’s Penn State vs. Northwestern game. The Nittany Lions and Wildcats are on ABC in most of Big Ten country (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, most of Wisconsin and Minnesota) plus South Jersey, most of West Virginia and New York State west of Syracuse. The rest of the [...]