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Lots of Washington Nationals news and comment as we slowly move closer to pitchers and catchers reporting. I wore a Nats cap today to work for the first time in a long while.
First off, Wilson Ramos kidnapping in Venezuela is detailed in this week’s Sports Illustrated.
Breaking this morning was the Nats plan to have a [...]

The Nats’ (updated) all-time stat leaders – Nats Insider
Going all the way back to 2005, Mark Zuckerman compiled the Washington Nationals all-time statistical leaders. He provided this warning:
WARNING: Reading these lists will elicit a wide range of emotions, from smiles to frowns to laughter to tears to sheer dumbfoundedness (and yes, I know that’s not [...]

Last night Washington Nationals righthander¡LIVAN! threw his 50,000th career pitch. His opposite number on the Atlanta Braves, Jair Jurrjens, grounded out on that pitch, the 34th ¡LIVAN! threw of the night. He would throw 71 more over 7 innings, giving up 2 runs. He also made a difference at the plate (from Nationals vs. Braves: [...]

Yesterday, I was thinking about how pathetic Ryan Zimmerman’s Walk-Off total was in 2011. Foolishly, I didn’t tweet it, Facebook it, etc.
The Washington Nationals scored two runs in ninth and loaded the bases. Zimmerman had a 3-2 count with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with , game tied with Ryan [...]

Due to yesterday’s rainout, the Washington Nationals split a series with the Philadelphia Phillies. Um, yay? Friday night ¡LIVAN! was awesome going 6 2/3 inning and getting 2 hits (mlb.com video). Saturday night, well at least John Lannan made a great play in an otherwise debacle of a ball game (mlb.com video), an 11-3 loss [...]

If you left early, you blew it! – Dave Jageler
So, ¡LIVAN! was ¡Navil! last night, going down 5-0 to the Seattle Mariners. In fact, the Washington Nationals were down 5-1 with two outs in the ninth and were facing , a 98 MPH throwing closer. Jayson Werth got on with an error and advanced [...]

Remember two days ago when I tried to downplay the return of Ryan Zimmerman to the Washington Nationals? Let me keep downplaying it, these wing-winning 8 and 10 run outbursts are surely not sustainable and certainly not over the weekend when I really want some wins.
On Tuesday night, Zimmerman said “Me coming back is [...]

Since I last blogged about the Washington Nationals, they finished 6-5 on a western swing, splitting with the Arizona Diamondbacks (lots of HBP on both sides), losing 2 of 3 to the San Francisco Giants and taking 3 of 4 from the San Diego Padres. They are about halfway through an odd stretch of schedule [...]

It wasn’t a great weekend for the Washington Nationals, but it ended well. After missing out on a sweep of the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night, when they blew a 5-1 lead to lose in extra innings 6 -5, the Nats continued their losing ways Friday and Saturday against the Florida Marlins. Friday night was [...]

One thousand games ago, ¡LIVAN! threw the first pitch in modern Washington Nationals history at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pa. Back on April 5, 2005, I would not have believed you if you said that ¡LIVAN! would start the Nats 1,000th game, coincidentally, also in Philadelphia.
Last night he took the mound there again and [...]