Posts Tagged ‘¡LIVAN!’

Nats even season series with the Mets in 4-3 win

The Washington Nationals returned to their winning ways and fourth place last night in a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets. They avoided being swept in large part to two players
P ¡LIVAN! pitched 8 innings, giving up 3 runs (only 2 earned) the day after stories about ties to Puerto Rican money laundering [...]

¡¿Navil?! and the Nats are in last after losses to Pirates and Mets

This does not sound good:
Nats’ Hernandez looked at for possible money laundering – The Wash. Times
Nationals’ Livan Hernandez under investigation in money laundering case – The Post
Nats’ Hernandez named in federal investigation – CSN Washington
Perhaps ¡LIVAN! (or is he ¡Navil! now?) is a Henri Devereaux in this affair, but either way, this is not news [...]

Nats beat Phillies to reach .500

It figures that a really satisfying win by the Washington Nationals is one I don’t get to blog about right away. When you have a young child in the house, things like blogging are at the mercy of their sleep schedule. I called for the reverse lock yesterday and it happened. Yay.
I’m happy that Jayson [...]

3 days later, a few words about Nats Opening Day 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. — My personal schedule did not allow for any blogging following the 7th D.C. Opening Day of the 21st century which is exactly 7 more than I ever thought we would see.
As many others have pointed out, it was cold and damp. We were seated in section 228 which is kind of misleading. [...]

My 2011 Washington Nationals preview and prediction

I have gone back and forth on the Washington Nationals this offseason. They improved 10 games in 2010, despite a disappointing starting rotation. This season, the best part of 2010’s rotation, Stephen Strasburg, is recovering from Tommy John surgery. However, I expect the rotation to improve even without Strasburg. I expect a bounce-back season from [...]

Nats vs. Cardinals: Beanballs make spring training game interesting

Spring training live blog, Nationals at Cardinals – Nationals Journal, The Post
The Nyjer Morgan hangover continues for the Washington Nationals. Last season, Morgan ran into St. Louis Cardinals catcher Bryan Anderson instead of you know, touching home plate. The Cards never got a chance to retaliate since Morgan was sat the next day by manager [...]

Who is this pragmatic columnist and what has he done with Tom Boswell?

THOMAS BOSWELL: As spring arrives, reality dawns for Nationals – The Post
The headline for this column ought to be “Reality dawns for Tom Boswell.” Remember his earlier columns from the spring when he was superhappyfoamfingeredfanboy? Well, that is gone, because Boswell is seeing the Washington Nationals for what they are — a team with a [...]

Boswell and I are hopeless ¡LIVAN! fanboys

THOMAS BOSWELL: Washington Nationals spring training: Livan Hernandez, 36, is in no rush to call it a career – The Post
Fanboy Boswell pens another love letter/birthday present to everyone’s favorite fat, rubber-armed, slop tossing pitcher, Liván Hernández who turned 36 yesterday. Happy birthday ¡LIVAN!
I am right there with Bos on this too because the Washington [...]

The “most Boswellian Boswell column ever” and other Nats spring training notes

Washington Nationals spring training 2011 is still fresh enough to be fun. Stephen Strasburg throws, you know.

Nats finish season 69-93 after taking 14th inning finale over Mets

Nationals end season with 14-inning win over Mets – The Post
A marathon Game 162 … again – Nats Insider
The sixth Washington Nationals season concluded yesterday with a 2-1, 14th inning win over the New York Mets — the season just didn’t want to end. In the top of the 14th, Justin Maxwell walked with the [...]

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