Posts Tagged ‘Denard Span’

Nats take Tigers series with 5-4 win; untucking is so dumb I only want to see it about 85 more times

The Washington Nationals won their weird two game interleague series with the Detroit Tigers with a 5-4 win yesterday (Boxscore). Since it started at 4:05 p.m. I listened to it during the last part of work. I then had a 3-hour commute to get home (with several stops), so having Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler [...]

Nats undefeated and unscored upon after two games; Gio homers

Gio Gonzalez threw seven scoreless innings and homered to start the scoring for the Washington Nationals:
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I had just “liked’ a tumblr post by Tom Bridge about his conversion to the light side of the force with regards to pitchers batting.
Gonzalez didn’t have his sharpest stuff, but facing the Miami Marlins [...]

Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg lead Nats to 2-0 Opening Day win over Marlins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mercifully, the long off-season is over and the 2013 Washington Nationals are underway. After completed 1/162th of their regular season schedule, the Nats are in first place behind two Bryce Harper solo homers and 7 innings of shutout pitching from Stephen Strasburg. Tyler Clippard and Rafael Soriano also pitched an inning to [...]

D-Span: Nats get Denard Span from Twins for prospect Alex Meyer

Since time immemorial, Washington Nationals general managers have craved a centerfielder who could lead off. Why GMs Jim Bowden and Mike Rizzo were so insistent for those two skillsets combined is a mystery that may never be fully understood. That led to experiments with the likes of Nook Logan, Lastings Milledge and Nyjer Morgan. Now, [...]

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