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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 [...]

ESPN says Washington Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez did not obtain banned performance enhancing drugs from the South Florida Biogensis Clinic Sources: Docs link 5 players to clinic:
According to two sources familiar with Bosch’s operation, however, the Washington Nationals’ Gio Gonzalez, previously identified as being named in Biogenesis documents, did not receive banned substances from Bosch [...]

Washington Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez will pitch in Bud Selig’s World Baseball Classic (Nationals Journal, The Post) for the United States team. This comes a few weeks after the Miami New Times reported he name came up on scraps of paper at a “weight-loss” clinic that is suspected of providing performance enhancing drugs. Gonzalez isn’t [...]

The end of the Washington Nationals 2012 season in the final game of the NLDS was sudden and cruel for the team and fans. An early 6-0 lead powered by a Jayson Werth lead-off double, a Bryce Harper triple and later a home run, along with homers from Ryan Zimmerman and Michael Morse had the [...]

The first NLDS game in D.C. history belongs to the Washington Nationals. The Nats overcame 7 walks be Gio Gonzalez over 5 innings and came back in the 8th to beat the St. Louis Cardinals. From Nationals vs. Cardinals: Washington wins Game 1 of NLDS, 3-2 (The Post):

Davey Johnson, the 69-year-old managing his first postseason [...]

Several milestones were reached by the Washington Nationals last night in 5-1 defeat of the New York Mets:
P Gio Gonzalez won his 19th game and leads the majors in the category. He worked around 5 walks, struck out 3 and only gave up a run on a homer. R.A. Dickey, starting for the Mets tonight, [...]

Remember on Tuesday night when the Washington Nationals hit six home runs off the Chicago Cubs?
At Nats Park w wife/friends. Said:”Too bad, we missed 1st 6 HR-game in D.C. MLB history since 1901. It was LAST nite.” So they did it again.
— Thomas Boswell (@ThomasBoswellWP) September 6, 2012

It took over 110 years and almost 80 [...]

While a sweep is always preferable, the Washington Nationals still “beat the Mets, beat the Mets” twice in this weekend’s three game series. By the way, I can’t say enough how attractive the series looks, particularly when the Nats wear their home whites. Take a look during Michael Morse’s grand slam (first of the year [...]

Gio Gonzalez became the third pitcher to homer for the Washington Nationals last night and the second to pitch a (much needed) complete game.
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A great performance from Gonzalez in a game where it was really needed. The bullpen was worn out and he became the third Nats pitcher to homer [...]

The Washington Nationals just swept the San Francisco Giants, leading to many people suggesting a weather and Nats correlation and perhaps, even causation.
THURSDAY
Throwbacks! (Uni-Watch) Dressed as the 1924 Washington Senators, the Nats defeated the “New York Giants” on a walk-off fielders choice? Adam LaRoche hit a double-play ball, but the Giants first baseman couldn’t handle [...]