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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 [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The rain that had people tubing down US 29/50 in Fairfax was playing havoc with the Washington Nationals. Two days earlier, they somehow got Stephen Strasburg’s start in against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but lost after a rain delay. The previous day’s game was postponed until yesterday as part of a doubleheader. [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — “They are just lulling you into a false sense of confidence,” I kept saying to Philadelphia Philles fans seated in the section I moved down to after an epic rain delay. Down 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth after Drew Storen allowed a run in the top of the frame, the [...]

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 [...]

Entering the sixth inning, there seemed to be a collective awareness of twitter that Washington Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann had not allowed a runner to reach base. So, two pitches later Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz reached all the bases when he homered. That would prove to be enough for the visitors, but two errors [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In which I take issue with the argument that only a slim majority of SS Ian Desmond’s 2010 errors resulting in runs scored means he wasn’t at times a defensive liability for the Washington Nationals.

Jordan Zimmermann returns, Washington Nationals beat St. Louis Cardinals on Ian Desmond’s single in 13th – The Post
A day and night of ups and downs – Nats Insider
Jordan Zimmermann returned to the Washington Nationals last night for the first time since having Tommy John Surgery last year. He gave up 5 St. Louis Cardinals [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — They local hype for Stephen Strasburg is over. The Washington Nationals rookie righthander, who had packed them into Nationals Park for nearly two months is no longer much of a gate attraction. A 21,000+ crowd yesterday was confirmation. I was their in attendance with my better-half; she had not seen Strasburg pitch [...]