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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 [...]

Scott Olsen gets his groove back, leads the Washington Nationals to a 5-3 win over the Atlanta Braves – The Post
Resurrected Olsen revives Nats – Nats Insider
For the first time in a while, the Washington Nationals won a series, taking the first and third games of their series with the Atlanta Braves. Yesterday’s series clincher [...]

Ryan Zimmerman must really want to go to the All-Star game.
Since being selected as a candidate to the NL’s final vote for the All-Star game, the third baseman has been on fire. Last night, he did what he does best — hit a walkoff homer (nationals.com video, SHUT UP DIBBLE), winning another game (The Post) [...]