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There has been a lot of coverage on Twitter, blogs and even the national media about Prince Fielder joining the Washington Nationals. I have thought it over and still conclude that he’s a DH with looming early on-set “old player skills.” Would he help the 2012 Nats? Yes, but anything longer than a 5 year [...]

Jim Williams: Nationals may be in line for bigger TV deal – The Wash. Examiner
Every five years, the Washington Nationals get to review the deal (*cough* corrupt bargain) they have with MASN, the cable channel that is owned by the Baltimore Orioles/Peter Angelos. My objections to the arrangement both historically and currently are well established, [...]

We don’t know how much change we’ll see in media covering the Washington Nationals in 2012, but there is now an official departure. Ben Goessling will be leaving MASN to go back to his hometown paper, the Pioneer-Press in St. Paul to cover the Minnesota Twins. I haven’t read him regularly since he moved to [...]

Nats hire media consultant to improve MASN deal – Nationals Journal, The Post
Every five years, the Washington Nationals get to renegotiate their “deal” with MASN, the subpar cable channel they are forced to be on because Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos is a coward. As you may recall, Angelos voted against D.C. getting a baseball [...]

The 2011 Washington Nationals season is over and I miss it. Part of what I miss about the near-daily experience of following the Nats is the radio team of Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler. Last Wednesday, I was quite grateful to have them as I got stuck working late before driving up to Pennsylvania. I [...]

John Walton, the radio voice of the Hershey Bears got the call-up to the big club this week (Capitals Insider) — he was signed as the new radio voice of the Washington Capitals. Walton has been at the Caps top minor league affiliate for a number of seasons, several of them AHL championships and is [...]

This past week it has become apparent once again that the Washington Nationals need to upgrade their proofreading:
Nats spell honoring wrong – DC Sports Bog, The Post
Nats spell John Lannan’s name wrong – DC Sports Bog, The Post
Nats Park ad features Josh Willingham – DC Sports Bog, The Post
These errors were by [...]

Here is what my friend David, a Washingtonian living in the city of San Francisco, had to say about new Washington Nationals color commentator F.P. Santangelo:
He’s pretty good. I don’t know when he started at KNBR (Giants AM station), but I listened to his show a fair amount at night when driving home. I think [...]

Santangelo is new MASN analyst – Nats Insider
Santangelo set to join Nats’ TV team – nationals.com
F.P. Santangelo, a journeyman utility infielder has been hired to be the 5th regular color commentator of Washington Nationals games on MASN. His previously worked as a fill-in for San Francisco Giants. He replaces Rob Dibble, who was fired for [...]

Nats TV ratings double in 2010 – DC Sports Bog, The Post
The Washington Nationals television ratings have been trending upward for two seasons and are now 1.4, double what they were last year. The ratings were actually greater than the NBA’s Washington Wizards and the hated Baltimore Orioles. Credit goes to HD, Stephen Strasburg and [...]