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Nationals eager to welcome Ryan Zimmerman back from DL – The Post
Pitching, defense carried Nats; now Zimmerman is back in mix – The Wash. Times
Plenty glad to see Zimmerman return – The Wash. Examiner
I am quite happy that Ryan Zimmerman is returning to the Washington Nationals lineup after being out for over 2 months, but [...]

Friday night, I listened to most of the game. John Lannan pitched really well on both ends of a rain delay. He put up 7 2/3 shut out innings. Then, in the ninth, while I was getting my son ready for bed, Drew Storen’s first pitch was hit out of the park by . I [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — They say that you may see something new in every baseball game.* That was the case yesterday, as the Washington Nationals hosted the San Francisco Giants. The visitors walked 9 Nats and hit 3 of them with pitches, but only gave up a run. The Giants played with fire throughout the game [...]

Last week, after some Twitter discussion, @tbridge wrote a We Love DC post suggesting that a temporary ice rink be installed on the field at Nationals Park during the winter. The idea was prompted by a Times article about the Cleveland Indians trying that out this winter at Progressive Field nee Jacobs Field. For [...]

WASHINGTON D.C. – Last Friday evening, the Washington Nationals and American Veterans Center hosted a panel discussion Baseball Heroes of World War II. Panelists included:

John “Mule” Miles – Army Air Corps/Tuskegee Airman – Chicago American Giants
Lou Brisse – Army – Phidelphia Athletics/Cleveland Indians
Jerry Coleman – Marine Corps – New York Yankees and the “voice of [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night the Washington Nationals gave out t-shirts that had my nickname for Ryan Zimmerman — Mr. Walkoff. By the end of the night, one of them in the clubhouse had DONKEY written in place of Zimmerman on the left sleeve. The Big Donkey, Adam Dunn, had taken the role from the [...]

I bet that Ted Leonsis did not think one of Abe Pollin’s legacies would be 100% of the Verizon Center concession stands having health code violations in 2009, according to an ESPN Outside the Lines report. From Vendor inspection reports:
Verizon Center
Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals
Vendors with critical violations: 100%
Inspection report excerpt: Mice droppings, a critical [...]

Stephen Strasburg exceeds my expectations.

In which I conclude Nationals Park would host the classic, by default, putting it in Baltimore is stupid and I think visiting fans are a mistake regardless of location.

When Nationals Park was opened in 2008, I was surprised to that the Maryland Department of Transportation had put up signs for it. After all, Nationals Park is in Washington D.C., not Maryland. This happened despite Maryland having a major league team within its borders. Virginia has not put up any similar signs.
In April, I [...]