Posts Tagged ‘Spring Training 2011’

Who is this pragmatic columnist and what has he done with Tom Boswell?

THOMAS BOSWELL: As spring arrives, reality dawns for Nationals – The Post
The headline for this column ought to be “Reality dawns for Tom Boswell.” Remember his earlier columns from the spring when he was superhappyfoamfingeredfanboy? Well, that is gone, because Boswell is seeing the Washington Nationals for what they are — a team with a [...]

Mark Lerner needs to prioritize Nats fans in selecting a new spring training home

Mark Lerner, the most public member of the Washington Nationals ownership group, just left spring training. Among other things, Lerner told Nationals Journal, The Post that the Nats are looking to move away from Viera for spring training which is not news, but worth mentioning again. Logistically, playing on the east coast of Florida is [...]

Video: Baseball Tonight visits Nats spring training; Zuckerman on Beltway Baseball

ESPN’s Baseball Tonight visited the Washington Nationals at spring training in Viera. Tim Kurkjian and John Kruk talk to Jayson Werth and Stephen Strasburg and preview the 2011 season.

Earlier in the day, Mark Zuckerman sat in for another session of Beltway Baseball on CSN:

Nats: Bryce Harper profiled, demoted

Photo used with permission from MissChatter, who is at Spring Training, check out her flickrstream. Get well-wishes to her camera too.
For the love of Bryce Harper – The Washington Post Magazine
Here it is, the Sunday magazine Bryce Harper profile by Dave Shenin, that has been hyped for a while now. For the second consecutive year, [...]

What I remember of previous Nats spring training seasons

Until I read the annual “this is a different kind of club than last year” Thomas Boswell column in The Post, I had forgotten that the Washington Nationals started 0-11 in the Grapefruit League last year. That got me to thinking, what do I even remember from previous years spring training, off the top of [...]

Nats: Did Jayson Werth hurt Phillies fans feelings?

In today’s latest Sunnytown column from Spring Training, Thomas Boswell noted an exchange between Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo and Jayson Werth (The Post). Rizzo told Werth that he “hated the expletive deleted Phillies” and Werth said “I hate the Phillies, too.” I took it for no more than staying on message, but Philly sports [...]

Nats: Looking at Ian Desmond’s 2010 errors

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.

Boswell and I are hopeless ¡LIVAN! fanboys

THOMAS BOSWELL: Washington Nationals spring training: Livan Hernandez, 36, is in no rush to call it a career – The Post
Fanboy Boswell pens another love letter/birthday present to everyone’s favorite fat, rubber-armed, slop tossing pitcher, Liván Hernández who turned 36 yesterday. Happy birthday ¡LIVAN!
I am right there with Bos on this too because the Washington [...]

The “most Boswellian Boswell column ever” and other Nats spring training notes

Washington Nationals spring training 2011 is still fresh enough to be fun. Stephen Strasburg throws, you know.

Happy Nats Pitchers and Catchers Day 2011

The first big day on the 2011 Washington Nationals calendar is here — pitchers and catchers report to Viera, Fla. All of them are in the best shape of their life too and ready to make some noise this season.
In reality, many of the players, not just pitchers and catchers have already arrived in at [...]

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