Posts Tagged ‘Spring Training 2013’

Nats: 4 weeks until Opening Day, eyes on the prize

Happy March! Washington Nationals Opening Day is four weeks from today — 28 long days to go — the dog days of spring training.
This spring has been pretty quiet (CSN Washington) since the roster is pretty much set.
There are a few interesting things though, like this article about extensive vision training: Washington Nationals go [...]

Nats: In case you haven’t read the Bryce Harper Sports Illustrated cover story yet…

I finally found the Sports Illustrated cover story on Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper by Tom Verducci. Here it is:
Washington’s Monument
“O.K., BRYCE HARPER, AS A ROOKIE YOU PUT UP THE BEST SEASON BY A TEENAGER IN HISTORY. GUESS WHAT? IT’S TIME FOR YOU—AND THE REST OF LAST YEAR’S SMASHING ROOKIE CLASS—TO DO IT AGAIN. NOW [...]

Nats: Boswell thinks Davey Johnson is – THE MOST INTERESTING MANAGER IN THE WORLD

THOMAS BOSWELL: Davey Johnson: At 70, Nats manager enters one final glory year – The Post
It came over a week late, but the most-highly regarded Post columnist (according to Mr. Irrelevant) sent Davey Johnson a big Valentine in the form of the column above. It is, as expected, overflowing with praise and has the trademark [...]

Werth: Healthy 2012 Nats could have won 120 games

Responding to claims by Jimmy Rollins that the Washington Nationals would have finished second to a healthy Philadelphia Phillies team last year (The Inky), Jayson Werth suggested that a healthy Nats team could have won 120 games.
That’s just crazy, but Werth is correct that the Nats were not entirely healthy. He missed most of [...]

ESPN says Gio Gonzalez is clean; Detwiler to World Baseball Classic

ESPN says Washington Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez did not obtain banned performance enhancing drugs from the South Florida Biogensis Clinic Sources: Docs link 5 players to clinic:
According to two sources familiar with Bosch’s operation, however, the Washington Nationals’ Gio Gonzalez, previously identified as being named in Biogenesis documents, did not receive banned substances from Bosch [...]

Nats, Bryce Harper now jinxed by Sports Illustrated cover

Oh Q@#$%&!
Your Cover This Week: What does @nationals OF @bharper3407 have in mind for his encore? bit.ly/139AvuW // twitter.com/SInow/status/3…
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 19, 2013

This we didn’t need.

Bryce Harper has become the second Washington Nationals Sports Illustrated cover boy; Stephen Strasburg was the first. When that happened, DC Sports Bog noted that DC sports coverboys [...]

Nats: Boswell chat at 11?

Thomas Boswell, the long-time Post columnist and Washington Nationals fanboy (though he denies it) has been columnizing daily or close to it since he arrived in Viera, Fla. for Spring Training. Here is his preview video:

Boswell wrote one column that essentially said “The excellent baseball players on the Nats are mostly introverts and SO AM [...]

Nats Presidents Race bigger than ever with William Howard Taft added

If you were hoping that the Washington Nationals would tone done the Racing Presidents following last season’s long-awaited victory by the Theodore Roosevelt character you are probably disappointed. After the Nats finally “Let Teddy Win“in the final regular season game of 2012 they decided to expand the roster in the offseason. William Howard Taft (“Bill”) [...]

CHEMISTRY! Nats: Ryan Zimmerman drops that “c word”

Every year, we hear about how a team should do better because of chemistry. This year, Ryan Zimmerman appears to be the first Washington Nationals player to be specifically quoted pointing to “chemistry”
“The chemistry is a huge reason why we were a good team, and I think that is going to continue.” – Zim on [...]

Nats: James Andrews/Lewis Yoccum appointments and cortisone futures trading well at mid-day; first Boswell column of spring

Day 3 of Washington Nationals spring training…
PLAYING HURT, BUT FOR HOW LONG?
Playing through a torn rotator cuff (The Post)? Color me skeptical Danny Espinosa. How many cortisone shots will he take this season? Good news if you are Steve Lombardozzi I guess.
Henry Rodriguez thinks his elbow pain is normal, he did have a bone spur [...]

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