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Lost in all the coverage of Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper running into a wall (still a bad route from an inexperience outfielder everybody!) and getting his beard knocked off to remind you that Stephen Strasburg makes his hometown San Diego MLB debut. The Union-Tribune has a story about how he evolved from a lazy, [...]

Uh oh.
Washington Nationals superstar Stephen Strasburg has forearm tightness (The Post) which explains why he was wild at times last night against the Atlanta Braves. He kept walking the first batter of the inning — two of them scored over six innings of work. #37 struck out the side in the sixth though. Still, Natstown [...]

Oh man, tough, tough weekend for the Washington Nationals. They got swept by the Atlanta Braves, who are off to a very strong start and already hold a 4 game lead in the division. It is a long season. Especially when you are reminded more of 2008 than 2012. It isn’t time to panic, but [...]

The Washington Nationals could only win one out of three against the Cincinnati Reds this weekend. The overall record is 4-2, but only 1-2 against MLB teams.
FRIDAY
A 15-0 loss. Dan Haren’s Nats debut was simply Harendous! – (Nats Enquirer)
I’m glad I feel asleep on the couch as it was getting out of hand. Oof.
SATURDAY
A [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mercifully, the long off-season is over and the 2013 Washington Nationals are underway. After completed 1/162th of their regular season schedule, the Nats are in first place behind two Bryce Harper solo homers and 7 innings of shutout pitching from Stephen Strasburg. Tyler Clippard and Rafael Soriano also pitched an inning to [...]

Good morning. It is Opening Day. We made it!
WEATHER FORECAST
If you are like me, you’ve been checking in on it for the last 10 days or so. It looked more promising mid-week last week, but after the weird, slushy March, low 60s, slight chance of rain sounds good enough for me.
TEAM FORECAST
In one way of [...]

There is a great story on Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg on CBSSports.com today: Nationals camp report: Stephen Strasburg, unleashed
His first line of defense is to talk in terms of “team this” and “we that,” deflecting anything even remotely personal. Sending his answers straight through the rinse cycle.
But if you’re patient enough to work around [...]

Strasburg’s emus are missing – WTOP
Oh no! Steven Strasburg’s emus are missing in Arlington:

“When I did call animal control they seemed very surprised,” he said in an email. “I think one of the big reasons they didn’t ask about my name was that they were still processing the word ‘emu’.”
“I’m willing to bet that [...]

Stephen Strasburg’s surgeon on Nationals shutdown: ‘I wasn’t asked’ – L.A. Times
UPDATE: The story has changed, or so they say. Here is the original report:
Remember that #strasburgopinons contest The Post did? Seems an important one was missed…
So, Washington Nationals general manager never consulted with Stephen Strasburg’s elbow surgeon, Lewis Yocum in making the shutdown decision?
OF [...]

Music please. Thank you.
BEAT THE METS,
BEAT THE METS,
Step right up and SWEEP the Mets!
Bring your kiddies,
bring your wife;
Guaranteed to have the time of your life
because the NATS are really sockin’ the ball; knocking those home runs over the wall!
East side,
West side,
everybody’s coming down
to meet the N-A-T-S Nats of WASHING-TON
Last night American hero and Long Island [...]