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Stephen Strasburg was the #1 pick of the 2009 MLB draft. He debuted for the Washington Nationals on June 8, 2010 before a sold-out crowd and set the team’s strikeout record. Later in 2010, he needed Tommy John surgery. He returned to the mound in September 2011.

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Nats conclude regular home season with split doubleheader

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Ted Lerner shakes Davey Johnson's hand
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Game 1 of the Washington Nationals split doubleheader was a disappointment as the Nats fell behind with Dan HaRen giving up two home runs — one to Giancarlo Stanton (with a man on) and another Christian Yelich. Ryan Zimmerman brought the Nats within one with a 2 run homer to centerfield, but the Nats would get no more, falling to the Miami Marlins 4-2 in game 1.

Prior to the game, Davey Johnson was honored for his career with the Nationals and in general. A montage played on the video board, players hugged him, ownership (minus Mark Lerner) shook hands and they gave him a trophy.

The video is now available and it has way too many Baltimore Orioles in it:

Didn’t one of those guys help run Davey out of Camden Yards?

Teddy wins
Teddy won the President’s Race — Bully the Moose tackled Abe.

GAME 2

The night game worked out better for that Nats, though Johnson says that Stephen Strasburg was “awful.” Strasburg gave up 3 runs over six innings in his final home start. Tyler Clippard nearly vultured a win by allowing hte tying run in the 4th, but the Nats scored in the bottom of the ninth when a Wilson Ramos grounder to third was booted.

35,501

Yesterday afternoon’s attendance was a healthy 35,501.

Videos of the Johnson ceremony should be making their way to youtube over the next day or two, there were a lot of people with their phones out recording the HD screen.

Six more games remain in the regular season, all on the road. It starts tonight against the St. Louis Cardinals and nextg weekend with a season finale in Arizona against the Diamondbacks. Six games to make up five for the second play-in game spot.

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Nats show that lost seasons still have great memories

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Not every baseball season is great, but greatness appears in every baseball season.

Following a sweep by the NL East division leading Atlanta Braves, the Washington Nationals could no longer deny that the 2013 season had gotten away from them. Nonetheless, this weekend’s series with the Philadelphia Phillies showed that even in underachieving seasons, there are joyful times. For the first time in a long-time, the Nats were exciting and seemed to be having a good time.

SUNDAY

WASHINGTON 6 Philadelphia 0

Stephen Strasburg has been having an “off year” going into Sunday’s game with a 3.01 ERA and a 5-9 record more indicative of his run support than his performance. That being said, it was not as dominant as his first seasons. Sunday evening, he had one of his finest performances and his first complete game and shutout.

Strasburg threw 99 pitches for 10 strikeouts was his first “Maddux” – a complete game shutout with less than 100 pitches. He pitched with a groin bothering him:

Head trainer Lee Kuntz and pitching coach Steve McCatty emerged from the dugout and walked to the mound with Johnson close behind. Strasburg told Johnson his groin didn’t affect him when he flew open during his delivery. He remained in the game. And after walking Brown, he pitched as if nothing at all had bothered him.

The groin tweak “just helped me kind of take a step back and just go nice and easy and stay on line as long as I can,” Strasburg said

Nationals vs. Phillies: Stephen Strasburg throws first complete game as Washington completes sweep – The Post.

Did he just learn something yesterday?

SATURDAY

WASHINGTON 8 Philadelphia 5

Tanner Roark, acquired for Cristian Guzman in 2010 won his first game with a 2 inning, 12 pitch performance in relief.

Jayson Werth was the bigger story though, with a 3-hit performance — hits 998, 999 and 1,000th a home run to take a lead the Nats would not relinquish.

FRIDAY

WASHINGTON 9 Philadelphia 2

Friday night’s game was a laugher with Dan Haren continuing his second half resurgence, going 7 innings and only giving up 2 runs for the third consecutive start.

Hard Times Cafe is on the hook for free wings (with an additional purchase) for each game of the series since the Nats scored 6 or more runs. In theory, they’ve stockpiled them and are pretty happy to clean out some inventory.

I don’t know what the rest of the week, season and such holds for the 2013 Nats, but I know how much I enjoyed this weekend’s series. I also know that I get to enjoy for an extra day — no Monday game.

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Will we still be happy that the All-Star Break is over during/after Nats game tonight?

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A co-worker asked me this morning about the Washington Nationals. He’s a casual fan going to the Sunday game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, whom he expected to be a better opponent. I suggested that the Dodgers were better than their record now that Yasiel Puig was on the team. I also suggested that the Nats were less than the sum of their parts thus far this season. The lineup, incomplete for so long, is finally healthy so perhaps the players can start hitting around their statistical norms. Even Bryce Harper is slumping a little bit, but who knows, maybe finishing 2nd in the Home Run Derby will get him going. The lack of situational hitting is the biggest problem, a relapse to the 2005-2011 Nats that seemed to lead the NL in runners left on base annually. Well, maybe not in 2008 and 2009.

We are also really overdue for a Ryan Zimmerman walk-off.

On the pitching front, Stephen Strasburg is having an “off year” while sporting an ERA of 2.99. Gio Gonzalez has settled into a groove after a mediocre start while Jordan Zimmermann is an All-Star (and rural American!) who hasn’t been quite as good of late, but clearly the leader on the staff. The backend hasn’t been good with Ross Detwiler on the DL twice and having trouble getting through the order a third time. Dan Haren, on the other hand, has had trouble getting through the order once, though has shown signs of improvement.

The Nats are six games back of the Atlanta Braves and catching them over the next 67 games is certainly possible, some even say probable. But it probably won’t happen all at once if it does — read Nats Pennant Push for more as you watch games while breathing into a paper bab. and September scheduling favors the Braves.

They can win the NL East, but it will likely be a slog. I thought that some of the preseason predictions of greater than 98 wins was wishful thinking, but 48-47 at the break was not something I anticipated. On Opening Day, I predicted 94 wins and I think that’s optimistic at this point.

Of course, if the Nats just wear their red caps and the Braves don’t wear their alternate jerseys, it’ll all work out!

MSM PREVIEWS

Washington Nationals have their work cut out for them – The Post

Washington Nationals storylines to watch in second half – The Wash. Times

2nd half storylines – CSN Washington

FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS

They found a few!

It starts up again at 7:05 tonight — 11 game homestand. Time to get going.

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Let’s interupt this Harper coverage (that’s missing the point) to remind you Strasburg is pitching in his hometown tonight

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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, fat kid into a disciplined gym rat: He wasn’t always THIS Stephen Strasburg.

2013 is supposed to be the first full season of Strasburg in the majors after his rookie year, Tommy John surgery and last year’s much discussed shutdown. It hasn’t gone well for him at all – he’s 1-5, despite a respectable 3.10 and averaging over a strike out an inning. He’s had trouble getting out of the first inning cleanly and has collapsed under the weight of defensive errors behind him, last Saturday evening’s 5th inning as the prime example. Eight of his 25 runs allowed have been unearned. Strasburg has looked dominate at times (like the first four innings on Saturday) but the root problem is that he’s regressed emotionally. It seemed last year whenever some misfortune would come the Nats way, he’d get extremely focused and strike hitters out in bunches. He hasn’t been able to flip the switch this year.

Tonight’s game against the Padres presents an interesting challenge for Strasburg. It will be his first start in his hometown since entering the majors. Given his tendency to have rough first innings, how he handles all of this will be quite interesting and I’m surprised there is not much attention out of DC media. Maybe it is just because they are on West Coast time, but perhaps it works out for the best for Strarsburg. While Harper enjoys being the center of attention, Strasburg resents it, perhaps so much that the shutdown and being a #1 pick has hurt his game.

I don’t know if it will be tonight or later in the season, but I think Strasburg figures it out and returns to dominance. It is better for him and the Nats that he get this out of his way in the first half of the season and gets ready for the stretch run. Even with all the misfortune the Nats are dealing with — injuries, some bad series and bad luck, the Nats are still a mere game out of first place. The schedule eases up soon too, so without the emotion tied to all of this, the Nats are doing fine. It may not always feel like it though.

By the way, the Nats lost last night, the second in a row, costing them the series with Los Angeles Dodgers: Zack Greinke latest Dodgers pitcher to quiet Nationals bats in 3-1 loss at Los Angeles (The Post). Wilson Ramos is hurt again too. Remember when the Nats had a surplus of catchers? Ross Dewiler may miss a start or two as well. Remember when the Nats had a surplus of pitchers?

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Where is Miguel Batista? Strasburg has forearm tightness, Nats can’t capitalize early, fall to Braves

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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 is on edge yet again as another loss (Tyler Clippard gets pegged with it after allowing a run in the 7th – leadoff batter again) and Strasburg being potentially hurt.

Is Miguel Batista available? Can he recapture his Miss Iowa magic? His spot start for Strasburg in 2010 was one of that season’s highlights. Apparently, he’s in the Toronto Blue Jays system with the Buffalo Bisons.

We probably won’t know for a few days whether Strasburg will miss a start – he insists he won’t. Could a Chris Young call up for Saturday’s game in Pittsburgh be on the way? Or will we see Zach Duke get the ball against the Pirates, his old team.

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Lost weekend for Nats as Braves sweep them

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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 team has some stuff to work through. Also, Danny Espinosa needs to shut up (Hardball Talk). So does Stephen Strasburg. If your team gets swept, you aren’t the better team. It has been proven. Now go, get better (The Post) and return the favor at the end of the month and be the better team again.

Also, can you imagine if Bryce Harper had said what Espinosa said?

The heartbreak of the series though – Wilson Ramos is on the DL with a bad hamstring. Kurt Suzuki will get the bulk of the catching responsibilities for at least 15 days with Jhonatan Solano who had to wait 20 minutes due to the “rule prohibiting teams from having more than 25 active players in the clubhouse at once.” Just what a guy who woke up at 4 a.m. and flew in from Syracuse needs. Hey, I work up at 4 a.m. today! I wasn’t in Syracuse though.

FRIDAY

Stopper Ross Detwiler was done in by the bullpen again. Detwiler left after 7 innings with a 4-1 lead. He’s been the best D.C. starter thus far out of the 5th spot in the rotation. Tyler Clippard, Drew Storen and Craig Stammen blew it, as did Ryan Zimmerman, who made a critical throwing error in the ninth while playing in his 1000th game.

SATURDAY

Another Zimmerman error proves to be the difference as the third baseman extends the inning for the Braves, who capitalized with a Evan Gattis homer. Strasburg was okay, striking out seven and giving up no earned runs.

SUNDAY

Gio Gonzalez, fresh off of his visit to see D.C. United (2-0 loss to Red Bull NY) stunk up the joint, giving up 7 earned runs.

Now, the Nats get a little of what they need — a series with the Marlins. They probably don’t need a trip to Miami though, I’d be happier if they were going some place less exciting.

140 CHARACTERS OR LESS

IN SCORES OF OTHER GAMES

The Nats bullpen nearly did in the Caps, who also had a big lead on Saturday night.

Also, the New York Yankees triple play on Friday night against the Baltimore Orioles was sweet. More like OrioLOLes, amirite?

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Nats lose Reds series; 1-2 record against MLB teams so far, 4-2 overall

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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 7-6 extra inning win that didn’t need to be in extras. SS Ian Desmond (he’s got about 4 on the season — we’re a week into it) made two errors. Bryce Harper made one:

Mike Wise wrote about Harper too: Mike Wise: At 20, Bryce Harper has already earned the respect of baseball greats – The Post

Ross Detwiler pitched well, but the bullpen coughed up his 5-1 lead. Drew Storen gave up two runs (one earned, the other on account of Desmond) and Rafael Soriano blew the save. The Nats were saved by homers – lots of them, including a solo shot in the 11th by Desmond (some redemption) the game-winner by Wilson Ramos (his second of the day, 3 RBI), Harper (two-run shot) and Jayson Werth (solo shot). Werth’s was caught barehanded by a guy holding his toddler in the other arm.


Oh and there was a little bit of an issue with the Channel 9 (WUSA) broadcast… (Sportsrantz)

SUNDAY

Aside from this amazing change up (Nationals Journal, The Post), Stephen Strasburg didn’t have it. He gave up 3 in the first and 3 in the sixth. He only went 5 1/3 innings. The bright spot – another homer from the 8th spot, C Kurt Suzuki hit a 3-run shot in the 2nd to tie it up. That was the only Nats scoring of the day off of Johhny Cueto or any other Reds pitcher. Final score 6-3.

I only listened on and off on the radio on account of fatherhood. Gravelly Point was awfully crowded yesterday.

THOMAS BOSWELL CHAT

Ask Boswell: Redskins, Nationals and Washington sports – The Post

OFF DAY

No game on this Monday. That’s okay, sit outside and enjoy a refreshing beverage instead.

IN SCORES OF OTHER GAMES

Alex Ovechkin had 5 goals over two nights. The Caps are in first place in the SouthLeast division.

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Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg lead Nats to 2-0 Opening Day win over Marlins

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Opening Day 2013
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 lock down the win.

Harper was the day’s star with two homers in his first two at bats:

That would be the only scoring the Nats needed as Strasburg (W, 1-0) held the visitors scoreless in 7 strong innings and only 80 pitches. If it were up to me, he would have gone out for the 8th, but manager Davey Johnson pulled him. Strasburg was getting ground balls and line outs more than strike-outs which was effective enough to retire 19 in a row after a leadoff hit.

Other than Harper, the Nats were unsuccessful against Ricky Nolasco (L, 0-1). Ryan Zimmerman struck out three times. Only Wilson Ramos, Ian Desmond and Denard Span were able to get hits. It was enough though.

The Marlins only threat, came in the 7th inning. Giancarlo Stanton doubled, followed by a Placido Polanco single. Rob Brantly then lined to left and Harper threw home, forcing Stanton back to the third. Polanco got hung up between 1st and 2nd. Ramos fired to 1B Adam LaRoche, who threw to 2B Danny Espinosa. Stanton took off for home and Espinosa fired it into Ramos who tagged out Stanton, ending the inning on your routine 7-2-3-4-2 double-play.

After seeing the video, I felt bad for the people having to watch the terrible job MASN did showing the play. Perhaps if MASN broadcast more spring games, they would know how to shoot a baseball game, but instead they settle for incompetence.

MORE OBSERVATIONS

The 2012 NL East Division Champions banner unfurling hit a bit of a snag with part of the blue tarp getting stuck, but nobody seems to mind. I hope that is a temporary banner or at least replaced by a more impressive one.

Beer prices are still too high and the selection lacks local beers. I should have cornered Andy Feffer about that on the way in.

Half-smokes are still wonderful.

The crowd was the second largest in the history of the ballpark, exceeded only by Game 5 of the NLDS. 45,274 total which includes a lot of standing room only. It took a while to get out. This is a good problem to have though.

I don’t think there was a flyover this year. I was getting my half-smoke, so I may have missed it.

The Nats wore their home whites. Strasburg, Zimmerman and Span went with high socks.

The Marlins wore black because they are a bush-league franchise that does that on Opening Day.

Jayson Werth playing “Werewolves of London” as at-bat music shows a healthy level of self-awareness.

“Take on Me” was played after the 7th inning stretch. Felt a little forced, might be best to leave that for Michael Morse.

Congratulations to the couples who got married and headed to the game yesterday.

I didn’t take many photos, because I’ve taken them all before.

Curtain call for Harper after second homer — too soon? M-V-P chants too.

The best read following the game was by Barry Svrluga – Washington Nationals get opening day win to begin highly anticipated season and of course the obligatory Thomas Boswell column: Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg poised to become men in full

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I love waking up knowing it is Nats Opening Day

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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 thinking, the challenge for the 2013 Washington Nationals is simple — create a greater moment to put on a banner than Jayson Werth’s Game 4 NLDS walk-off home run (DC Sports Bog, The Post). As great as it was, it wound up extending the first postseason of baseball by another day, another game.

The Nats enter 2013 as favorites to win their division, their league and the World Series. Can they overcome the Sports Illustrated cover jinx? The glossy magazine put Stephen Strasbug on the cover and called him Mr. October which is just stupid. Another glossy, ESPN the Magazine, picked the Nats to go all the way too.

PREVIEWS

Nationals preview 2013: Ready to go the distance – The Post
Lots of good stuff from the paper of record.

Nationals Opening Day | Nationals hoping for a healthy start – The Wash. Examiner
Enjoy it while you can, this paper is folding in a few months.

Nationals 2013: Talented Nats enter season as favorites, but they know luck is a factor, too | Nationals 2013: It’s ‘World Series or bust’ as Johnson prepares to cap five-plus decades in game – The Wash. Times
They didn’t put everything in a PDF, but after all the autoplay ads, maybe they should have done so. Bush-league Web site.

Nationals ready to dominate, even if they won’t say so | SI.com 2013 MLB Experts’ Picks – Sports Illustrated

The World Series winner will be … | ESPN predicts the 2013 season – ESPN

COLUMNS

THOMAS BOSWELL: Washington Nationals opening day: Embracing a season of great expectations – The Post

THOM LOVERRO: Drinking a Big Gulp of the Nationals’ Kool-Aid – The Wash. Examiner
Loverro drinking the Kool-Aid?

RICK SNIDER: Nationals fans, enjoy the ride – The Wash. Examiner

WHAT’S NEW IN NATSTOWN

Washington, Let’s Play Ball! (2013 Version) – JD Land Near Southeast DC
Everything you need to know about changes in and around Nationals Park. A Gordon Biersch opens today, another local brewery, Bluejacket, later this spring.

PREDICTIONS

Here is what I submitted to the Idaho District Sports Page:

1) Who will lead the Nats in home runs in 2013?
Bryce Harper

2) Who will lead the Nats in RBI?
Ryan Zimmerman

3) Who will lead the Nats in stolen bases?
Denard Span

4) Who will lead the staff in wins?
Stephen Strasburg (followed by Gio Gonzalez, Jordan Zimmerman)

5) Who will make more appearances for the Nats this season: Rafael Soriano, Drew Storen, Tyler Clippard or Craig Stammen?
Craig Stammen (Clippard’s arm is going to fall off)

6) Who will get more at bats for the Nats this season: Kurt Suzuki or Wilson Ramos?
Wilson Ramos

7) Which minor leaguer are you most interested in keeping tabs on this season?
Anthony Rendon

8) Date of Anthony Rendon’s Major League debut?
June 24

9) How many all-stars will the Nats have? Who?
Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper, Ryan Zimmerman

10) Total wins and what place in the division?
94 wins and first place

MEDIA PREDICTIONS
From Mark Zuckerman at Nats Insider. Bill Ladson is so, so crazy.

TODAY’S GAME

First pitch 1:05 p.m. Strasburg for the Nats, Ricky Nolasco for the Miami Marlins. Honorary first pitch by Clint Romesha, a Medal of Honor recipient. Theodore Roosevelt’s great great grandson Winthorp Roosevelt will be there as well.

ENOUGH ALREADY!

Washington, D.C., play ball!

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Nats: Is there a baseball player with a better mindset than Strasburg?

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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 his schedule, wait for the right moment and then have the chance to peel back a few layers … what you find is a thinking man’s pitcher nimble enough not only to construct, but, maybe just as importantly in his development, to deconstruct.

The second paragraph above is exactly what I enjoy so much about Strasburg. He combines intelligence, breathtaking athletic gifts, perspective, competitiveness and occasional restrained cockiness in a total package of a model professional athlete. I love watching him compete.

I’ll quibble with the first paragraph I excerpted above though is incorrect about his first line of defense, which he uses frequently — “you know.”

12 days until Opening Day

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