Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Boswell’

Nats: Now there is the Tom Boswell we all know

THOMAS BOSWELL: Are better days ahead for the Nationals? – The Post
After seeing Jordan Zimmermann pitch well against the Detroit Tigers (their Opening Day lineup), Bos is back on the Washington Nationals getting better bandwagon after panicking last week. Now, Bos of all people should know not to put too much faith in spring training [...]

Nats: Only one week until Opening Day

Some Washington Nationals observations with Opening Day one week away:
The Nats turn on MLB Network’s 30 teams in 30 days feature was last night. There are 3 videos that are up focusing on

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 [...]

Boswell continues to reward Angelos

Thomas Boswell has hurt his credibility by covering the Baltimore Orioles over the last 6 years. A native Washingtonian writing for The Post shouldn’t be rewarding the owner of the team that voted against the Washington Nationals and kept them off of most cable systems for nearly 2 whole seasons.

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 [...]

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.

Two Nats-centric chats on washingtonpost.com today

I have a backlog of Washington Nationals commentary right now, but until I sort that all out (perhaps next week) there are two Post chats today that should be of interest:
First Things First
Adam Kilgore, Nats beat writer, is filling in for Tracee Hamilton today.
Ask Boswell
“Washington Post Sports Columnist Tom Boswell was online Thursday, Dec. 23 [...]

Nats: Nyjer, Lannan, Riggleman, Boswell, Dunn, Menchine

A big project at work and illnesses at home (we’ll be fine) have cut into time for EVERYTHING this week, so I have not been keeping up with blogging. All I have to write about is Nats Blogger Day and a week at Disney World. In the meantime, I have a few observations about the [...]

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