Posts Tagged ‘Washington Nationals Radio Network’

Vin Scully on Bryce Harper into the wall: The only good thing about it is it knocked his beard off

There has been a lot of discussion and pixels generated over Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper’s collision into the right field wall the other night. All of this talk about toughness and such (I’m guilty of it too) has overshadowed the the actual story — a fairly inexperienced outfielder took a bad route on [...]

Nats: Jayson Werth hits walk-off homer to beat Cardinals in 2-1 thriller, push NLDS to Game 5

Last night goes down as one of the great nights in the Washington Nationals history. Following 9 innings of 1 run (unearned) pitching by Ross Detwiler, Jordan Zimmermann, Tyler Clippard and Drew Storen, Jayson Werth led off the top of the 9th inning. The outfielder, oft-maligned for his enormous contract, faced 12 Lance Lynn pitches [...]

Nats broadcaster Charlie Slowes finally has a team worthy of his abilities

Longtime Nationals broadcaster looks forward to playoffs – WTOP
WTOP talks with the voice of the Washington Nationals, Charlie Slowes. Present at the creation, Slowes’ “Bang Zoom go the Fireworks!” “and a curly W is in the books” quickly became a part of the D.C. area vocabulary. He and his partner since 2006 Dave Jageler kept [...]

Nats: After years of losing, Charlie Slowes and John Lannan get to experience some winning

On Sunday when the Washington Nationals clinched D.C.’s first winning baseball season since the 1969 Senators, I tweeted that I was happy for Charlie Slowes, play-by-play man for the team since 2005:
I’m happy for all of us #Nats fans, but also @charlie_slowes on his first winning season in 15 years as a play-by-play man.
— William [...]

Nats radio: Post Magazine profiles Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler

For Washington Nationals radio team Dave Jageler and Charlie Slowes, baseball’s in the air | Gallery – Post Magazine
“There are 30 teams and two radio guys per team, that’s 60 jobs,” Jageler says. “You’re more likely to be U.S. senator than a play-by-play announcer.”
The voices of the Washington Nationals, Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler are [...]

Bryce Harper is too good to be true; Nats split with Rockies; people are watching/listening

Bryce Harper loves Washington, and says he wants to play his entire career in the city – The Post
Bryce Harper has decided as a 19 year old that he wants to stay in the D.C. area forever as a member of the Washington Nationals. He’s living in Pentagon City and I never wanted to move [...]

Nats: Charlie Slowes says he’s not in the final year of his contract

WASHINGTON, D.C. —On Saturday evening, I briefly talked to Washington Nationals radio play-by-play broadcaster Charlie Slowes during batting practice. Slowes strongly emphasized that my source in my blog post about his contract status was inaccurate. Slowes did not elaborate on the length of the contract, but it would have to run at least through 2013. [...]

Nats radio: Wondering out loud about the future of Charlie & Dave

UPDATED MAY 21, 2012: Nats: Charlie Slowes says he’s not in the final year of his contract
Remember when Dave Jageler astutely noted that Bryce Harper might be looking to steal home about 10 days ago. Harper did and Jageler’s partner, Charlie Slowes breathlessly called it, even taking a few seconds to let the crowd noise [...]

Nats: The season of silence is ending!

Charlie Slowes on the Nats – DC Sports Bog, The Post
Every off-season, Washington Nationals broadcasters Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler observe “the season of silence” where they “get to pick their own friends again” after the long baseball season. Thankfully, we are getting closer to hearing them every day or night as the season draws [...]

Nats: Have we heard the last of Charlie and Dave together?

The 2011 Washington Nationals season is over and I miss it. Part of what I miss about the near-daily experience of following the Nats is the radio team of Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler. Last Wednesday, I was quite grateful to have them as I got stuck working late before driving up to Pennsylvania. I [...]

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