Nationals News: Return to (Below-Average) Normalcy Edition

by John Quinn on Aug 25, 2009 9:51 AM EDT

It's an awfully slow day for Nationals news, so I'm not going to say anything other than it's been tough to watch the Nationals lately... the Strasburg honeymoon is wearing off, so it's time to get back to baseball, boys. Unfortunately, things don't get easier until the end of this month, with a series at Chicago and then one at St. Louis, before heading out to San Diego on the 31st. Oh, and Riggleman has to prove that he deserves to be around next year.

The Harrisburg/Hershey area, home to the Hershey Bears, a Caps farm team, and the Harrisburg Senators, the Nats' AA affiliate, was ranked the number one minor-league market by Sports Business Journal.

It appears that there is friction between Nats' former draft pick and the Royals, the team that drafted him this year.

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Anybody subscribe to Baseball America online? If so, it'd be sweet to see this article.

BaseballAmerica New Team, New Pitch: Aaron Thompson, who the Nationals received at the deadline for Nick Johnson, had the best c…. http://bit.ly/u4JvB

by RoscoeNats on Aug 25, 2009 10:09 AM EDT reply actions

I thought about subscribing, but it's not too cheap :(

by John Quinn on Aug 25, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Favorite part of Post article listed above...

Under Riggleman, the Nats are 18-20. They’ve been streaky. They just wrapped up a disappointing 1-5 homestand. But just to put Washington’s improvement in perspective, the team didn’t win its 18th game under Acta until June 17 — a night when the record improved to 18-46.

by RoscoeNats on Aug 25, 2009 12:28 PM EDT reply actions