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Manny Delcarmen for Nick Johnson trade?
The Red Sox may need a hitter. The Washington Nationals need everything. Could the Sox potentially work something out with the Nats? Perhaps: Peter Gammons told ESPN's Mike & Mike In The Morning on Thursday that the Nationals have discussed swapping Nick Johnson for Boston's Manny...
Giants/Nationals Series Preview
It's an immovable object vs. irresistible force series. The Nationals can hit. The lowest OPS in their lineup, .790, would be the third best on the Giants. They have seven players with an OPS over .800; the Giants have one. Small sample size shenanigans are definitely at work for a few of the...
The Washington Nationals, The MLB Hot Stove, Nick Johnson, The A's And Chekhov's Gun...
Nick Johnson, The Oakland A's and Chekhov's Gun... There's a literary principle or technique known as Chekhov's gun, named after the Russian short story writer Anton Chekhov, which prescribes how clues can be offered early in a story which eventually play a part in the plot even if their...
The 2009 Season Got Underway For The Washington Nationals Late Last September...
To The Future and Beyond With Washington's Nationals... I believe the 2009 season began on September 28th, 2008, the moment Emilio Bonifacio's weak grounder reached the glove of Phillies' first baseman Chris Coste, who tossed to the Philly pitcher Clay Condrey covering first, to finish off the...
Washington Nationals' Season In Revie...How About A Look Forward Instead...
Instead of looking back, which folks are wont to do in the intervening week between the Holidays and the New Year, let's look forward, after all, who wants to relive a 102-loss season, wasn't one time through that experience enough? There's a new year next week and a new season in late March, early...
The Washington Nationals' Holiday Wish List...
What I want for the Washington Nationals in 2009: 1. A .300 season at the plate out of Ryan Zimmerman. (After struggling through an injury-filled '08, Zim worked his way back to a .283 AVG by the end of the year, but the lack of power as he recovered was somewhat alarming. A .300 AVG, 20-25 HR's,...
An NL East Tradition Continues...The Washington Nationals' Needs...Mark Teixeira Still Unsigned...
Are There Only Two Teams In The NL East? The newest New York Met, Francisco Rodriguez, might not have known what he was doing today when he told AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum, in a Yahoo! Sports.com column entitled, "K-Rod: "We're going to be the team to beat": "'Of course, we’re going to...
Washington Nationals' Winter Meetings Update...More Outfielders On The Way!!!
(ed. note - "Subtitle: 'How Can Washington's Nationals Survive All This Negativity...'") It's tough hearing it all day long...The Nationals are awful. Awful. All day long. Very little concrete news, just consistent criticism whenever Washington's raised as a possible free agent destination or...
Winter Meetings, Winter Leagues...Washington Nationals' Rumor Mill.
I wanted to start the Winter Meetings on an optimistic note so I got out my Ryan Zimmerman name and # t-shirt and wore it as I did all last season for good luc...(moments later)...Alright, i changed into something new...dialed my XM radio to 175 and left it on all day to see what if any Nationals'...
The A's '09 Starting First Baseman Will Be...
The arbitration deadline has passed, and there were a few interesting A's-related developments: a.) The team declined to offer arbitration to Frank Thomas and Alan Embree. b.) The Diamondbacks and Phillies decided against offering Adam Dunn and Pat Burrell arbitration. Although both players...
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