• Programming Note: Live from Spring Training, it's Grapefruit League action on the TV tonight when the Washington Nationals, with Livan Hernandez and Ross Detwiler expected to pitch against the visiting Houston Astros at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida and it's available for your viewing pleasure on MASN and on MLB.tv. Don't Forget: it is at 6:00 pm EST!!!! There is no audio available for the game. If you tune it at 7:00 it's going to be the third or fourth inning, so don't forget. Bryce Harper and Mr. National along with new-delivery Det? Who's Watching the Nats?
• Washington Nationals' Starting Lineup:
- NMIIAFFHLWAS: Nyjer Morgan - CF
- Ian "Franking" Desmond - SS
- Jayson Werth - RF
- THE KIDS CALL HIM CLEAN-UP!! - 3B (Word.)
- Rick Ankiel - LF
- The People's Champion Michael Morse - 1B
- Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez - C
- Jesus "teh clutch" Flores - C
- Alberto "The General" Gonzalez
- Mr. National Himself Livan Hernandez - SP
(ed. note - "As a reward for reading this and participating in a Spring Training gamethread, the first person to post the solution to the Nyjer Morgan lineup acronym in the comments below will win a long-sleeved Ryan Zimmerman "Mr. Walkoff" t-shirt...(size XL sorry that's all they had)...We'll have to go by the timestamp on my computer and the order the response shows up if it's simultaneous so get cracking and then join us in the comments for tonight's thread. ")