• Programming Note: 106.7 the FAN in D.C. is broadcasting today's Washington Nationals and Houston Astros Grapefruit League Game live at 1:05 pm EDT. MLB Gameday Audio and the MLB At Bat 11 app have both feeds from Kissimmee, Florida's Osceola County Stadium where Nats' right-hander Livan Hernandez faces 'Stros right-hander Brett Myers. Laynce Nix plays the role of Jayson Werth in right and Matt Stairs stands in for Adam LaRoche at first in this matinee, but outside of those substitutions, with just six days til Opening Day in D.C., Nationals' Skipper Jim Riggleman has set what appears to be the lineup Washington will see when the team comes north to the nation's capital next Thursday...
• Saturday Washington Nationals' Starting Lineup:
- Ian "Plus Range" Desmond - SS
- Laynce Nix as the WereWerth in - RF
- THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B (Word.)
- Matt "Eyeblack is so HS" Stairs as Adam LaRoche- 1B
- The People's Champion Michael Morse - LF
- Rick Ankiel - CF
- Danny "Glover" Espinosa - 2B
- Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez - C
- Mr. National Himself Livan Hernandez - SP
• Who's Listening To Livan?