Category Archives: Games

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Game #140 Patrick Corbin must step in as the stopper!

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

In the off-season, two of the biggest names in the starting pitching free agent pool were Patrick Corbin and Dallas Keuchel. It was Corbin who signed the largest deal of any pitcher in the off-season, and he surprised everyone when … Continue reading →

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Game #139 Stephen Strasburg on the mound in the first of four in Atlanta

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When manager Dave Martinez reset his rotation last weekend, he said that he had set his rotation for the remainder of the season with the possibility of inserting a sixth starter to take some innings off of Stephen Strasburg and … Continue reading →

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The Nats are done with the Mets this season and finish with a dozen in the wrong column

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals nineteen game season series against the rival Mets came to a conclusion today with a loss to make it a dozen on the season against the Mets with only seven wins. The Nats made the Mets starter Zack … Continue reading →

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Game #138 The last game of the season against the Mets

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

These baseball seasons are long, and division rivals face each other 19 times a year which is nearly 12% of all games. MLB has set it up where a team faces their four division rival teams for nearly 50% of … Continue reading →

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The wild ride known as the “Rollercoaster of Ineptitude” turned to the “Game’s never over until it’s over” in an 11-10 Nats walk-off win!

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Amidst all of the mistakes made by the Nationals, they still found a way to comeback from a 10-4 deficit to walk-off with a 7-run ninth inning and shock the Mets and baseball fans everywhere. You could watch an entire … Continue reading →

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Game #137 Cy Young matchup deGrom and Scherzer again!

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

On Opening Day, Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer were matched up at the beginning when there was no way of knowing the middle or the ending. We still do not know the ending, but we know the middle and everything … Continue reading →

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Game #136 Joe Ross has a labor of love

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Baseball is a labor of love for Joe Ross. In his first season after returning from Tommy John surgery, Ross has persevered to regain his spot in the Washington Nationals rotation. When everything started to come together for Ross, he … Continue reading →

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Nats sweep the Marlins to take care of business!

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats got four perfect innings from Patrick Corbin before he sputtered in the 5th inning, but he found his groove and went 6.0 innings to notch the win. The Nats runs came mostly from hustle and home runs which … Continue reading →

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Game #135 It’s September 1st; Rosters expand with the UVA guys!

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The sprint to the finish is on! There are only 28 games remaining on the regular season schedule, and with today being September 1st, MLB rosters can expand beyond the standard 25-player roster. The Nats will activate their two University … Continue reading →

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Strasburg cashed in on a gem; Rendon crashed two homers!

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals reached new heights tonight going to 18-games over .500 putting them at the 90-win mark if they just play .500 baseball the remainder of the way — but this team has more loftier goals. Tonight, it was Stephen … Continue reading →

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