Category Archives: Games

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Botched strategy and a managerial rookie error leads to a tough loss

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Sometimes you cannot believe the new ways this team finds to lose a game. Today it was some botched strategy, poor execution, and a rookie managerial mistake on a 10th inning pitching change. Worst than that, every bullpen arm was … Continue reading →

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Game #27 “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing” — Vince Lombardi

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Winning isn’t supposed to be “at all costs” this early in the season but there has to be an urgency at this point in time. It was all smiles then when Dave Martinez was introduced as the new manager of … Continue reading →

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Strasburg not sharp in 5-4 loss

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

You just cannot keep writing that the missed opportunities cost the Nationals another game but it happened again along with a poor start by Stephen Strasburg who was handed two leads and could not hold them. Strasburg gave up 6-runs … Continue reading →

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Game #26 Decisions on the line-up and infield alignments for Strasburg

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When we saw Stephen Strasburg last, he was pitching in Los Angeles and gave up a single up the middle while his shortstop Trea Turner was shaded towards the hole. After the inning, Strasburg and manager Dave Martinez had a … Continue reading →

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Nats win in a landslide 15-2 behind Andrew Stevenson, Trea Turner, Matt Adams and Max!

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Goodbye San Francisco and goodbye to that 4-game losing streak. The Nats won today by a final score of 15-2.  Max Scherzer wins another as the Nationals stopper extraordinaire, and the Nats bats came alive starting with Andrew Stevenson, Trea Turner, … Continue reading →

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Game #25 Max Scherzer has the role of stopper; Afternoon baseball!

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Baseball has a way of spreading the luck, but skill will always set the great ones apart from the others. Over a large enough sample size the luck is supposed to even out, and in the first two dozen games … Continue reading →

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MAT put the team on his back but it’s not enough; Losing streak goes to 4

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

How many times have we written the Washington Nationals had opportunities to blow a game open and failed? It happened again as both Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman stepped up to the plate at different points of the game with … Continue reading →

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Game #24 Nats must stop this skid; Martinez has a new bench!

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals have made four roster moves today and will be expanding the Tres Amigos to Cinco Amigos adding Rafael Bautista and Adrian Sanchez to join Wilmer Difo, Pedro Severino and Moises Sierra. The corresponding moves were placing Shawn Kelley … Continue reading →

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So many opportunities; #Nats don’t take advantage

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When opportunity knocks, you have to take advantage. The Nats had chances from two Giants errors that put men on 3rd and 2nd with one out and couldn’t score a run. They lose 4-to-2 and fall three games under .500 … Continue reading →

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Game #23 Nationals move up the Cali coast to San Fran

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals begin a 3-game series in San Francisco to complete this road trip. With Gio Gonzalez on the mound, he gets to play the role of stopper and get the Nats back to winning ways. The Nationals will face … Continue reading →

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