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You can lose by giving up solo home runs; Nats run themselves out of this one!

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

On paper, the Nats looked like the better team, but it did not matter as the Nats only scored one-run and Anibal Sanchez gave up four solo home runs to take the loss. The Nats hit into four doubleplays including … Continue reading →

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Nats lose the first series in the bullpen!

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When you waste an ace start like the Nats did with Patrick Corbin‘s gem, with a blown save and loss in the bullpen, it magnifies the issues we saw in April and May of last season. Sure, the Nats didn’t … Continue reading →

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Fedde comes up huge in a pinch, and Victor Robles gets him all of the runs he needs! Nats went 1-0!

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When it was announced that Stephen Strasburg was scratched, and Erick Fedde was making a spot start, the sportsbooks went nuts for the Yankees. Well, there’s a reason we play the games. Fedde was excellent even though there were four … Continue reading →

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Win #31 of 2019; Nats in Chicago’s south side to make it 3-in-a-row!

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Andrew Lang

Click here to watch Nats win #31 on June 10th on MASN via MLB.TV at 6:30 pm tonight with the rest of us. Just a quick reminder of what we are doing if this is your first time: As a group, we … Continue reading →

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How do these 2020 #Nats stack up against the competition?

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

How do the 2020 Washington Nationals stack up with the competition? As Fangraphs tinkers with the numbers each day, the Nationals are at a +43.4 team WAR, and that is 8th best in the Majors and 3rd in the National … Continue reading →

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Mike Rizzo is in another walk year on his current contract, is he worried?

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Embed from Getty Images of Mike Rizzo No, Mike Rizzo is not worried at all about his future with the Washington Nationals. During his tenure, he has negotiated six different contracts for himself averaging nearly 2.5 years per deal. He has … Continue reading →

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The miracle run is complete! The Washington Nationals are World Series champs!

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If you believe in crazy proclamations, the departing free agent stood in Clearwater Florida during Spring Training and talked about bringing a title back to D.C., and it has now happened. The miracle run is now complete. The Nationals went … Continue reading →

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Strasburg goes to 5-0 to set a postseason record as he and Rendon force Game 7!

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When the Nats were in another elimination game, it was Stephen Strasburg to the rescue as he went 8 1/3 innings of 2 run baseball for his 5th win (a MLB record) of the postseason and the biggest win of … Continue reading →

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The #Nats take a 2-0 lead in the World Series and now have home field advantage!

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

At the end of the 6th inning of this second game of the World Series, this was a pitcher’s duel between Justin Verlander and Stephen Strasburg who were knotted in a 2-2 game. As Verlander was tiring, he got ambushed … Continue reading →

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Juan Soto makes his presence felt in his first World Series!

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals were given no chance to win tonight. We had heard all of the statistics that the analysts were coming up with to make it seem like a waste of time to show up since Gerrit Cole had … Continue reading →

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