Category Archives: Lerners

Scene & Heard, Heard & Seen, Hide & Seek, The #Nats Off-Season

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Washington Nationals (@nationals) The scene at The Ballpark at the Palm Beaches was photographed at sunrise with the lake in the foreground and the stadium in the background.

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Bryce Harper is now earning more than the #Nats 2016 MVP

The pencil shavings and eraser crumbs were sprinkled all over Mike Rizzo’s desk yesterday as he kept sharpening his pencil over and over until Bryce Harper, Anthony Rendon, Tanner Roark, and Derek Norris all agreed to their 2017 salaries. Of … Continue reading

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Media suggesting Ian Desmond and Matt Wieters. What payroll flexibility do the Nats have?

Get ready for the constant deluge from the media tying the Nats to all the top free agents as it has already started with Tom Boswell’s mentioning of a fit with free agent Ian Desmond  which was then followed up … Continue reading

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MASN files more Motions vs MLB and the Nats

In case you missed it, the paperwork and accusations are flying again in this MASN dispute. Lots of new cross motions being filed between MASN, MLB, and the Nationals over the past few weeks. An already bitter fight between the … Continue reading

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The Draft is on Thursday and the #Nats have picks!

It has been a while since the Washington Nationals fans have had some buzz around draft day since it has been a long time now that the Nats have picked twice in the 1st round.  The Nats had 3 picks … Continue reading

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New MASN Filing Exposes The Profits Retained by the Orioles!

This morning Eric Fisher of the Sports Business Journal was putting out new information on the MASN dispute.

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Book Report: Lawyerball: Os vs the #Nats

Name the title, author, and the number of pages: Lawyerball: The Courtroom Battle of the Orioles Against the Nationals and MLB for the Future of Baseball, Charles H. Martin, 242 pages Identify the type of book: Non-fiction Identify the main … Continue reading

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Scherzer on the left, Roark on the right, stuck in the middle with… 3/18/16

Life is about adjustments. And sometimes, you just get very lucky and draw to that inside straight. So after a good night’s sleep and a morning workout, we had planned an afternoon visit to minor league camp to check out … Continue reading

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Updated: Report from the Hot Stove #Nats #Rizzo

“I am a firm believer in the American people. If given the truth, they can be depended on to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.”–Abraham Lincoln. And yes, there were … Continue reading

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The media has been giving the #Nats the Rodney Dangerfield treatment.

For those of you who are old enough to remember the stand-up comedy of Rodney Dangerfield, you know his famous line, “That’s the story of my life, I get no respect!”  and that seems like the history of the Expos … Continue reading

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