“Your job as a pitcher is to obfuscate” — Trevor Williams

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #35 Nats and O’s have a marketing collab

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
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The Washington Nationals had a successful Cinco de Mayo, and now on Siete de Mayo is the first sign of a Nationals and Orioles truce. We had hoped that the first sign of a truce would be the splitting of the MASN TV network. But instead of that being announced, an olive branch was extended in a different form. This was a cherry blossom branch that was extended in a sign of peace between new Orioles’ owner, David Rubenstein, and Nats’ principal owner, Mark Lerner. The teams are doing a Washington x Baltimore City Connect collab for tonight’s game.

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If the season ended today, the Washington Nationals would be a playoff team!

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
There is a lot of fight in this team; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats

There are only six teams in the National League with a record of .500 or better. All of those teams would be in the playoffs today if the season was over. The Washington Nationals would be one of those playoff teams. They would be the third and final Wild Card team. It seems inconceivable yet this is factual.

You could say a 17-17 record means nothing with 79.01 percent of the season to play — or you could smile and think — that maybe the Nats could make a promotion of top prospect James Wood and some other upgrades — then roll the dice to see if they can be the 2024 version of last year’s Reds, Marlins or the Diamondbacks.

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Analyzing The Nationals’ Season Thus Far

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Stan4Nats

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Game #34 Nats have a series to win on Cinco de Mayo

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
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The Washington Nationals wrap up their season series with a rubber game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Cinco de Mayo and Star Wars weekend. Yesterday was a bummer loss, and the page has to be turned — but don’t forget the lesson in the book that you just read.

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Defense Matters cannot be said enough

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #33 Star Wars Day on another rainy day in Washington, DC

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
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The Washington Nationals have their Star Wars weekend celebration going today with a Kyle Finnegan Star Wars bobblehead. What might have been a sell-out will be another game dampened by rain that will keep the crowds away from outside activities today. Last night was chilly and the rains held-off just long enough to get the game in before the skies opened up after midnight around the DMV. What a comeback win last night. The Nats are now tied for the MLB lead with 11 come-from-behind victories.

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Keibert Ruiz’s first at-bat showed a patience that was needed — then went back to old Keibert

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #32 has the Blue Jays in DC

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
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The Washington Nationals are back home after a very successful 5-2 road trip. The team is bobbing and weaving by the .500 level, and at 15-16 it won’t be easy as the team will face the Blue Jays best two pitchers tonight and tomorrow while the Nats send the struggling Patrick Corbin (0-3, 6.82 ERA) to the mound this evening.

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The offense could offend you!

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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