Fantasy baseball in real life does not work in building a team or wishing for a new team owner!

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Mensch Tracht Un Gad (Gott) Lacht: Part 2: The Juan Soto trade

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Forensicane
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One of the more striking aspects of this exercise is how much the Juan Soto trade continues to dominate discussion about the Nationals present and future. Whether this reflects our adapting to the loss of a truly beloved superstar we thought would go into Cooperstown as a Nat, or whether it was akin to Cinema Paradiso’s teardown of the remaining vestige of 2019 glory, the stages of grief are on display here and elsewhere. They will be for at least a few years, too, because of the “retool” that from the start, offered promise of both early and later returns. “Hope” is one thing. “Hope just around the corner” means Mentsch tracht. Un Gott (corrections appreciated) lacht.

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Game #143 Washington and the DMV is abuzz in sports aplenty

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals had a lead that they lost in the bullpen last night, but in the end, the Nats won on an 11th inning wild pitch walk-off. After a rain delay of over four hours, and a very long extra innings game — it was over 8.0 hours to get most Nats fans door-to-door last night. They got a 6.0 inning one-run gem from Jake Irvin who pushed his ERA down to 4.20 — and the most impressive part is his 3.76 ERA in the second half. Josiah Gray‘s second half slide only has him 0.07 in ERA ahead of Gray for the team lead.

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Game #142 Afternoon baseball at Nats Park

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats

The Washington Nationals had a lead that they lost in the bullpen last night. They only got 4.0 innings from starter, MacKenzie Gore, who was placed on the 15-day IL with a blister on his finger, and that might end his season since there are only 20-games remaining after tonight.

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Mensch Tracht Und Gad Lacht: The 2023 Nationals Edition

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Forensicane
Last glimpses of Scherzer in the Curly W; Photo by Sol Tucker this past week

Part 1: The Max Scherzer trade, and the 2021 trading deadline

Some background, I don’t speak Yiddish, but one of the joys of being unapologetically Jewish and respectful of the older generation is a proximity to Yiddish culture from pre-World War II Europe. The Yiddish language is full of alliterative witticisms and understated humor that sometimes cannot be directly translated, sometimes can be, but always meaning so much more than the words themselves. I have numerous favorites, as do a few of you, I imagine, and might not realize the root of the word you are using goes back to Yiddish.

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Game #141 Nats have the Dodgers in for the weekend

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
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The Washington Nationals have a weekend series with the Dodgers that begins tonight with MacKenzie Gore on the mound. There will be no Stephen Strasburg retirement announcement this weekend. He might not retire at all. More on this later because tonight should be about the game.

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Jacob Young has had 10-full games to show-off his hot tools!

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #140 Nats looking for a series split

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
Joan Adon by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats

The Washington Nationals losing streak continues with the starting pitchers putting the team in a deep hole. The offense fought back but it is hard to win when your starter gives up 8-runs over 4.0 innings.

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Weak links further exposed for the Nats

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #139 Nats and Mets for a quick 2-game series

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
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The Washington Nationals are mired in a losing streak that just feels like they cannot put together enough runs to make up for the issues with the pitching. We will see if Patrick Corbin has a gem in him and can be a stopper for his team that could use a win in September.

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