Game #5 Nats in Atlanta for a road test!

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Truist Park, Atlanta Georgia; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats

The Washington Nationals really needed a win on Sunday, and they got it before boarding their flight last night to Atlanta.  Continue reading →

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Nats Head on the Road for First Time in 2022

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Marc Goldstein

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Searching for Silver Linings in FredNats Echoes

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Forensicane

SALISBURY, MD; The Nationals’ top position prospect; Photo by Andrew Lang for TalkNats

Unlike most of you, I am a Nationals fan who graduated from years of Expos loyalty. And perhaps for that reason, I am not as demoralized and crushed by the poor prognosis of the season and its early failures. For many years I endured bad Expos teams, and my loyalty was eventually rewarded in part, but then the yearly disappointments of coming close and fading, then watching the team lose a procession of players with ripening free agency to other locations where they would star. Continue reading →

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Game #4 Are you as bad as you look when you’re losing?

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you’re never as bad as you look when you’re losing… Whatever. We knew this team was going to lose 90ish games. They were built to lose. That is no secret, and that it would take a miracle to change that. This roster has more holes than Swiss cheese, and fans are wondering who they should blame. Relax, this is part of what you do when you are in a rebuild. People forget about “The Plan” put into motion for the 2007 season that propelled the Nats from the worst farm system in baseball when they came over from Montreal to a playoff team in just five full seasons after the Lerners took control of ownership from MLB.

The good news, it will not take a five year rebuild this time around. Some of the building blocks are in place, and patience is needed, and yes, a lot of cash will need to be spent. The starting pitching does not look good, and the offense is hitting below their weight. You don’t want to judge everything on just three games.
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Game #3 The #Nats need a starter who can go deeper!

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The matchup we all waited to see; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats

The starting pitching has looked uninspiring so far by the Washington Nationals. If the Nats starting pitchers were openers, then it would be mission accomplished — but falling apart in the fourth inning has doomed the Nats in the first two games of the season. Tonight, they send the inexperienced Joan Adon to the mound for the 0-2 Nats. Continue reading →

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Game #2 Nats face their past!

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats

The Washington Nationals started the 2022 season as expected. Now they face Max Scherzer in a Mets jersey, and it is a reminder of the best and worst of the Nats team history and a reminder of the cyclical nature of sports. For Scherzer,  he left at a good time, and one of the players he was traded for, Josiah Gray,  takes the mound to face the former Nats’ ace. Continue reading →

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Game #1 Opening Day 2022 comes with low expectations for the Nats!

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Few remember that the Washington Nationals entered the 2021 with lofty goals, and they were actually in second place and 2.5 games from first place on July 1. Maybe it was the dual injuries to Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner that sunk the ship, or it was just the rocks they hit that are a sailor’s reminder of the rough seas that ruin a good charted course. Continue reading →

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Who’s on the Nats’ roster in ’23?

Posted on April 6, 2022 by 2019Nats

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The roster took an unexpected turn yesterday!

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats

Just when you thought you had the Washington Nationals’ roster figured out, Andrew Stevenson, the veteran pinch-hitter was DFA’d, and reliever Tyler Clippard was sent to minor league camp. Continue reading →

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Opinion: The CBA didn’t do enough for the fans

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Major League Baseball commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. and Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark in 2017 (Photo by Alex Trautwig/WBCI/MLB via Getty Images)

Most fans have already forgiven Major League Baseball for the self-imposed lock-out that lasted 99 days. It delayed Spring Training camps from opening on-time and Opening Day was pushed back. We were supposed to be playing real baseball games today.

This collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was the one that player-union-rep Max Scherzer seemed to indicate would make the game better for the fans. Some fans, maybe, but not this fan because it did not go far enough. While the anti-tanking measures were a good start, it needed to go further. They instituted a universal DH, but many fans like myself liked the National League game “as is” with pitchers batting just like they did 120 years ago. The rest of the CBA squabbling was just the typical finger-pointing and tug-of-war about money. In the end, the fans didn’t get much and were short-changed as usual.

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