Win #9 of 2019 put the Nats back over .500

Photo by Andrew Lang for TalkNats

Click here to watch Nats win #9 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 are going to be re-watching all 105 wins from the Nats 2019 season in chronological order at 6:30 pm each night. We will all try to sync up to the same point in the game, and this is a work in progress to maneuver to the same point in the game. Feel free to ask in the comments section where everyone is in the game so you can sync up. Many people are joining in at different points, and most people are not commenting — rather just following along.

The MLB.TV library is unlocked and free to everyone for the 2018-2019 season courtesy of MLB. This win #9 is in the 17th game in the season, and the Nats took a 8-8 record into this game with a chance to move above .500 with a Curly W! Continue reading

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Signs, signs, everywhere were signs! Sign stealing, sign confiscating, and sign waving! The #Nats 2019 season of signs!

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Win #8 of the 2019 season kept the Nats hovering around the .500 mark!

Photo by Lee Heiman for Talknats

Click here to watch Nats win #8 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 are going to be re-watching all 105 wins from the Nats 2019 season in chronological order at 6:30 pm each night. We will all try to sync up to the same point in the game, and this is a work in progress to maneuver to the same point in the game. Feel free to ask in the comments section where everyone is in the game so you can sync up. Many people are joining in at different points, and most people are not commenting — rather just following along.

The MLB.TV library is unlocked and free to everyone for the 2018-2019 season courtesy of MLB. This win #8 is in the 16th game in the season, and the Nats took a 7-8 record into this game with a chance to move to .500 with a Curly W! Continue reading

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Win #7 of 2019 for the #Nats against the Pirates

Photo by Lynn G. for TalkNats

Click here to watch Nats win #7 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 are going to be re-watching all 105 wins from the Nats 2019 season in chronological order at 6:30 pm each night. We will all try to sync up to the same point in the game, and this is a work in progress to maneuver to the same point in the game. Feel free to ask in the comments section where everyone is in the game so you can sync up. Last night, many people joined in at different points, and we all got to enjoy it.

The MLB.TV library is unlocked and free to everyone for the 2018-2019 season courtesy of MLB. This win #7 is in the 13th game in the season, and the Nats took a 6-6 record into this game with a chance to move above .500 with a Curly W! Continue reading

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Win #6 Nats could move above .500 with a win in this game in Philly!

Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats

Click here to watch Nats win #6 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 are going to be re-watching all 105 wins from the Nats 2019 season in chronological order at 6:30 pm each night. We will all try to sync up to the same point in the game, and this is a work in progress to maneuver to the same point in the game. Feel free to ask in the comments section where everyone is in the game so you can sync up. Last night, many people joined in at different points, and we all got to enjoy it.

The MLB.TV library is unlocked and free to everyone for the 2018-2019 season courtesy of MLB. This win #6 is in the 11th game in the season, and the Nats took a 5-5 record into this game with a chance to move above .500 with a Curly W! Continue reading

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A real tell-all about the last days of Ray Knight at MASN; Johnny Holliday also!

Ray Knight with a fan during the final game of the 2019 NLCS; Photo by Andrew Lang

As many remember, Ray Knight returned to Nationals Park as a fan for the 2019 postseason. He had a short-term gig on sports radio with the Team 980 to do daily shows for the Nats postseason run, and some of the broadcasts were “live” from Walter’s Sports Bar across from Nats Park. The 66-year-old truly loved the Washington Nationals who were indirectly employing him through MASN from 2007 to 2018 and on this day during the NLCS elimination game on October 15, 2019, Knight was cheering like a fan in the stadium. Happier days at MASN were behind him and nobody wants to leave a job on somebody else’s terms. We broke the news on TalkNats then later on Twitter when we had more information about why Knight was off the “air” on MASN during the end of September 2018. Now, there is a fantastic “gloves off” tell-all by Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic. It is a must read. Continue reading

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Win #5 of 2019 on MASN via MLB.TV at 6:30 pm; Strasburg with a game to forget!

Photo by Lynn G for TalkNats

Click here to watch Nats win #5 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 are going to be re-watching all 105 wins from the Nats 2019 season in chronological order at 6:30 pm each night. We will all try to sync up to the same point in the game, and this is a work in progress to maneuver to the same point in the game. Feel free to ask in the comments section where everyone is in the game so you can sync up. Last night, many people joined in at different points, and we all got to enjoy it.

The MLB.TV library is unlocked and free to everyone for the 2018-2019 season courtesy of MLB. This win #5 is another heavyweight fight on the marquee between Stephen Strasburg and Aaron NolaContinue reading

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Win #4 of 2019 on MASN via MLB.TV at 6:30 pm; It’s Scherzday!

Photo by Andrew Lang

Click here to watch Nats win #4 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 are going to be re-watching all 105 wins from the Nats 2019 season in chronological order at 6:30 pm each night. We will all try to sync up to the same point in the game, and this is a work in progress to maneuver to the same point in the game. Feel free to ask in the comments section where everyone is in the game so you can sync up. Last night, many people joined in at different points, and we all got to enjoy it.

The MLB.TV library is unlocked and free to everyone for the 2018-2019 season courtesy of MLB. This win #4 is Max Scherzer against Zack Wheeler. Continue reading

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It’s An Asterisk Season; Outside the Box Scheduling

Update.

So do MLB Execs read TalkNats? Inquiring minds would like to know.

Bob Nightengale wrote this article MLB discussing plan to start season in late June, playing in home stadiums with realigned league and it looks pretty similar to what we described here.

For some reason they put the Braves in the Central and the Blue Jays in the East. But otherwise their leagues line up with our proposal. The thought of being able to watch every regular season Nationals game and NEVER having to hear or watch the Braves chop does sound like a great idea however.

Whether or not a late June start is possible (without fans) is still a question. So whether a 100 game season is possible is still up in the air.

Original Post.

A while back the idea was floated that MLB was looking into playing all the games for all the teams in Arizona taking advantage of the numerous Spring Training facilities there. The players would have to be isolated there. Sean and Eireann Doolittle made their dislike of that idea pretty public.  So did a lot of other players. The likelihood that the MLB Players Association would agree to the plan originally proposed (and most any variation of it) is almost certainly slim to none.

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Win #3 of 2019 on MASN via MLB.TV at 6:30 pm; Nats face the Mets in their home opener; Strasburg v Syndergaard

Photo by Lynn G. for TalkNats

Click here to watch Nats win #3 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 are going to be re-watching all 105 wins from the Nats 2019 season in chronological order at 6:30 pm each night. We will all try to sync up to the same point in the game, and this is a work in progress to maneuver to the same point in the game. Feel free to ask in the comments section where everyone is in the game so you can sync up. Last night, many people joined in at different points, and we all got to enjoy it.

The MLB.TV library is unlocked and free to everyone for the 2018-2019 season courtesy of MLB. This win #3 features Stephen Strasburg versus Noah SyndergaardContinue reading

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