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For humans, change can be the enemy. Change can be scary. Change can be viewed as something to be avoided, both big and small. In the 20 years of Washington Nationals baseball in DC, change is not something we’ve encountered when it comes to the voice we hear as we turn on our televisions to watch the team we love. Bob Carpenter was hired by the Nationals in 2006 to be the television voice of the team, a brand new team in our nation’s capital. No pressure! Bob took this job and ran with it — and on September 28, his final day on MASN, he will have 20 baseball years completed.
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We recently upgraded our comment system to improve reliability, performance, and long-term control, and we’re currently running both systems during the transition. This shift moves us away from an external service to a system we run and control directly—meaning we own the content and can continue improving it over time. We’ve also reduced the comment refresh delay from about 30 seconds to 10 seconds, making it much closer to real-time.
We understand there have been frustrations and increased feedback, and we’re actively working to improve things. What we ask is simple: use the system and give it a fair shot. If you run into issues, please submit them through the support form so we can track and fix them properly. Repeated complaints without details don’t help us solve problems—we appreciate your patience as we continue refining the experience.
If you’d like a full side-by-side comparison of the platforms and the reasons behind this decision, please refer to the chart below. This change is being made with the long-term benefit of the entire community in mind.