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The ball was flying in the Great American Ballpark as witnessed by the 7 combined home runs today, but it was Sammy Solis who came into the game in the 7th inning with bases loaded in a 4-run game with one-out to face All-Star slugger Joey Votto. While Votto represented the tying run, Solis struck him out on a moving two-seam fastball that got Votto bending back. That didn’t get the Nats out of the inning because Solis had to face the hitterish Scooter Gennett. Solis threw Gennett a knuckle-curve to induce a comebacker back to the reliever to end the threat. Continue reading
The Washington Nationals will play the Minnesota Twins today in an exhibition game at Nationals Park. These distant cousins share a lot of history. The Twins were born out of Washington, D.C. after the Griffith family took the 1960 Washington Senators via relocation to Minneapolis for the 1961 season while taking future Hall-of-Famer 
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.