by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats.
The Nationals hosted their Hot Stove event on Saturday at Nats Park, and it was full of tidbits of coming attractions at the ballpark and some small nuggets that GM Mike Rizzo was willing to give up to the audience. Continue reading
At the 16th annual Step Up to the Plate fundraiser dinner, the University of Virginia honored Washington Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and closer Sean Doolittle on Saturday night by inducting them into the baseball Hall of Fame. Zimmerman and Doolittle were among 15 former players and coaches who made up the inaugural HoF class. Both players were on-hand for the event, and they were presented with home plate shaped plaques that listed their accomplishments as players at UVA. Continue reading
Having season tickets for the Nationals comes with privileges. You get an invitation to attend the 2018 Hot Stove Session next weekend with Mike Rizzo, Dave Martinez and Valerie Camillo. The Natioanls have asked that those fans who want to ask questions must submit their questions in advance as they said it was more efficient to do it this way. Questions must be submitted to the Nats by Wednesday, January 31st at 5:00 p.m. to be considered.
It is a top event on the season, and you get to hear the speakers talk more openly at this event with a good chance that Mike Rizzo gives an exclusive tidbit to the audience like he has done in the past. Continue reading
Pictured is Gabe Kapler in his prime.
Asking the question to a strength and conditioning coach as to which workout routine is the best for baseball players must be replied to with a complicated answer. All baseball players are different and while there are basic workouts that could fit each player — there is no advanced workouts in a “one size fits all” package.
Back in 1979, I “was” somewhat of an expert on working-out as one of the strongest humans pound for pound at 75 kilograms. It is history — uh actually ancient history as I am 3 years away from 60-years-old and the loss of natural hormones causes fat to surround muscle at a greater pace than when I was younger. In my youth, I was fit and strong and teaching others how to do what I did. What I learned back in the late-1970s and early 1980s is that not everyone could do what I did because of genetics.
It was also that era when athletes were finding muscles in a syringe. Anabolic steroids were readily available in my gym, and some of these “gym rats” would want you to believe they did it “naturally”. It turned me off from the world I was in. Hanging out in dirty smelly gyms like Dynamo in College Park, Maryland was no longer as fun as it once was. My group that I hung out in would travel around to different gyms showing off our feats of strength. I got away from that life at the right time as performance enhancing drugs were becoming too widely prescribed and considered acceptable. The dirty little secret was out although widely ignored in baseball for nearly two decades. Continue reading
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