Chess, checkers, and NL East domination. Game on between Dusty Baker & Terry Collins

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Tonight at just after 7pm, the Phillies and Marlins will square off in the beginning of a 3 game series, and tomorrow night the Nats and Mets will meet for the first time this season in a 3 game series. The NL East standings will look very different after Thursday night’s games are complete.

Here is what the NL East standings look like with these 4 teams, and there is no other division with 4 teams that have won at least 20 games at this point in the season and in fact there are no other division with 3 teams with at least 20 wins:
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The Second 18 — 9-9 is OK

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Section222

Sure would be nice if we could just forget the last two games of the Marlins series, wouldn’t it? Well, since the second 18 games of the season ended with the front end of Saturday’s doubleheader, let’s do that. For a little while anyway.
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A 0-0 game changes as the sun monster changes the direction: Postgame

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

You just never know in sports what will happen on any given Sunday.  Joe Ross was ready to put up a zero when the sun shined in Stephen Drew’s eyes to score 2 runs on what would have been the 3rd out on a routine infield pop-up. That made the score 2-0.
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Game #38 Joe Ross and Jose Fernandez face-off: Game Thread

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Joe Ross will be making his 7th start of the season and is sporting a 2.29 ERA that is 7th best in the NL, and Joe Cool will have to pitch great today as the Marlins have a guy named Jose Fernandez who can bring it. Fernandez has had his struggles this year and has a 3.54 ERA while slightly worse on the road at 3.71. This game will come down to making pitches when you have to.
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Nats split the doubleheader and will get ready for tomorrow: Postgame

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats put out a roster that resembled quite a few Spring Training line-ups. Nats lose 7-1 and the game was never really close, and while the Nationals had some chances to score, Tanner Roark dug a hole giving up 7 earned runs. Sammy Solis was very good in 3 innings of scoreless relief.

Joe Ross will pitch tomorrow against Jose Fernandez, and then the Nats will get an day off on Monday before they head to New York for their first games against the Mets.

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Game #37 Bryce Harper drops appeal of suspension, Ramos doing an Ernie Banks: Game Thread

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

As expected, Bryce Harper has dropped his appeal of his suspension from MLB for an incident with umpire Brian Knight earlier in the week, and Harper will serve the suspension in Game 2 of today’s doubleheader. The risk if Bryce had his appeal heard and lost his appeal, he would have been suspended in one of the games against the Mets which was a risk not worth taking.
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Nats win game 1 of the doubleheader with the better bullpen!: Postgame

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats won this game by a score of 6-4 and the game-winning RBI was from a Wilson Ramos HR. Michael Taylor was the offensive star with 2 hits and 2 walks. Stephen Strasburg worked 6 innings and gave up 3 runs for his 6th win of the season as he is now 6-0.  Wilson Ramos raises his OPS to .963 and made some great game calling when it counted most as 3 different Nats pitchers struck out Giancarlo Stanton including Jonathan Papelbon for the final out of the game for Pap’s 11th save of the season. Shawn Kelley was excellent out of the bullpen going 1 2/3 innings of no run relief for his 3rd hold of the season.
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Game #36 A full slate of baseball in game 1 of a doubleheader: Game Thread

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Dusty Baker is allowing his players to arrive later this morning if they don’t need treatments, and you hope each Nats player could squeeze in near 8 hours of sound sleep. It helps when you come off of a win. In Game 1 of the doubleheader, the Marlins send lefty Justin Nicolino to the mound while the Nats have this guy named Stephen Strasburg.
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ZiMS Foundation Gala was a big hit! A Night at the Park

Posted on May 13, 2016 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

ZiMS Foundation May 12, 2016 A Night at the Park

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Well, that was a fun event. A night after Max Scherzer’s 20 strikeout outing had a buzz that carried over to this wonderful charitable event for Multiple Sclerosis.

“We are family,” Max Scherzer said. “Obviously, an MS cause is close to Ryan’s heart because his mom is affected. I know research for this disease is paramount. Anything I can do to help out a teammate, help out his family, and at the end of the day, we are all family. This is a good thing to do and a great event to be a part of.”

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Big win by the Nats to come from behind. Drew, Harper, Heisey and the bullpen get it done!: Postgame

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Stephen Drew has to get the first star tonight for his pinch-hit game tying 2 run HR and Bryce Harper the 2nd star for his go-ahead 2 run HR. The 3rd star to Oliver Perez for getting Gio out of trouble with a doubleplay ball with bases loaded. Chris Heisey had a huge pinch-hit HR to make the margin 2 runs for the 9th. Jonathan Papelbon with a quick save that was his 359th of his career that moved him past Troy Percival for sole possession of 10th place on the all-time saves list. Congratulations  Paps!
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