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Game #3 Opening Day in Washington DC – Game Thread #Nats

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Andrew Lang

Do you remember those Train To Reign shirts from Spring Training? Change that to Rain To Reign. The weather will once again be a factor for the Washington Nationals and it changed up the starting rotation already.

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#Nats sweep 2 game series in Atlanta to start the season 2-0 Den Dekker is the story!

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Matt den Dekker last year came in to pinch-hit versus the Dodgers on July 17th, and hit a game-winning ‘Upper Dekker’ HR which was only the 3rd of his career. Tonight he arrives to the park in the 5th inning and you don’t know how his timing is, and he once again doesn’t get caught up in the situation, and steps in to pinch-hit 2 innings after he arrived at the stadium on a flight from Syracuse. MdD rattled the outfield wall with a bases clearing double for the game winning RBIs. You can’t make this stuff up!

If you don’t believe it, at least watch the replay:

Who needs BP, right @UpperDekker? Fresh off a flight, right into a pinch-hit go-ahead double! pic.twitter.com/n4p83sEz4Z

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) April 7, 2016

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Game #2 in Atlanta for the #Nats Game Thread with No Revere (DL)

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Mike Rizzo and Dusty Baker have the complications of setting their Game #2 line-up without their tablesetter Ben Revere who landed on the DL with the oblique strain and the Nats recall Matt den Dekker. The Nats will face RHP Bud Norris in this 7:10pm match-up against Stephen Strasburg.

With the day-off on Tuesday, you can expect that all relievers will be available in this game.

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Decision Day on Ben Revere’s injury

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Ben Revere sustained an injury to his right-side oblique and ribcage area. Revere said after Monday’s Opening Day that he would take his meds and get some rest and see how he feels. On Tuesday he got some treatment, and today we will be in wait and see mode on how Revere feels and what the team decides to do.

It’s fairly clear that if Ben Revere had to go on the DL that Rizzo would call-up Matt den Dekker as the extra outfielder, and the starting centerfielder would be Michael A. Taylor.

The Nationals could also determine that Revere only needs a few days rest and not make a DL move and go a man short.

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Bryce Harper’s Opening Day Victus BH137.1 bat & new Topps card & the ‘Make Baseball Fun Again’ cap

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Andrew Lang

On Opening Day, Bryce Harper had many bats to choose from for his gamers to be placed in the dugout, and he is very particular with the bats he uses in a game. On the 1st game of the season, Bryce chose a newly modified Victus bat to use as his primary bat. Bryce went with a BH137.1 model made by Victus Bats. In Bryce’s 1st at-bat of the season, he hit a HR with that bat, and it was career HR #98.

bryce harper victus opening day 2016

Bryce Harper is now 2 HRs shy of joining the 100 career Home Run club which he should be part of quickly in 2016. Which lucky bat will he hit it #100 with? Continue reading →

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Opening Day: A Nationals’ Holiday indeed! Late and great and FUN!

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Andrew Lang

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