Big Name Pitchers Own Opening Day
One baseball tradition is to roll out your ace to start the season. Opening day is the one day all season when pretty much every team’s top guy is on the same schedule. It’s all about putting…Read More
MLB Opening Day 2013: Stars Come Out on Opening Day
The anticipation and excitement of Opening Day stems from the long winter absence of baseball (meaningful, non-spring training baseball, that is). And with the first day of action come the matchups. All…Read More
2012 Season Review Series: Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals made good on manager Davey Johnson’s Spring Training assertion that his club should wind up in the playoffs. It seemed an aggressive statement for a club that hadn’t…Read More
Washington Needs Strasburg Now
Let me walk you through a purely hypothetical scenario. Let’s say we have a team on the brink of elimination in the first round of the playoffs, and they have one of the top starting pitchers in…Read More
Nationals Make Big Mistake With Stephen Strasburg
I am even more irritated with the Washington Nationals than I thought I would be after manager Davey Johnson announced to the world after Friday’s game that the team is shutting Stephen Strasburg…Read More
No Shutdown in Sight: Kris Medlen Set to Lead Braves into October
The Washington Nationals are fully prepared to head into the playoffs without their best starting pitcher.…Read More
Strasburg Faces Ticking Clock
Stephen Strasburg has probably been talked about more for his upcoming innings limit than he has for…Read More
Stephen Strasburg’s Rough Outing Shouldn’t Fan The Innings Limit Flame
It’s sort of unfortunate where all of this Stephen Strasburg innings limit talk leaves us. Sure, it…Read More
Nationals Should Compromise On Stephen Strasburg
Pitch on, Stephen Strasburg. I do not believe the Washington Nationals should shut down the ace hurler…Read More
Stephen Strasburg Who? How the Nationals Will be Fine Without Their Ace – Part Two
If you have not read part one of this series, click here and read it. Â I covered the reasons the Nationals…Read More
Stephen Strasburg Who? How the Nationals Will Be Fine Without Their Ace – Part One
What if I were to tell you the Washington Nationals could – and should – be World Series…Read More
Washington Brass Unwavering on Stephen Strasburg’s Innings Limit
The Washington Nationals haven’t wavered in their stance on star righthander Stephen Strasburg…Read More
On Playing Baseball in the Summer’s Heat
I do a lot of armchair, never-played-the-game type analysis. I look at baseball numbers and baseball…Read More
It’s A Shame There’s No Olympic Baseball
This is a case where the rest of the world really did gang up on the United States. We are in the midst…Read More
Where do the Washington Nationals Go From Here?
The Washington Nationals are 20 games over .500 for the first time…well ever. Â The Nationals are…Read More
MLB Scoreboard: The St. Louis Cardinals Spoil Hanley Ramirez’s First Game As A Los Angeles Dodger
NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis Cardinals 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 (F/12) Hanley Ramirez had a nice first game…Read More
Stephen Strasburg’s Innings Limit: Some More Potential Strategies
Allow me to introduce you to Stephen Strasburg, Major League pitcher for the Washington Nationals. Stephen…Read More
All-Star Break Deep Breath Time In Majors
Just got done watching the Yankees thump the Red Sox for the third time this weekend on ESPN Sunday night,…Read More
If the Season Ended Today
As hopefully all baseball fans know at this point, a brand new playoff system will be unveiled for the…Read More
A New Era of Offense
The various offensive eras in baseball history are well documented, but it’s possible we may be…Read More





















