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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

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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.  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.  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