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Orioles Seek Middle-of-the-Order Bat, Eyeing Michael Morse

The Baltimore Orioles surprised everyone in baseball by pushing the Yankees to the final weekend of the season and earning a Wild Card berth into the playoffs. So far this Winter, however, the Orioles…Read More

Denard Span Acquired by Nationals

The Washington Nationals have landed center fielder Denard Span in a trade with the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. In return, the Twins will receive minor league right hander Alex Meyer. Washington has been…Read More

Davey Johnson Is NL Manager Of Year

The old men of the dugout fared best in the National League manager of the year voting, with Davey Johnson, turning 70 in January, out-pointing Dusty Baker, 63. Johnson got credit for the upstart Washington…Read More

Bryce Harper NL Rookie Of Year

Life is pretty much going the way Bryce Harper planned it. So confident of his baseball ability that he left high school early, obtained a GED, and played a year of junior college ball to speed up his…Read More

Nationals Finalize New Contract with Davey Johnson

Managerial openings for a handful of Major League teams have been the talk of the town for the past few weeks, particularly with the curious hiring decisions made by the Boston Red Sox (John Farrell),…Read More

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Adam LaRoche Drawing Interest From Red Sox, Rangers

Coming off a career-best season, free agent first baseman Adam LaRoche is drawing interest from the…Read More

Adam LaRoche, Nationals Talking Long-Term Deal

After a strong season that saw the Washington Nationals win 98 games and make the playoffs as a franchise…Read More

2012 Season Review Series: Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals made good on manager Davey Johnson’s Spring Training assertion that his…Read More

Playoffs Packed With Drama

Is it possible to go directly from the bench to a monument at Yankee Stadium? Well, Raul Ibanez just…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…Read More

Yanks-Orioles, Cards-Nationals Real Playoff Wars

After watching several more hours of playoff baseball a couple of thoughts occurred to me: 1) The Yankees…Read More

Sunday’s Playoff Starting Pitchers

I was glancing through the scheduled starting pitchers for today’s four playoff games, two of which…Read More

Well-Traveled Gio Gonzalez Has Finally Realized Potential

At least there is one. A 20-game winner in the majors this season. Thank you, Gio Gonzalez. With the…Read More

Ryan Zimmerman’s Big Second Half

In a few short weeks, the Washington Nationals will be making their first playoff appearance since moving…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…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

MLB Uniform Power Rankings: Part 2

Time for part 2 of my MLB Jersey Power Rankings on CTTP. Part 1 can be found here. Part 3 will be posted…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