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http://nats320.blogspot.com/ - Beginning in 2005, The African Queen and I enjoyed Section 320 at RFK Stadium. Our Washington Nationals and the Nats320 Blog came to life for us there. Since 2008-we've sat in Section 218 at Nationals Park, but our blog name has not changed. Our ...

Fortunate
The Washington Redskins Jason Campbell , The New York Jets Mark Sanchez (although his injury occurred his senior year at USC) , The Los Angeles Lakers Andrew Bynum and The Arizona Diamondbacks Chad Qualls --fortunate all to be professional athletes. All of whom not so fortunate to share ...
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Welcome Back
Coming through Immigration & Customs at Dulles International Airport overnight, the I.C.E Agent notices my Red Curly "W" Cap on top of my head. "You a Nats Fan?" he asked. "Yeah, Big Time," I respond. "Just read during my break that Stephen Strasburg hurt his knee in Arizona shagging flies ...
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The Ballpark Tour
Walking around Nationals Park yesterday with virtually no one in sight was quite fun. Sohna and I took The Ballpark Tour, with Les as our guide, beginning at 10:30AM Friday Morning. There were just two other fans along for the ride. Each Season Ticket Holder was given "X" number of free passes ...
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Blogger Availability With Jim Riggleman
Early this afternoon, Mike Gazda, Director of Baseball Media Relations for Our Washington Nationals conducted a Blogger Availability with Jim Riggleman, the 3rd Full-Time Manager of D.C's team since baseball returned to The Nation's Capital in 2005. As it turned out, Sohna and I happened to be ...
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Nats Baseball
The taking home of two prestigious individual awards this week by Ryan Zimmerman has spotted a new positive light down on Our Washington Nationals. For some time, the national media, and even the local press contingent in the Washington metropolitan area (bloggers too) has used Our Washington ...
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Jim Riggleman/Mike Rizzo Press Conference
Prior commitments made it impossible to attend this afternoon's Media Availability with newly named full-time manager Jim Riggleman and General Manager Mike Rizzo at Nationals Park. Despite that setback, Sohna was able to record the proceedings on MASN (who televised the press conference). ...
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Ryan Zimmerman--Gold Glove Recipient
For two years now, we've felt Ryan Zimmerman deserved the Gold Glove for defensive excellence at 3rd Base. Today, his peers of Managers and Coaches finally saw that light too and fittingly awarded Our Number 11 the trophy for real. Zimmy the 2009 Rawlings Gold Glove recipient for 3rd Base in ...
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The 4th Annual ziMS Foundation Golf Tournament
Ryan Zimmerman, John Lannan & Craig Stammen from Our Washington Nationals. David Wright from The New York Mets. Michael Cuddyer from The Minnesota Twins. And Joel Hanrahan from The Pittsburgh Pirates. Just six of the 144 Golfers on hand this past Saturday at The Red Wing Lake ...
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4th Annual ziMS Foundation Gala
"We hope that person by person you will pass it on" stated Keith Zimmerman. "And because of all you we are making it happen and hopefully finding a cure." Ryan Zimmerman's father was accompianed by his wife, Cheryl. Both were on stage in front of nearly 300 attendees at the 4th ziMs Foundation ...
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Frank Robinson--The Picture Of The Day
On the very day this picture was taken on April 17th 1956, Frank Robinson was 20 Years Old and about to play in his very first Major League Regular Season Game for The Cincinnati Reds. Over 50 Years later, Frank Robby would wear a Big League Uniform for the last time in a Regular Season Game ...
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Please Let The Celebration Breath
Please Let The Celebration Breath
nats320.blogspot.com — Not 15 seconds after Mark Teixeira recorded the final out of Game 6 of the 2009 World Series, Major League Baseball Officials and Staff were all over the field getting in the way of The New York Yankees celebrating their victory. Do you think MLB ... (more) Please Let The Celebration Breath
No Old Boys Network Any Longer
Since the 2009 baseball Season came to a close for Our Washington Nationals, General Manager Mike Rizzo has been quite the busy person. Slowly and methodically, he's been rebuilding, reorganizing and transforming D.C.'s Baseball team--from the top side down. Today, more moves in the front ...
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A Few Minutes With Craig Stammen
After reading "Casey At The Bat" and playing catch with some of the young patients presently residing at The Children's Inn at NIH , Our Washington Nationals John Lannan and Craig Stammen stopped to take questions from a few bloggers attending yesterday's events. This provided an opportunity ...
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The Children's Inn at NIH
“The children who come here have exhausted all their other options," stated Meredith Daly, Media Relations Coordinator from The Children's Inn at NIH . "This is their last chance. Pediatric Cancer is 87% curable. We get the other 13%. So, the likelihood is that we will lose a lot of these ...
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Z-Man, Hondo, Frank Robby, Killer & Kitty
Five Major League Baseball Greats--all with ties to Washington, D.C.--will be among the guests this weekend in Chantilly, Virginia at the Collectors Showcase Of America Event at The Dulles Expo Center . Ryan Zimmerman, Frank Howard, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew & Jim Kaat will be on hand ...
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One Person Can Make A Difference
One person can make a difference. That's the belief of The Jefferson Awards For Public Service . Since 1972, what began as the "Nobel Prize" for civic duty has transformed into a "Call For Action" for volunteers. In an era where individual accomplishments many times overshadow community needs, ...
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Good For You Manny
While driving around running errands this afternoon, WTOP announces at 3:15PM that Manny Acta had been named the new Manager of The Cleveland Indians . I shouted out the loudest "YEEEES!!" in some time. This guy stopped next to me at the red light looked over. He happened to be wearing a Red ...
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Talking Nats Baseball With Phil Wood--The Final Chapter
Whether this particular player is available and willing to play for Our Washington Nationals in 2010, Phil Wood believes this sure fire Hall Of Famer would be an asset to D.C. Baseball--whether he's near the very end of his stellar career or not. As we conclude Talking Nats Baseball With Phil ...
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Talking Nats Baseball With Phil Wood--Part Two
Washington Baseball Historian and MASN Broadcaster Phil Wood spent the the first part of our lunch time chat discussing philosophy. What Our Washington Nationals are attempting to accomplish with personnel since Mike Rizzo was named permanent General Manager. And when we concluded yesterday's ...
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