natsfarm.com - 6/25/2009
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Given the struggles on the field in 2009, many Nationals fans had circled June 9 on their calendars. It was on that date the Nationals selected right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the first overall selection in the Rule 4 Draft.
What most fans do not realize is that July 2 is almost as ...
The Nationals Would Be in First If...
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 6/25/2009 — The Washington Nationals would be in first place if...if the games were only three or four innings long. The Nationals have played 69 games and have lost 49 of them. The Fan follows the games every night and it always seems like the Nationals are in the lead. In fact, tonight, the Fan saw the ...
Washington Nationals: Outline Of A Firesale
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 6/17/2009 — The Nationals are still a disaster. They sit dead last in the NL East and have the worst record in baseball. There is talk that the Nationals will soon fire Manager Manny Acta as the front office continues to try and find ways to salvage the rest of ...
Across the Affiliates – June Recap
natsfarm.com 7/1/2009 — Overall, the Nationals had a solid June among their minor league affiliates, finishing with a combined 81-69 record for the month with the full season affiliates finishing 62-46. I realize that team record is not necessarily an accurate indicator of the health of the Nationals player ...
Sports Business Commentary
washingtontimes.com 6/19/2009 — Redskins Adjust Tailgating Policy A look at how tailgating may change for this upcoming season A Conversation With BizofBaseball.com's Maury Brown In which we touch on everything from the Nationals to Kobe Bryant and the future of the Phoenix Coyotes ...
Blogger Q&A: Nationals, The Nats Blog
metsblog.com 6/5/2009 — As the Mets kickoff a three-game series in Washington, D.C. versus the Natioanls tonight, I did a quick Q&A with Willy Yoder from The Nats Blog:
The True Washington Nationals Traditions
thenatsblog.com 6/5/2009 —
Sitting the game tonight, I was finally able to pinpoint something that has bothered me for a long time.
The Washington Nationals, in an effort to build a fan base, have tried overwhelmingly hard to create a tradition out of nothing. It was a marketing scheme from the beginning. The Nats ...
Nationals prove that sometimes losing is winning!
weretheteamtobeat.com 6/15/2009 — Last week the Nationals drafted once-in-a-lifetime-super-beast-uber-stud-master-of-disaster-flame-throwing-(HOLY HYPERBOLE)-time-and-space-bending-pitching- phenom Stephen Strasburg . If that wasn’t enough, the Nationals, proud owners of the first round pick in next year’s draft have ...
It's time to $hit or get off the pot
athbloggs.blogspot.com 7/21/2009 — Just when you think the season couldn’t get much worse for the Washington Nationals, their fans (those left) will wake up today and realize there are only four weeks left to d-day. That’s right, the Nationals front office, which has apparently not even made contact with Stephen Strasburg’s ...
Nationals Should Pass on Strasburg
dugoutcentral.com 6/9/2009 — The Washington Nationals will select San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg first overall in the 2009 draft.
But maybe it shouldn’t be as automatic as we believe.
Strasburg is well deserving of most of the headlines and accolades thrown his ...
Reading Material —
Nationals Journal 6/25/2009
The last two nights, I've tried to figure out the number of Red Sox fans at Nationals Park. This requires a good bit of guesswork. First of all, no other fanbase has a greater affection for T-shirt jerseys; Sox fans own T-shirt jerseys honoring ...
Some Guy Named Smoltz —
Nationals Journal 6/25/2009
The big item of the night between the Boston and Washington is that John Smoltz is making his Red Sox debut. Smoltz's 21-season tenure with the Atlanta Braves ended in an ugly fashion. After Atlanta failed to sign him as a free agent, Smoltz vocalized ...