Lannan, Langerhans out; Estrada on DL; roster at 25

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New Season, New Stadium, New Logo
Published 3/26/2008 by Nate at Nats Triple Play
... spiffy, huh? Jealous? Good. We can't go into a brand-spanking new stadium and have our beloved (if sometimes neglected) blog looking like the underside of an RFK Hondo Homer seat, now can we? Mad stupid props to Watson and his talented crew of Amish graphic design artists for the upgrades. Just don't go expecting a corresponding improvement in the quality of the writing. Style over substance, baby. It's what we do, it's who we are. In actual baseball news, the 25-man roster is set. No surprises. The death of LANGERHASCENDENTALISM! as a movement ...

Stan, if you're reading this, I need two tickets to Opening Night!
Published 3/27/2008 by ck at The Nationals Enquirer
Damn. I'm not a winner. Meanwhile... Nats finalize 25 man roster. No surprises. Ray King safe even after blowing up in a 1/3 inning debacle. ...

Pre-season thoughts
Published 3/27/2008 by Harper Gordek at Oleanders and Morning Glories
... The 25 guys that will make up YOUR Washington Nationals have been decided on. Honestly if you took a guess on Feb 14th you would have probably nailed 21 out of 25, and the only mistakes would have been because of injury or the mysterious disappearing John Patterson. Poof! (that is not a comment on his toughness) ...

Thursday's Frosty Mug
Published 3/27/2008 by KLSnow <info@brewcrewball.com> at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
... gets it wrong. Yahoo Sports has three writers making predictions on various topics. All of them forgot about Prince Fielder. McCovey Chronicles has started a prediction contest, and picked the Brewers to finish first. Alphabetical injury reports in one line or less: Rays 3B Willy Aybar has been out since Saturday with a sore hamstring. Kelvim Escobar has a tear in his shoulder and may miss all of 2008. Johnny Estrada has been put on the DL to continue rehabbing elbow tendinitis...very slowly. ...