washingtontimes.com - 3/28/2008
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SWITCH: Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta, not starting catcher Paul Lo Duca, will catch the ceremonial first pitch from President Bush on Sunday night at the new ballpark. VIERA, Fla. — Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta, not catcher Paul Lo Duca, will catch the ceremonial first pitch from President Bush as the Nationals open their new stadium Sunday night. Lo Duca and a team ...
Happy Opening Night
babeslovebaseball.com 3/30/2008 — The Washington Nationals will kick off Opening Night in their spankin' new stadium Sunday evening against the Atlanta Braves . President Bush will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the first ever game played at the 41,000-seat Nationals ...
Opening Day Preparation
crashburnalley.com 3/31/2008 — The Washington Nationals are now in Philadelphia following an exciting Opening Day 3-2 win last night against the Atlanta Braves that saw third baseman Ryan Zimmerman christen new Nationals Stadium with a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
President Bush Would Never Associate With Such Unsavory Characters [President Bush] —
Deadspin
The mainland Major League Baseball season kicks off Sunday night, with the Nationals opening their new stadium. President Bush is slated to throw out the first pitch. Usually, he throws it to the home team's starting catcher. Unfortunately for him, this year the home team starting catcher is all over the Mitchell Report .
So, as it turns out, the Nationals have removed Paul LoDuca from ...
Nationals Park - Opening Night Review —
East Coast Bias
In the words of John Malkovich in Rounders "Pay him. Pay the man his fucking money." spacer So I'm the ECB blogger who was lucky enough to snag tickets to Opening Night at Nationals Park. And yes, the stadium sucked up a lot of tax dollars. And yes, there are other parts of the city that are in trouble. But if anybody thinks that is unique to Washington, I'd like to point you up to ...
Zimmerman Ushers Nationals Park In Style —
The Sports Lounge
Ever since moving to the nation’s capital, the Washington Nationals have struggled to remain afloat. In three years in DC, the Nationals haven’t finished higher than fourth in the NL East and the franchise hasn’t had a winning season since 2003. As franchise cornerstone Ryan Zimmerman put it, this team is growing tired of being mediocre. Forced into playing in cavernous RFK Stadium, the ...
Opening Night Commences, Ryan Zimmerman christens new Nats park —
Diamond Hoggers
It was opening night in all of baseball and opening night in Washington, D.C. as the Nationals opened their new stadium. Ryan Zimmerman made sure it would be a memorable night forever (reminds me of when the Indians won in extra innings at Jacobs Field). Zimmerman hit a walk-off home run off Peter Moylan in the bottom of the 9th to give the Nationals a 3-2 with the pitcher of record John ...
Braves Baseball Is Back —
Braves Blast :: Atlanta Braves Blog
As I sit here on the couch, watching ESPN’s tour of the Nationals new stadium, it’s finally starting to sink in that baseball is officially back. Soon, we’ll be sitting in Turner Field watching the game and surely cursing the summer heat that seems to come out of nowhere every year. But that doesn’t matter; it’s baseball season, folks!
Tonight we’ll get ...
Braves-Nationals Preview —
The Transaction Guy
Today, the season in America officially gets underway with the Braves facing off against the Nationals in Washington DC. This will be the first regular season game in the new, state-of-the-art stadium in Washington, creating an even bigger buzz. Technically the season began last week with the two-game series in Japan. But in my mind, it really begins tonight and tomorrow.
Its kind of cold, ...
It's Opening Night! —
wrigleyville23
Braves at Nationals in the new ballpark in DC. Scroll down a bit for first-person review from a friend of Wrigleyville23, or just click here . Pictures and everything for the most comprehensive coverage of the new Nationals stadium found on any Cubs blog. You're welcome.
Nationals Decline Opportunity To Mock President Bush —
MVN Outsider
When it was announced that President Bush would toss the ceremonial first pitch at Sunday night’s grand opening game of the Washington Nationals’ new stadium, an interesting question was raised: Who would he throw this pitch to?
At first glance, you’d probably expect that the Washington catcher would be on the receiving end of this pitch. But there’s one minor problem with ...
Needs some color? —
Just A Nats Fan
Many fans will be photographing themselves and their families in the various vistas around Nationals Park. One thing I noticed yesterday was there is a lot of white, making it difficult to make the subject matter look interesting, warm, and cozy. I had to fiddle with my aperture a lot depending on [...]
Nationals Park Opens in Washington, D.C. —
Mind Rite Sports -- Quality, diverse sports coverage
Can you smell that strong, refreshing, good old fashioned new stadium smell?
That, my friends, is the brand spankin’ new workplace of the Washington Nationals.
Tomorrow night, Nationals Park, located on 1500 South Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., opens up for business amid all the fanfare, attention and over-the-top adoration one can expect from the District.
President George [...]
Welcome Home, indeed! —
Just A Nats Fan
Wow, that was nice! I had a blast running into so many friends, old and new. Like a family reunion, the hugs were passed around freely! It definitely felt like a welcoming home. Or maybe a housewarming party. The Nats made it better by winning their first game in Nationals Park against the Orioles, even [...]
Paul LoDuca Won’t Catch Prez —
The Mets Report
Source: Wikipedia News outlets are reporting the the Washington Nationals have chosen manager Manny Acta to catch the first ceremonial pitch from President Bush on Sunday night. Nationals team president Stan Kasten said the choice was between Acta and third baseman Ryan Zimmerman.
The obvious conspiracy theory is that because LoDuca was in the Mitchell Report that the Nationals ...
That’s Chat’s Nats : 03-28-08 —
Just A Nats Fan
3WT Radio's Inaugural Ball (Walk), led by Nigel (aka Marc Sterne). [Photoset]. That was fun! I made some new friends and met a YouTube subscriber. What more could a girl ask for? Being a part of the group that walked the ball that will be thrown by Mayor Adrian Fenty tomorrow during the exhibition game against the Orioles from RFK to Nationals Park is up there. I even got to carry it a bit. ...
Lo Duca Not Chilling with the Prez —
Hot Foot
Paul Lo Duca will not catch President Bush, who is throwing at the first pitch at the Nationals new stadium. According to the Washington Post , formet Met coach Manny Acta will take Lo Duca’s spot.
The Post reported that this decision had nothing to do with the fact that Paul Lo Duca was mentioned in the Mitchel Report one or two 37 times. And for your fun fact of the day, last Nats ...
That’s Chat’s Nats : Build-A-Screech —
Just A Nats Fan
We here at JANF (me, myself, and I) strive to put up unique content not found elsewhere in the Natosphere, and sometimes our (my) oddly weird perspective and opinions aren't quite enough. So rather than go to the ballpark last night and capture the amazing moment the players stepped onto the field and saw their new clubhouse for the first time, knowing it would be widely covered, I skipped it ...
That’s Chat’s Nats : 03-27-08 —
Just A Nats Fan
Look, Ma! I got the date right in the subject line and I juggled food and cameras! Concessions at the new Nationals Park! (aka Free Food and Media Feeding Frenzy!) Sneak peak at the kids zone and concessions available to fans. Now where's the Tums? Is the Mayor talking about Bill Cosby of J-E-L-L-O and Fat Albert fame?! Accompanying [Photoset].
And the boys are back in town (tonight)! ...
Nats’ Plan Keeps That New, Unused Stadium Smell —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
Tucked away in Barry Svrluga’s NATIONALS JOURNAL notes post is the following tidbit: “It’s clear not all the Opening Night tickets are gone, because there are still season-ticket packages available.” In other words, the brand-spanking-new Nationals Park still has some seats available for its inaugural game.
(Something seems fishy here)
Also, the current name ...
Nats open new park on Zimmerman's HR —
Boston.com -- Baseball News
Nationals Park had quite an opening. Ryan Zimmerman hit a tiebreaking homer off Peter Moylan with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 Sunday night in the first regular-season game at the $611 million ...
Nats hold 1st practice at new stadium —
FOXSports.com News for MLB
The Washington Nationals scheduled their first practice at their new ballpark Friday, giving them their first chance to answer everyone's favorite question.
Will Nationals Park be a pitcher's park or a hitter's park?
Certainly, it will take more ...