thenatsblog.com - 7/4/2009
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Washington’s team won in our nation’s capitol this Independence Day, five to three, over the Atlanta Braves.
The Nats were carried by their ace, John Lannan, who again put in a strong performance. The lefty pitched eight innings, scattered nine hits, allowed three earned runs, struck out ...
Nats Fans HAD High Hopes for 2009 Season
baseballreflections.com 7/13/2009 — The Washington National fans entered this season with high hopes.
Not with the typical hopes of baseball fans, that their team may be winning the pennant or even the World Series. No, Nationals fans were finally hopeful that their team had turned the corner and would be in the beginning 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 ...
Trade Chances
mvn.com 7/28/2009 — Some one call the Nats "the Hot Crosses" because they are on a bun. Or something like that. Two straight wins including another fantastic Lannan outing. (I'm shocked Heyman or Stark hasn't said the Nats need to trade ...
Capitol Crisis?
baseballanalysts.com 7/8/2009 — **Update below**
The Washington Nationals took to the field in Denver last night for the 81st time in regular season play and just as they had 56 other times in 2009, they lost a baseball game. At the halfway mark of their season the Nats are now 24-57, "good" for a .296 win percentage that ...
Make it 8 in a row for the Nats
dcprosportsreport.com 8/9/2009 — The Washington Nationals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-2 to win their 8th consecutive win and 2nd consecutive series sweep. The Nationals offense pounded out 9 runs on 16 hits to batter Arizona's pitching. Adam Dunn started the scoring out, smashing his 30th homer to give the Nats ...
Red Sox Fans Swarm D.C, Nats Lose In Stunning Fashion
thenatsblog.com 6/24/2009 —
The Washington Nationals bullpen couldn’t hold on and a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning turned into an 11-3 slaughter by the Boston Red Sox.
John Lannan went toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in baseball, again. The lefty pitched 6.1 strong, scattering nine hits, allowing three earned ...
Washington and the trade market
mlbnotebook.com 7/23/2009 — Continuing what's become a pre-Trade Deadline series, it's time to take a look at the Washington Nationals. The Nats took their last two games from the Mets, which is a good sign. But it's not enough to keep MLB's worst team from looking to trade players. They lost six straight prior to their ...
Ryan Zimmerman an All Star
dcprosportsreport.com 7/6/2009 — Washington Nationals 3B Ryan Zimmerman was selected to the All Star game on Sunday. In the midst of his first season in a new 5 year deal, Zimmy is hitting .295 with 123 homers and 46 RBis.
Zimmerman, instead, received word about his selection to play in this
year's All-Star ...
Nats take it to Lincecum, win 10-6
thenatsblog.com 6/3/2009 —
The scene seemed all too familiar last night as the Nationals trailed the Giants in the late innings at Nats Park. The Nationals batters had given a valiant effort against arguably the most dominant pitchers in baseball, Tim Lincecum, but to no avail, as they trailed 5-4 and ...
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:
Nationals' Dunn hits 300th home run (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/4/2009
Nationals slugger Adam Dunn hit his 300th career home run Saturday, ending Braves rookie Tommy Hanson's consecutive scoreless innings streak at 26 with the milestone blast. Dunn hit a 2-2 fastball two-thirds of the way up the second deck in right ...
A Win, A Milestone, A DFA —
Nationals Journal 7/4/2009
Deep exhale. Plenty to talk about. The good news, for those denizens of NatsTown, came in abundance today, and that's before we even count the post-game "deletion" of reliever Jesus Colome. A 29-year-old slugger hit his 300th career homer. A Nats ...
Nationals 5, Braves 3 —
NYT > Baseball 7/4/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Atlanta's Tommy Hanson extended his scoreless innings streak to 26 before Adam Dunn's 300th career homer and the Washington Nationals rallied for four eighth-inning runs and a 5-3 victory over the Braves on Saturday.
Nats win on our nations birthday —
Bleacher Report - MLB 7/4/2009
Washington’s team won in our nation’s capitol this Independence Day, five to three, over the Atlanta Braves.
The Nats were carried by their ace, John Lannan, who again put in a strong performance. The lefty pitched eight innings, ...