What I've Learned: Jon Rauch - News & Politics (washingtonian.com)

The Big Lead found this 7/25/2008 on www.washingtonian.com [flag]

Eight years ago, Jon Rauch was in Australia, listening to The Star-Spangled Banner and watching the US flag raised. Around his neck hung a gold medal. Today Rauch is using his golden arm to post impressive stats as a Washington Nationals reliever: His ERA (as of press time) is 2.49, with 17 saves and 40 strikeouts over 43 innings. He made his major-league debut with the Chicago White Sox in ... [link]

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The Roundup: Ugh - USC May Go Unbeaten. Again.
Published 7/25/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... unbiased opinion that we put a lot of value in … Everyone’s going after internet commenters these days. (Politico) Yesterday, in case you missed it, we were totally down on San Fran (here’s why). Pile on: This artist hates LA, and his quotes about how dumb that city is are hysterical. (LA Times via Gawker) Rob Neyer thinks George Brett did cocaine? (Bugs & Cranks) Jon Rauch, on being tall. (Washingtonian) They play baseball in Russia? (Moscow News) Brandon ...

Tough timing
Published 7/27/2008 by Kristen at We've Got Heart
... This month’s August issue of Washingtonian includes a nice feature story on Jon Rauch, just days after he put on an Arizona Diamondbacks jersey. In an interview with Brett Haber, Rauch discusses the Nationals, the Olympics, and the pressures of late inning relief work. It’s well done and worth checking out. ...

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