Zimmerman Wins It for Nats

DCPSR posted 3/31/2008 from dcprosportsreport.com [flag]

How sweet was that? It was a special night for Washington DC, Washington baseball, Washington fans, and the Washington Nationals. In the first game in the new digs of Nationals Park, Ryan Zimmerman smashed a walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Nats over the Atlanta Braves 3-2. [link]

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Around the Beltway: Nats win, Bullets lose, Caps roll
Published 3/31/2008 by Spence at DC Pro Sports Report -- Sports news, stats and analysis from the capital of the free world
... The Nationals won their first game in their new park 3-2 over the Atlanta Braves on a Ryan Zimmerman walk-off home run. The Nats are now 1-0 and atop the NL East. Tremble in fear, Braves, Mets, and Phillies! ...

Oh What a Night at Nationals Park!
Published 3/31/2008 by Truth About It at Truth About It - Washington Wizards Blog
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Nationals Open New Park!

jimmydasaint posted 3/31/2008 from ballhype.com

Nationals open new park, Jones and Zimmerman tie Manny Sunday night marked the start of the 2008 MLB season in North America as the Washington Nationals christened Nationals Ballpark by hosting the Atlanta Braves. If you’re a fan of defense, this was the game for you. If you’re a fan offense and were watching to see how the likes of Chipper Jones, Mark ...

Zimm’s Walk-Off: Too Good to Be True

Awful Announcing found this 3/31/2008 on misterirrelevant.com

When you root for perennial baseball losers, as we do, you hold on to the little things. Although what happened tonight could hardly be considered “little” by any standards. The most unlikely, and undeserable, Opening Day starter ...

Storybook Ending!!

chimprage posted 3/31/2008 from www.deuceofdavenport.com

Wow. There wasn't a whole lot of offense but there was a whole lot of drama as the Washington Nationals opened their new park by beating the Atlanta Braves 3-2. Ryan Zimmerman, he of the many game winning hits in his 2 seasons in baseball hit one for the ages. A walk-off, frozen rope, home run to left center field that started the season in style and ...

Bush Booed, Nats Scalp Braves In Park Premiere

Mondesishouse.com found this 3/31/2008 on www.sportsbybrooks.com

The Furman Bisher -approved start of the 2008 MLB Season got underway Sunday night, as the Nationals debuted their new ballpark - not even waiting to give it a corporate name . And Washington’s game against Atlanta had it all - from ...

WASHINGTON - MARCH 30: Ryan Zimmerman #11 of the Washington Nationals hits... - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, ... found this 3/31/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON - MARCH 30: Ryan Zimmerman #11 of the Washington Nationals hits the game winning home-run in the bottom of the 9th inning during the game against the Atlanta Braves on opening day March 30, 2008 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The ...

Ryan Zimmerman Smacks Walk-Off Homer For The Nationals! Final Nats 3 Braves 2
Zimmerman who is considered the future of the Nationals caps off Opening Night in a fairy tale ending. John Rauch gets the win in relief. Zimmerman is still waiting to get his big boy contract from the cheapo owners of the Capital City franchise. ...

Nationals win opener on Zimmerman's HR (AP)
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 ...

Nats open new park on Zimmerman's HR
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 ...

Walk-off homer by Ryan Zimmerman lifts Washington
The Washington Nationals edged the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in the stateside season-opener on Sunday, allowing the league, fans and players to forget, at least temporarily, the sport's scandal-scarred winter.

Nationals 3, Braves 2 | D.C. opener a blast
Ryan Zimmerman raised a fist when he rounded first, then tossed away his helmet as he approached the plate and the mass of teammates waiting...

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Zimmerman Wins It for Nats