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Worst. Team. Ever?
It’s hard to escape the conclusion the Washington Nationals television announcers have completely lost interest in the Nationals season. Can’t blame them. Early in the season they seemed mortified and disgusted, now it’s an active disinterest in the team sort of reminiscent of the Bob Uecker character in Major League.
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Nationals: Epic Awfulness
Now:
I freeze the DVR of the Nationals game.
15 minutes ago:
Adam Dunn gives the Nationals a 4 run lead with two innings to go.
3 minutes ago:
The Phillies drive their second run of the 9th, currently have 2 outs, 2 men on.
2 minutes after Now:
I think they can’t blow another game, and resume watching
5 minutes after Now:
Walk, [...]
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Best Prospect Or Biggest Bust?
See this Buster Olney column for a good discussion of the Washington Nationals and wonder prospect Stephen Strasburg.
Strasburg’s leverage will be limited somewhat by the draft process, of course, but the reality is that his talent coupled with the pressures on the team with the No. 1 pick — the Washington Nationals — is [...]
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Worst. Year. Ever?
The usually astute Optimo writes in to say the problem with the National is their players belong in AAA:
Seriously. I’m going to the game with some school friends tomorrow against the Marlins, and my first thought was, wow. Nothing like a game between a team with a AAA payroll and a team that should be [...]
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… When the Nationals are this awful. Worst start in baseball, and hardly a bright spot in the whole mess. I know the season is just getting started and it’s probably more important that a small handful of players perform well then the whole team, but seriously this is embarrassing. We’re well past the point [...]
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Dear Thomas Boswell,
While I appreciate cherry picking statistics as much as the next guy this roller coaster ride of flexible criteria is enough to make even me dizzy.
First this:
As a rookie last season, John Lannan, who will start the opener today in Miami, started 31 games. In 18, he pitched at least six [...]
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Tags: Stephen Strasburg, Thomas Boswell, Washington Nationals, Washington Senators
How is Austin Kearns still a starter?
Every year the Nationals come into spring training with these faint hopes of improvement and they can’t even sustain the illusion until opening day. Last year we had a write up about John Petterson being healthy again, then Petterson was dropped before game 1. Same story this year with [...]
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This the second year in a row where the Washington Post has run articles about how the Nationals have too many starter quality players at the same position. Last year they seriously expected to think having two first baseman, both of whom we’re huge injury risks, was some kind of “problem” for the organization because [...]
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Jim Bowden Resigns
So Jim Bowden is out as the Nationals General Manager. I’m sure it was pressure from bloggers like me, and not the FBI investigation that did him in.
Anyway after elaborating why he was a bad GM, I decided I’d been a little too harsh. I still think he was a bad GM, [...]
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Bowden On The Way Out?
Back last week when I wrote that the Nationals should fire Jim Bowden, I didn’t know he was implicated in potential criminal activity. Apparently Bowden is pretty close to being fired:
The Nationals, meantime, are waiting to find out, and want to learn more about Bowden’s possible involvement in a growing baseball-wide scandal before they determine [...]
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Fire Jim Bowden
In further hard hitting analysis I think there is an increasing strong case that Nationals GM Jim Bowden should be fired. Here’s Thomas Boswell on Bowden’s missteps
Get a coveted No. 1 draft pick; don’t sign him. Promise a better team to inaugurate a new park; lose 102 games. Expect sellouts in Southeast Washington; [...]
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Potemkin Free Agent Offer Sheets
I’ve long been of the opinion that about half the reporting done on the Washington Nationals by the DC area media is essentially propaganda. Today were treated to the news that Nationals are gaining respect as a serious contender or something by offering 160 million to Mark Teixeira.
By approving one contract offer earlier [...]
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Washington Nationals Boycott
So I broke my boycott* to go to a Nationals game last night when a friend offered me a free ticket. (I did not buy food, drink).
I was glad to see my boycott message had gotten so much traction. Sure the stadium was about 66% full but it was about 80% Mets fans. Which was [...]
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Boycott The Washington Nationals
That Washington Nationals are apparently unhappy with only extorting 600 million dollars from the taxpayers of Washington D.C.
More than midway through the baseball season, the Washington Nationals’ owners have failed to pay $3.5 million in rent for the District’s new ballpark, contending that the state-of-the-art stadium is still incomplete.
Besides withholding rent, the team is demanding [...]
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This is from the Sports Illustrated Major League Baseball rankings for the Washington Nationals .
There’s a lot wrong with the Nationals. Certainly more than we have the space, or the inclination, to get into this far down in the PRs. But one guy you can’t blame is lefty starter Odalis Perez (0-3, 3.43), who has [...]
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I’ve been doing some scouting for the Nationals, here the best prospects I found (from ArmchairGM: The All Robot Baseball team)
Right Field: Optimus Prime
He’s probably taller than any outfield fence. He also stands right near the bullpen in most stadiums, so if there’s a bench-clearing brawl, those pansy-ass relievers are going to stay home [...]
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