Nationals Park Opens in Washington, D.C.

The Giants road struggles have little to do with the road. The Giants are struggling on the road this year, just 2-8 entering Tuesday’s game in Chicago. So the easy excuse is to blame the ivy on the brick walls of Wrigley field for being out of bloom, or the cavernous alleyways of Petco Park. Even the Dodgers supreme dominance at Chavez Ravine has masked the real culprit,...

RS/G, RA/G- Obvious. Through games of 5/6.Pyth- Current Pythagorean W%.Current- Team strength in regular sim; about 92% preseason PECOTA/CHONE, 8% current Pyth.Div%- % of time team wins division in regular sim.Diff- Difference between Div% last time and currently.Vegas- % of time team wins division in Vegas-adjusted sim. All I did was take their preseason PECOTA/CHONE W% and add...

This evenings edition of Friday Night Links will coincide with a site update. First, we have a few new writers to introduce to you all, bringing us closer to covering every major league team. First up, in no particular order, are the guys from MVN’s Pirate Revolution, mainly Cory Hume. Anything from the MVN (Most Valuable Network) is worth reading if you ask me and Pirate...

Everyone had a good old time with the campaign to get Rory Fitzpatrick onto the NHL all-star team. So it seems like a bit of harmless fun for a group of Red Sox fans pushing to fill the all-star team with Lastings Milledge and the rest of the Washington Nationals (through technically Milledge is [...]

Maybe not today, but sometime soon, a general manager in a professional sports league will be fired, and the search for a replacement will commence. From that point until the day the press conference is held announcing that replacement, the press, fans, and executives across the sports leagues will speculate as to who will be filling the position. For the fans of this club, the...

Here's a little more fuel for the Reverse Lock fire - the LA Times' Dodger Thoughts blog reminds us of the following facts: The Dodgers have the best record in MLB The Nationals have the worst record in MLB. The Nats haven't won in their last nine attempts at Dodger Stadium, dating all the way back to 2006 ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers remain undefeated at home this season, winning their lucky 13th in a row Wednesday in a 10-3 rout of the soon-to-be All-Star filled Washington Nationals. And who do the Blue Crew have to thank for setting a new major league record? The Kardashian clan! Kim, Kourntey, Khloe & mom Kris were all on [...]

Syracuse got shut out last night 4-0 by Gwinnett.  Colin Balestar (1-4) took the loss, pitching 5.1 innings and allowing 2 runs and striking out 4.  Not a bad performance by Balestar, just no offensive support. The Chiefs did get another 1.2 innings of shutout relief work from Jason Bergmann

Daniel Cabrera is good for 5 innings allowing anywhere between 5 and 6 runs.  Last night it was 5.  This is exactly what Baltimore got out of Carbera.  When is the Cabrera experiment going to end.  Come on Nats, straighten up and get rid of Cabrera, it was a gamble that should have never been taken.

Poor DC United. Nobody wants to give them a home. The four-time winners of both the MLS Cup and the Supporters Shield are currently playing in RFK Stadium, built in 1961, the former home of the Washington Redskins (US Football) and the Washington Nationals (baseball.) And attempts to give them a stadium of their own have been less than ...

I don't write about the Nats much anymore because I don't watch the games anymore. I don't watch the games anymore because I don't need to watch to know what's going to happen. Just over a month in, the patterns are pretty well established.The hitting will fall somewhere on this spectrum: mediocrenot quite good enoughThe defense will turn in a few gems, which only serve to highlight...