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DMV: Stephen Strasburg Gets Hot Stuff In ‘Uncomfortable’ Place
Nats lose despite Strasburg on the bump and Harper’s second HR. [WaPo]
Davey Johnson: Strasburg had Hot Stuff on his private parts. [Nats Journal]
Rob Dibble’s reaction to Strasburg’s Hot Stuff is so dumb. [Nats Enquirer]
Boz on these Nats losing ~500 games to injuries. [Thomas Boswell]
The Nats, especially their starting pitching, are cooling off. [Nats Baseball...
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Stephen Strasburg Got 'Hot Stuff' in 'Wrong Place' Before Subpar Outing, According to Manager Davey Johnson
Stephen Strasburg didn't look like Stephen Strasburg on Tuesday night against the Padres. The 23-year-old suffered his first loss of the season after allowing a season-high four earned runs in just four innings of work -- his shortest outing of the season. Typically, there are many things you can point to as reasons for getting touched up as a starter; lack of command, control...
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Rob Dibble has some advice for Stephen Strasburg on that "Hot Stuff on junk" problem
Tough day for Stephen Strasburg on Tuesday: roughed up a bit by the Padres, foiled by Mother Nature. Oh, and he somehow managed to get "Hot stuff" on some unmentionable area of his body that made Davey Johnson smirk during his postgame presser (note, new Stras nickname: Fireballer). And then the World's #1 Stephen Strasburg Fan and World's #1 Most Disgruntled ex...
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Umpires at Nationals game not ready after rain delay ends (Video)
Tuesday's Washington Nationals game against the San Diego Padres was set to resume in the top of the first inning after a brief 8-minute rain delay, and everyone was ready to go...except the umpires.
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Home plate umpire Brian Gorman was ready to call balls and strikes, but had to call time as Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg was getting...
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Stephen Strasburg pitched with ‘hot stuff’ in ‘the wrong place’
Stephen Strasburg had his worst outing of the season on Tuesday during a rain-interrupted start against the Padres. Strasburg, whose era rose from 1.64 to 2.25 after allowing four runs in four innings, was apparently bothered by something other than the rain.
According to The Washington Post’s Adam Kilgore, Nationals manager Davey Johnson revealed in his postgame comments...
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Bryce Harper’s Reaction To His First Major League Homer Is Vintage Bryce Harper
19-year old Washington Nationals rookie sensation Bryce Harper hit his first Major League home run during the third inning of Monday’s 8-5 win over the San Diego Padres. This brings him even with three-time MVP Albert Pujols on the season and puts him only 761 behind all-time leader Barry Bonds. It was a moment of celebration, especially for Washington-area sports writers...
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Who Should Be The Nationals New Closer?
The Washington Nationals have dealt with nearly endless injuries over the course of this still fairly new season as I wrote in my MASNSports.com guest post today, but perhaps the most glaring at the moment is the lack of a true closer. Without Drew Storen, the Nats thought they had something in Henry Rodriguez. However, he’s loaded the bases in his last two save attempts, one of...
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Sacrifice a chicken? Nationals injuries mounting
Nationals manager Davey Johnson calls the series of injuries to his players ''ridiculous'' - and he's even joking about sacrificing a chicken or finding some other way to change the team's luck.
Carlos Maldonado is the newest member of the Nationals, a catcher brought up from Triple-A Syracuse for Tuesday's game against the Padres.
Maldonado was needed...
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Bryce Harper Hits First Bomb; Nats Earn Another Stressful Curly W
The story line of Monday’s Washington Nationals game should have been totally about Bryce Harper’s first MLB home run, an absolute bomb to straight away center. The man trotted the bases so quickly the team couldn’t even coordinate a celebration for him, but he sure did get a standing ovation and a curtain call. However, some other big events came up throughout the game.
Yet...
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Washington Promotes Defensive Whiz Sandy Leon
With the loss of yet another baseball player to a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) comes a fresh opportunity for a young, inexperienced prospect. The Washington Nationals organization has replaced starting catcher Wilson Ramos with part-timer Jesus Flores and called up rookie Sandy Leon to serve as the new backup.
Leon is known as a glove-first catcher but his bat began to...
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Nationals' Ramos out with torn ACL
The Washington Nationals thought catcher Wilson Ramos might be ready to have a breakout season. But instead, Ramos will join the team's ever-growing list of injured players. The team confirmed that Ramos has a torn ACL in his right knee and will undergo surgery
soon. That will likely sideline him for most, if not all, of the rest of this season. Washington released the...
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With Ramos Out, Who Are The Nats New Catchers?
The Nationals traded one of their top catching prospects, Derek Norris, this offseason in order to acquire Gio Gonzalez from the Oakland A's. That trade has worked out well for the Nats so far, but Nats have now lost their starting catcher, Wilson Ramos, with a torn ACL.
Ramos has had a rough year to say the least. He was kidnapped in this native Venezuela during winter ball...
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Washington Nationals Star Bryce Harper Gets Stitches After Frustration
Washington Nationals young star, Bryce Harper, made a rookie mistake in venting his anger at Cincinnati. On Friday night, Harper took out his frustration against the side of a tunnel with his bat leading to the visiting clubhouse.The barrel of Harper's bat smacked off the wall and hit just above his left eye. The incident caused a gash that needed 10 stitches after a 7-3 win...
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OUT OF HAND
Nats player hurt giving high-five
Mark DeRosa is the latest MLB player to hurt himself in bizarre fashion, after an aggressive high-five from teammate Bryce Harper strained his oblique.
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Jayson Werth has surgery on wrist, vows revenge on Phillies fans for taunting him.
Via MLB.com, Jayson Werth reportedly had surgery on Monday to repair his busted left wrist; he's expected to be out at least 12 weeks.
And here's Werth, via the Washington Post, talking about the jeers he heard from a-hole Phillies fans in RF (at least some of whom are trying to paint themselves differently) as he made his way off the field:
In an e-mail to the Post...
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