Is Sox Fans’ All-Star Voting Fraud A Sinister Plot?

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...

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...

Can you smell that strong, refreshing, good old fashioned new stadium smell? That, my friends, is the brand spankin’ new workplace of the Washington Nationals. Tomorrow night, Nationals Park, located on 1500 South Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., opens up for business amid all the fanfare, ...

Bill Chuck is an accomplished communications consultant, author, and baseball nut. He is the creator of Billy-Ball.com (www.Billy-Ball.com) and, with Jim Kaplan, is the author of the book, “Walk-Offs, Last Licks, and Final Outs – Baseball’s Grand (and not so Grand) Finales.”He has made a slight change to his daily newsletter for the 2009 Major League Baseball season, publishing...

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 [...]

In his blog at comcastsportsnet.tv, Nat's third baseman Ryan Zimmerman told readers of his favorite eateries in the Capitol region.

Hanley Ramirez homered twice to lead the Marlins to a 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals. They brings Florida's record to 11-7, percentage points behind the Mets pending the outcome of the game in Philadelphia tonight. Scott Olsen pitched seven...

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 ...

ike the Nationals, most of the minor league games in the Nats system were rained out.Syracuse (AAA): The Chiefs defeated Gwinnette 8-1 behind a solid pitching efforts. Craig Stammen tosssed 5 innings of 1 run ball, allowing 6 hits.

Someone in the Sons of Sam Horn forum called Wade Boggs Hair had an interesting idea: As good citizens of NatsTown, I think we need to get as many Natinals on the All-Star team as possible. Specifically, Lastings Milledge is on the NL All-Star ballot. He needs to make the team. Nothing would be more NatsTown 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...

Some of the biggest names in the internet sporting press are encouraging the world to cast their 2009 All-Star ballots for Lastings Milledge, a loveable young outfielder who the Nationals demoted to AAA after a rough first week of this season. The big names include: The Sons Of Sam Horn ‘Duk, Big League Stew Chris Mottram, Mr. Irrelevant (and maker of that sweet photoshoppery...