http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/714 Recent articles about Ryan Zimmerman en-us by Nick Wass - AP 2 months ago: Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman, right, rounds the bases as he is greeted by third base coach Pat Listach (4) after Zimmerman hit a three-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, in Washington. The Nationals won 5-4. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) View full size photo » In his chat yesterday over at Basebal... Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:00:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Fantasy_Baseball_BPs_Eric_Seidmans_Top_10_Fantasy_Players/1636743 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Fantasy_Baseball_BPs_Eric_Seidmans_Top_10_Fantasy_Players/1636743 More photos » by Nick Wass - AP One day, crowds like this in Nationals Park will not be made up of the opposing team's fans. One day...soon? Photo: Friday, May 15, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Browse more photos » Whenever any fan of the Washington Nationals expresses optimism about the future, it's met with skepticism from the rest of the baseball world, and as a fan of the Montreal E... Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:07:10 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Top_5_Reasons_For_Washington_Nationals_Fans_To_Be_Thankful/1636606 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Top_5_Reasons_For_Washington_Nationals_Fans_To_Be_Thankful/1636606 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Top_5_Reasons_For_Washington_Nationals_Fans_To_Be_Thankful/1636606 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/d/2d4526abf8a423b077e40b3e0f7edf7f4ae3e4ab/small/BravesNats_c7d8.jpg More photos » by Morry Gash - AP What's Balester Doing Down There? VOTE ZIM!!! (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Browse more photos » You have until December 11, 2009 to vote for Washington Nationals' third baseman/Face of the Franchise™, who's up for This Year In Baseball's Defensive Player of the Year after an '09 season that's seen Ryan Zimmerman win the ESPN Web Gem title; take home B... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:34:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Vote_Ryan_Zimmerman_For_TYIBs_Defensive_Player_Of_The_Year/1622416 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Vote_Ryan_Zimmerman_For_TYIBs_Defensive_Player_Of_The_Year/1622416 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Vote_Ryan_Zimmerman_For_TYIBs_Defensive_Player_Of_The_Year/1622416 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/7/e75d883a71769107252fbefd310ede03e4d7d961/small/MLB_JUN_21_717b.jpg 
 
 (Photo via Absolute Addiction dot com. H/T to http://twitter.com/ckstevenson. Wow. You really can't make this stuff up.)
 
 
 Seriously? No joke?
 
 Ryan Zimmerman is hosting DeAngelo Hall's Birthday party tonight, but we can't figure out why.
 Our anonymous, unnamed sources tell us Ryan Zimmerman will also be doing magic tricks and making balloon animals for party-goers.
 
 (Quite a year for Zim: Gold Glove. Silver Slugger. B... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:32:25 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/DeAngelo_Halls_Birthday_party_Hosted_by_Ryan_Zimmerman/1600196 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/DeAngelo_Halls_Birthday_party_Hosted_by_Ryan_Zimmerman/1600196 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/DeAngelo_Halls_Birthday_party_Hosted_by_Ryan_Zimmerman/1600196 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/2/c290c967239985f7422b43257b87782bc3b2abeb/small/MLB_JUN_21_3f26.jpg (by Mark Hornbaker) What a week for the Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman. Yesterday the star third baseman won his first Rawlings Gold Glove award and today it is announced he won his Silver Slugger award. The Nats' third baseman had a lot of competition for the award. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:40:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Zimmerman_Wins_his_First_Silver_Slugger_Award/1554424 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Zimmerman_Wins_his_First_Silver_Slugger_Award/1554424 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Zimmerman_Wins_his_First_Silver_Slugger_Award/1554424 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/c/bcf7cc5679749c4a21a25d7ba129da8313d50808/small/89990510.jpg Ryan Zimmerman earned his first career Gold Glove on Wednesday, succeeding a buddy from his youth, New York Mets' third baseman David Wright. Back when Zimmerman was a shortstop in high school, the two were teammates on a youth team.Zim led all big league third basemen with 325 assists, becoming just the second Washington player to win the award, joining catcher Earl Battey of the Senators, who won the honor in 1960. Zim's award is especially awesome since he came from a team with the... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:40:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/NL_Gold_Gloves_Awards_Yay/1548262 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/NL_Gold_Gloves_Awards_Yay/1548262 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/NL_Gold_Gloves_Awards_Yay/1548262 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/2/c290c967239985f7422b43257b87782bc3b2abeb/small/MLB_JUN_21_3f26.jpg (by Mark Hornbaker) Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman is the 2009 National League's Rawlings Gold Glove winner at third base. For Zimmerman the 2009 season will go down as his breakout season. The 2009 season was the first season Zimmerman was selected as an National League All-Star. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:53:31 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Zimmerman_Wins_his_First_Gold_Glove/1545756 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Zimmerman_Wins_his_First_Gold_Glove/1545756 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Zimmerman_Wins_his_First_Gold_Glove/1545756 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/f/0fc64fb97df97a2c46a0cc5c88c312eeaee766ce/small/MLB_JUN_21_0c9b.jpg (by Ian Koski) Nats' third baseman Ryan Zimmerman hopes to earn his first Gold Glove award today when Rawlings announces its 2009 National League winners later today. Zimmerman was one of the NL's elite third baseman this season. He was first in chances (459), assists (325), and second in put-outs (117). Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:50:44 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/National_League_Gold_Gloves_to_be_awarded_today/1543007 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/National_League_Gold_Gloves_to_be_awarded_today/1543007 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/National_League_Gold_Gloves_to_be_awarded_today/1543007 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/d/5d9851d0d2940c3b7f1de6eaf18a6ec19adb248f/small/MLB_JUN_21_c1f3.jpg (by Mark Hornbaker) The Washington Nationals' and their fans have known for awhile they have a gem of a player at third base with Ryan Zimmerman. Most people who follow the Nationals knew it was just a matter of time before the talented third baseman would be recognized as one of the best player at his position. It looks like the time is now. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:48:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Zimmerman_is_a_Gem_Is_he_Gold/1458905 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Zimmerman_is_a_Gem_Is_he_Gold/1458905 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Zimmerman_is_a_Gem_Is_he_Gold/1458905 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/f/0fc64fb97df97a2c46a0cc5c88c312eeaee766ce/small/MLB_JUN_21_0c9b.jpg (by Mark Hornbaker) The Washington Nationals' and their fans have known for awhile they have a gem of a player at third base with Ryan Zimmerman. Most people who follow the Nationals knew it was just a matter of time before the talented third baseman would be recognized as one of the best player at his position. It looks like the time is now. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:48:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Zimmerman_is_a_Gem_Is_he_Golden/1458324 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Zimmerman_is_a_Gem_Is_he_Golden/1458324 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Zimmerman_is_a_Gem_Is_he_Golden/1458324 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/7/57bb76e294a8a976a44d05af4deccaea8c801843/small/Washington_Nationals_Ryan_861d.jpg 
 
 (Photo of TV by Nationals Enquirer staff. Ryan Zimmerman admires his hardware on last night's Baseball Tonight Web Gem Awards on ESPN. Real hardware, forthcoming?)
 
 
 Gold Glove is next, right?
 
 Ryan Zimmerman and the Washington Nationals cleaned up on last night's Baseball Tonight Web Gem Awards show. Zim was the top Web Gem points leader at third base, and led the majors overall with 19 Web Gems, good for 61 points; while the Nationals, wo... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:18:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Zim_aka_Peter_Franchise_aka_Mr_Walkoff_is_now_aka_Mr_Web_Gem/1442479 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Zim_aka_Peter_Franchise_aka_Mr_Walkoff_is_now_aka_Mr_Web_Gem/1442479 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Zim_aka_Peter_Franchise_aka_Mr_Walkoff_is_now_aka_Mr_Web_Gem/1442479 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/9/d/9daa91bf09fd0f2ec0c47d119b124d0416776861/small/San_Diego_Padres_4c64.jpg 
 
 (AP Photo. On an unrelated note: Ryan Zimmerman deserves the Gold Glove at third this year.)
 
 Here at The Nationals Enquirer, we generally encourage stretching the truth in the name of a good story or headline. But botching the details - that's a different story.
 Take this headline on The Sporting News dot com yesterday:
 Zimmerman would like Riggleman to become Nats' full-time skipper
 
 He would? Now, we understand there's often a ... Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:18:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Just_for_the_record_Zim_didnt_endorse_Riggles_for_Manager/1389800 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Just_for_the_record_Zim_didnt_endorse_Riggles_for_Manager/1389800 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Just_for_the_record_Zim_didnt_endorse_Riggles_for_Manager/1389800 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/c/bcf7cc5679749c4a21a25d7ba129da8313d50808/small/89990510.jpg (by Jeff Bergin) The 2009 season was slated as a make or break year for Ryan Zimmerman. As ESPN fantasy analysis wrote, "Zimmerman should be healthy for 2009 and ready to resume numbers in the 20-HR, 90-RBIs range, but fantasy owners would like to know what his ceiling is." After posting numbers in the .290/20/90 area for two seasons, many pegged Zimm as a low power yet productive, streaky hitter whose plus defense is where you get your real benefit. Meaning, in fantasy baseball, th... Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:11:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ryan_Zimmerman_Produtive_by_Every_Measure_Available/1042101 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ryan_Zimmerman_Produtive_by_Every_Measure_Available/1042101 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ryan_Zimmerman_Produtive_by_Every_Measure_Available/1042101 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/7/e75d883a71769107252fbefd310ede03e4d7d961/small/MLB_JUN_21_717b.jpg (by Jeff Bergin) The 2009 season was slated as a make or break year for Ryan Zimmerman. As ESPN fantasy analysis wrote, "Zimmerman should be healthy for 2009 and ready to resume numbers in the 20-HR, 90-RBIs range, but fantasy owners would like to know what his ceiling is." After posting numbers in the .290/20/90 area for two seasons, many pegged Zimm as a low power yet productive, streaky hitter whose plus defense is where you get your real benefit. Meaning, in fantasy baseball, th... Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:11:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ryan_Zimmerman_Productive_by_Every_Measure_Available/1042930 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ryan_Zimmerman_Productive_by_Every_Measure_Available/1042930 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ryan_Zimmerman_Productive_by_Every_Measure_Available/1042930 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/4/f4f4ded67988e2a948289c9618fcdf90aeebad0f/small/MLB_JUN_21_072e.jpg