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Chico Ain't The Man
6 days ago by
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Who knew that the toughest beat in DC wasn't the White House or the Pentagon, but Nationals Park? Just two years after Barry Svrluga (of sainted memory) left for the apparently more relaxing Redskins beat, WaPo Nats beat writer Aaron "Chico" Harlan is abandoning ship...
More on Riggleman's Qualifications
9 days ago by
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Bill Ladson and his hefty (mail) sack chime in on Jim Riggleman's installation as manager:What did you think about the Nationals making Jim Riggleman the permanent manager?-- Charlie B., WashingtonIt was a great move [...] I loved the way Riggleman gives opponents the element of...
Did The Best 'man Win?
10 days ago by
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This has been a good news/bad news week on the Nats front. Ryan Zimmerman raking in the overdue hardware: good news. Jim Riggleman losing his interim tag: bad news. The Nats looking to upgrade the middle infield: good news. Moving Guz to second and calling that an upgrade: bad news...
Dave & Nate Take On: The Post-Post Season
19 days ago by
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In this episode, Dave and Nate take on… Fan fatigue, the vindication of Manny Acta and why Dan Snyder is the best thing never to happen to the Nats.Nate: If it’s November, it must be time to drag ourselves out of a blogging coma.Dave: So I’ve been rather quiet this year. I...
Mike Rizzo's To-Do List
August 20, 2009 by
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1. Attend introductory press conference. Blink F-U-E-D-E-S in morse code for the camera.2. Purchase leather pants, Segway. 3. Relocate Dominican Baseball Academy to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Spend next two months establishing "international presence" in Barbados, Ibiza, Phuket...
Thanks For Strasburg, Now Beat It
August 18, 2009 by
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If this report is accurate, gratitude ain't what it used to be. That said, whether Mike Rizzo has earned the Washington Nationals GM job is open to debate, and this quote is pretty silly:“If they let Mike go now, they really will have some explaining to do,” one Rizzo loyalist...
Let's Do This Again Next Year
August 18, 2009 by
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Well, that was fun! Stan, you really must bring that delightful 7 Layer Dip again. Scott, those pecan turtles were simply sinful. Mike... well, I'm sure your invitation is in the mail. We'll put you down for sodas and ice. Oh and Scott, be sure to bring your little friend Bryce...
The Final Countdown
August 17, 2009 by
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Nice of MLB to schedule an off day today. It's not as though Nats fan could use a distraction in the next few hours. By 12:01 tomorrow morning Washington will have concrete evidence that the franchise has either reached a turning point or that this generation of fans is wasting...
Cui bono?
August 11, 2009 by
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There's no upside for the Nats in Jordan Zimmermann's impending Tommy John surgery. It's all well and good for Mike Rizzo to talk about success rates and pitchers coming back stronger, but the bottom line is: The Nats just lost a key piece of their developmental puzzle...
Shipping Up to Boston
August 10, 2009 by
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I'm shortstop Gooz And I've paid my dues My declining range Is but a clever ruse I might be shipping up to Boston Could be shipping off to Boston Possibly shipping out to Boston To mostly rave reviews.- with profuse apologies to Woody Guthrie To waive or not to waive, that...
Zimmermann to Andrews to Strasburg
August 09, 2009 by
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You may not know this, but the NTP gang has been inconspicuously absent from Nationals Park since the Randy Johnson rainout of June 3, 2009. Two plus months of not subjecting ourselves to live Nats baseball. Well, that all ended this weekend. On Friday NTP Dave was in attendance to...
Trade Veloz-ity
August 06, 2009 by
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The 2009 Mike Rizzo Low-Budget Housecleaning Tour rolls on. The Nats traded 2B Anderson Hernandez back to the Mets for A-ball 2B Greg Veloz. John Sickels ranked the 21 year-old Veloz the 17th-best Mets prospect coming into 2009, and Baseball America placed him in the organization&...
Two Debuts
August 05, 2009 by
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In the wake of the Misson: Improbable-style comeback over the Fish last night the Natmosphere is buzzing over the disabling of Austin Kearns, which you can plausibly argue actually occurred sometime in mid-2008, and the resulting promotion of 29-year old rookie outfielder Jorge Padilla...
Something Fishy Here
August 01, 2009 by
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In his article recapping the Nats deadline deals WaPo's Chico Harlan says that Nick Johnson was overcome by emotion when notified of his trade to Florida.Johnson, at first, was so emotional that he knew only one response: He stayed in the cages with Eckstein and kept taking swings...
Dealing at Gunpoint
July 31, 2009 by
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If the Nats don't deal Nick Johnson and Josh Willingham by 4 pm today they'll never be good in our lifetimes. That my be the dumbest thing I've written in 4 years of blogging the Nats (feel free to slog through the archives to confirm) but it's also the prevailing sentiment...
Whose Deadline Is It?
July 30, 2009 by
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Maintaining the status quo would be "an epic fail." There's no reason for Nick Johnson to be on this team come August 1st. The team cannot take this lineup into 2010. The Pirates have liquidated half their roster and prospects are falling from the skies. Even with all...
This is How They Get You
July 27, 2009 by
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Win a couple of series, manufacture a redeeming moment for the guy riding the end of the bench, generate a little buzz with trade deadline talk, draft signing panic and typical ownership ineptitude. All of a sudden, against their better judgment, a few more people are paying attention...
Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape
July 19, 2009 by
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In the wake of the "harsh interrogation" controversies of the past few months, reference has been made to the SERE training commonly given to U.S special forces, Air Force pilots and others with a higher than normal risk of capture. SERE stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance...
Hey Buddy, Wanna Buy a Bridge?
July 13, 2009 by
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The open letter sent out this morning by the Washington Nationals is reprinted below in its entirety (and also available via D.C. Sports Bog). This opus would choke the StanSpeak Translator, but we here at Nats Triple Play feel ourselves equal to the task.To Fans of the Washington...
Final Acta
July 13, 2009 by
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The Nationals did something pointless. Dog bites man.Did Manny Acta "deserve" to get fired? Being 26-61 in the midst of a third consecutive losing season is a strong argument in favor of making changes. But does anyone honestly expect a significant improvement from the Nats...
Object Lesson for the Day
July 11, 2009 by
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When you do something just for the sake of doing something, you end up with Jeff Francoeur or Yuniesky Betancourt. Change does not equal Progress.(For an example that hits a little closer to home for Nats fans, see Preston Wilson.)
From Whence Comes Our Help?
July 08, 2009 by
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Lord knows that watching the Nats as they are is too heavy a burden to borne by man. Now is the time for all epically bad teams to begin reimagining their club as it might be. Boswell is already underway. Granted, as profound thinking goes, "The Nationals Need a Roster Overhaul...
See Guzie in St. Louie!
July 06, 2009 by
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Most of the time GUZMANIA! is it's own reward. Cristian is the Washington Nationals' elder statesman, after all, one of the last links to that magical 2005 team that hooked so many of us on baseball's return to DC. He's been by turns terrible on decent teams and slightly...
Put Down Your Dukes
July 01, 2009 by
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Didn't see that coming. To clear a spot for Nyjer Morgan the Nats demote Elijah Dukes to AAA Syracuse. The demotion was termed a "pure baseball decision" because Dukes is not a "finished product" and needs to play every day, which he certainly wasn't doing...
Bustings Milledge
June 30, 2009 by
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Whatever the immediate merits of the great Morgan-Burnett for Milledge-Hanrahan swap of '09 (the P-Rats clearly won the letter sweepstakes) it's hard to see this as anything but a loss for the Nationals. Nyjer Morgan and Sean Burnett may be competent major leaguers, an honest...
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