Morgan's hand returning to full strength
MLB (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Morgan's hand returning to full strength
Nyjer Morgan
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DMV: Nyjer Morgan Was Robbed
Mr. Irrelevant (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
“It’s stunning that [Nyjer Morgan] didn’t win the Gold Glove.” And MVP. And the Nobel Peace Prize. [SI] Ryan Zimmerman wins the Silver Slugger too. [MLB] In support of the Jim Riggleman hire. [Thomas Boswell, Thom Loverro] Cooley tools around on an odd little scooter. [Redskins Blog] “Gray calls secondary’s tackling a concern.” Yeah. [Redskins...
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Marquis Grissom won't be on Nats' 2010 coaching staff
William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Grissom will not return as Nats coach - nationals.com 2009 Washington Nationals Outfield and first base coach Marquis Grissom will not be a part of Jim Riggleman 's coaching staff next season. Details are unknown and Grissom was apparently offered a job in the organization. Outside of Nyjer Morgan's outfield play, the defense back there was pretty awful, though that isn't on Grissom....
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SB Nation Baseball Awards (MVP Edition)
FishStripes (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
... Houston Astros - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 31 Yadier Molina St. Louis Cardinals - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 32 Nyjer Morgan Washington Nationals - - - - - - - - - 1 1 33 Yunel Escobar Atlanta Braves - - - - - - - - - 1 1 According the results, Hanley is the heir apparent to the Albert Pujols award. So when Pujols starts his decline around the age of 80, Hanley is the next in line. GameFish and...
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NL Gold Glove winners announced: Pardon me while I hold my sides
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... Was 1st Ryan Zimmerman SS Jimmy Rollins (5th) Phi 3rd Rafael Furcal OF Matt Kemp (11th) LA 1st Nyjer Morgan OF Shane Victorino (17th) Phi 2nd Randy Winn OF Michael Bourn (6th) Hou 1st Colby Rasmus Shallow, if deeply disappointed, analysis can be found after the jump. Well, I guess at least they got Zimmerman right. And you could argue a decent case for Gonzalez. The rest of the awards...
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The Second Annual Walkoff Walk Gilded Leather Awards
Walkoff Walk (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... - 1B Chase Utley - 2B Rafael Furcal - SS Ryan Zimmerman - 3B Colby Rasmus - OF Matt Kemp - OF Nyjer Morgan - OF American League Kurt Suzuki - C Kevin Youkilis - 1B Aaron Hill - 2B Elvis Andrus - SS Evan Longoria - 3B Carl Crawford - OF Franklin Gutierrez - OF Franklin Gutierrez - OF Quite a few hold-overs from last year. Yadier Molina at the top is tough to argue, he throws out a...
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Best & Worst In Hidden Value, 2009
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... list, except maybe Gerald Laird . So. TOP 15 BOTTOM 15 Franklin Gutierrez 35.2 Bobby Abreu -20.3 Nyjer Morgan 27.3 Nick Johnson -20.3 Michael Bourn 26.0 Carlos Quentin -20.4 Ryan Zimmerman 26.0 Carlos Lee -20.5 Ben Zobrist 25.1 Aubrey Huff -20.8 Evan Longoria 23.8 Ryan Braun -21.3 Chone Figgins 22.3 Adam Lind -22.0 Chase Utley 22.0 Delmon Young -22.5 Ryan Sweeney 21.9 Andre Ethier...
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Hunter Pence and the Astros Outfield Defense
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... Carl Crawford , spent the majority of his minor league games in center field. David DeJesus , Nyjer Morgan , Lance Nix, Juan Pierre and Chris Dickerson all played the majority of their games in center field. Why does this matter? Well, I'll tell you after the jump... So, everyone knows Carlos Lee isn't the best fielder. He looks slow, sometimes takes bad angles and can look disinterested...
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The Bill James Handbook 2010 - Projections For The Washington Nationals' 2010 OF.
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP 2 months ago: Washington Nationals outfielders Willie Harris, left, Nyjer Morgan, center, and Elijah Dukes (34) celebrate after getting the final out of the Nationals' 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Browse more photos » Once again, the folks at Acta Sports...
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Making Sense Of Nonsense: Indians Hire Manny Acta
The Big Dead Sidebar (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... can name five things I would like about managing the Nationals (Ryan Zimmerman, Adam Dunn, Nyjer Morgan, Stephen Strasburg, John Lannan) before I could name five I liked about Cleveland. After naming Grady Sizemore, the only things that could have been used to entice me to be the leader of the Tribe would have been courtside seats to Cavs home games, free admission for my friends...
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This Guy Is Playing Golf Right Now: Garrett Jones
Walkoff Walk (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
... compliment given to nice guys that are really just Quad-A players. Still, when the Pirates traded Nyjer Morgan to the Nationals at the end of June, they needed an outfielder while Lastings Milledge rehabbed his wrist and his general attitude toward life. Jones got the call and on July 1st, he made his first Major League appearance since the end of the 2007 season. He went 0-for-4...