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Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Rick Eckstein's name first caught my attention when Ryan Langerhans was called up to DC in mid-May and the Nationals' outfielder credited the Triple-A Columbus Clippers' Hitting Coach with the success he'd enjoyed at the plate prior to earning the promotion, as Langerhans told MLB.com's Bill Ladson in an article entitled, "Nats Swap with Triple-A Columbus": "' I tried to work on something every day...
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Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | yesterday
And now, to once again quote Tom Hanks' character, G.H. Dorr, Ph. D, from the Coen Brothers' underappreciated remake of the Peter Sellers' comedy, "T he Ladykillers" , it's time , " to flog a horse that if not at this point dead is in mortal danger of expirin'" , and once again look in on Aaron Crow , the Nationals' #1 Draft Pick That Wasn't and see how things have been going for the former University...
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William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Hill's recovery ahead of schedule - nationals.com RHP Shawn Hill is rehabbing from his latest surgery and thinks he can be ready for spring training. Sure, we've heard this before -- every year since the team got here, but this time, I'm sure it is totally going to happen. Washington Nationals , Nats , Shawn Hill , fibs ©MMVIII William F. Yurasko
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Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Washington Nationals fan claims responsibility for the Cubs failure: I explained my reason for seeking him out. I needed a good strong curse on Number 12, as a lesson to these big-market teams not to mess with us small-market...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
By virtue of their 101 losses, the Mariners will pick second overall, after the 102-loss Washington Nationals, in the 2009 June draft. This chart examines the...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
When the Mariners won their final three games last weekend, it caused a minor uproar among a segment of their fan base. The M's, after all...
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Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
When pressed, mostly by propriety, DC GM Jim Bowden apologized for having announced that the Nationals would non-tender reliever Chad Cordero on a local DC radio show months earlier than such decisions are expected and before anyone had bothered to tell the former 1st Round pick, who, until he was injured, had been the Nationals' tight-rope-walking closer for most of three seasons and had been with...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The Mariners don't plan to raise ticket prices next year, but they are wary of economic conditions and uncertainty about their general manager and other personnel.
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Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
In MLB.com's Bill Ladson's article, "Acta selects his coaching staff", from November 21, 2006, the new Nationals' Manager says that he reached back into his past to choose some of those who would help him manage his first Major League team, telling Mr. Ladson: "' It's a good mix of experienced people who are going to help me a great deal,' Acta said. 'We'll also have people who had a lot to do with...
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Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Two million people have watched a Human League video on YouTube ... we are officially doomed as a species. Warren Sapp says, "Al Davis knows football -- it's just '60s and '70s football." In fairness, that's all Al can remember at this point. During a lull in the Dodgers-Cubs game TBS' Dick Stockton said, "The Boys and Girls Clubs of America are the official charity of Major League Baseball."
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Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
On November 16, 2004, the Washington Nationals agreed to contracts with third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had spent the previous season back in Colorado, and Cristian Guzman, who'd played his entire professional career with the Minnesota Twins after they'd acquired the then 20-year old infielder from the Yankees as part of the deal that sent Chuck Knoblauch to New York. Castilla played just one season...
