What a difference a month makes.

1. Angels getting better.At the beginning of May, people were wringing hands and getting frantic when talking about the Angels. And then Jered Weaver threw a no-hitter on the 2nd, and Pujols started hitting, and they're finishing out the month with beatdowns on Oakland and Seattle and the Yankees. Not a bad ( Read more... )

So looks pretty good that Strasburg won't throw an inning next year. If we're really really lucky he might be able to come back in September to help get the Nats some money, but probably not ( Read more... )

Stephen Strasburg, after a good four innings tonight, indicated that he felt some discomfort in his arm. As the manager and trainer walked to the mound the fans began cheering.

They were cheering the possibility that someone was injured. Wow.

The game, needless to say, was in Philadelphia.

In the past couple of weeks we've had Sarah Palin indirectly compare herself to Shakespeare and Rod Blagojevich compare himself to Nelson Mandela. Those comparisons were weird, but now we have Nationals pitcher Miguel Batista comparing himself to...Miss Iowa ( Read more... )

The Nationals are leading 6 to 1 in Philadelphia, bottom of the forth. Just thought I'd say.

Edit: Four errors on the Phillies...so far.

Lo Duca to the Nationals: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071210&content_id=2322354&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jspRead more... )

i just found this in washington_nats and am reposting it here -- it's a webcam preview of what the nats' new stadium is going to be like, complete with 2 camera angles and a time-lapse of the construction for both, it's pretty neat to see!

Twins at White Sox. Game goes to the 9th even at 4. Minnesota scores 6 to go up 10-4. What happens next? Chicago scores 6 of their own to tie it again. On to extra innings. Nice job, bullpens ( Read more... )

In case you were wondering (and you likely weren't), tags are now enabled for this community. In order for something like this to work, everyone needs to use the same basic naming system. If I tag something with "Mariners" and
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