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State of the Nats: Giants up next
Top storylines: Four games in San Francisco - Winners of seven of their last nine games, the Nationals are starting to look like contenders once again. They are healthy and scoring runs, and their...
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Game 62: Nats at Giants
The Nationals are playing their best baseball of the season right now, having won seven of nine to propel themselves into a three-way tie for first place in the NL East with the Braves and Marlins. The...
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Nats in midst of historic run of dominance
When Ian Desmond launched a 3-run homer off Texas’ Colby Lewis in the bottom of the fourth back on May 30, it was immediately wondered whether that sorely needed blast would serve as the catapult that...
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Game 63: Nats at Giants
We’ve said plenty about this remarkable run the Nationals are currently on, citing all the stats that have accompanied it, but the real question all along has been how long this run can continue....
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Nats’ 9th win in 11 games is no cakewalk
The Nationals’ most-dominant stretch of baseball in some time had been notable for the number of blowout victories this club had been stringing together over the last two weeks. Last night’s 2-1 win in...
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Podcast: ‘Baseball in the District’– Giants’ voice Dave Flemming
With the Nationals playing their best baseball of 2014, there were plenty of positives to talk about this week on ‘Baseball in the District.’ Tim Murray of ESPN 980 and I discussed the Nats’ recent...
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Game 64: Nats at Giants
In their quest to win their third straight in San Francisco and their 10th in 12 games overall, the Nationals will be short-handed tonight. Wilson Ramos, who tweaked his right hamstring stretching a...
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Nats keep rolling in San Francisco
The Nationals traveled to San Francisco this week looking to challenge the Giants and their best record in baseball, but so far through three games it’s been Washington who has looked like the better...
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Instant analysis: Giants 7, Nats 1
GAME IN A NUTSHELL: Considering they had already taken the first three games of a road series against a Giants club that had been baseball’s hottest team only a few days ago, anything the Nationals did...
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MLB Power Rankings: Nats moving up
Here are this week’s MLB Power Rankings featuring thoughts on each team from Mark Zuckerman, Chase Hughes and myself, Steve Roney: 1. Oakland Athletics (LW: 2) – Hughes: The Athletics host the Orioles...
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Matt Williams remembers Tony Gwynn
In the outpour of Tony Gwynn remembrances since his untimely death at the age of 54 on Monday, you may have noticed a lot of people mentioning the 5.5 hole, also known as the space between the third...
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MLB Power Rankings: Royals making noise
Here are this week’s MLB Power Rankings featuring thoughts on each team from Mark Zuckerman, Chase Hughes and myself, Steve Roney: 1. Oakland Athletics (LW: 1) – Zuckerman: In a season of vast parity,...
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MLB Power Rankings: NL East heating up
Here are this week’s MLB Power Rankings featuring thoughts on each team from Mark Zuckerman, Chase Hughes and myself, Steve Roney: 1. Athletics (LW: 1) — Roney: Sean Doolittle is the latest Baseball’s...
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Williams takes rain check on Ruth impression
This week Nationals manager Matt Williams revealed a goal for his team: win 10 straight and he’ll do his impression of Babe Ruth, an act he gained attention for in the early 1990s as a member of the...
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Game 127: Giants at Nats
In the middle of a 10-game winning streak, the Nationals are set to get quite the test on Friday night. In order to make sure this one goes to 11, the Nats will have to do so against a pitcher who has...
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Morse returns to Nats Park
Michael Morse walked into the visitors clubhouse at Nationals Park and put his bag down at the locker marked No. 38. He took his headphones out and walked down the hall poking his head in each doorway....
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Instant analysis: Giants 10, Nats 3
GAME IN A NUTSHELL: If they wanted to become the first Washington baseball club to win 11 games in a row since 1933, the Nationals were going to need to beat Tim Hudson and a very good Giants team. No...
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All good things must come to an end
There was a point late in Friday night’s game on South Capitol Street when the Nationals and a crowd of 33,718 felt like a comeback was possible, maybe even likely. Shoot, that’s all anyone around here...
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Game 128: Giants at Nats
The Streak ended last night at an even 10 games. Now the Nationals will try to start another one. They’ll hope to get back on track this afternoon when they again host the Giants, who are scratching...
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Schierholtz called up, Taylor sent back to Syracuse
The Nationals signed Nate Schierholtz to a minor-league deal on Monday, thinking the veteran outfielder wouldn’t need much time in Syracuse before joining the big-league roster. Turns out he only...
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