MASNblogs Archive
Earlier this month Willie Harris visited the St. Coletta School for kids with severe mental retardation and autism. He told me all players should have to make such visits and that taking time out of his schedule to interact with these youngsters made his day. ...
A funny story from Saturday's extra-inning win over the Tigers. As we all saw, Luke Scott hit the walk-off homer. As he approached home plate, he bowled his helmet toward his awaiting teammates. ...
Adam Jones is playing banged up. His ankle is sore after rolling it while running the bases on Friday, and his tailbone is sore from slamming into the centerfield wall yesterday; but he's still playing at the same level he did when he wasn't hurt. Jones is pretty tough. ...
Relaxing on defense I have to say, I'm a little perplexed by our defense as of late. I would love to see the Nats fire the ball to the plate from the outfield when there is any remote chance of a play at the plate, instead of running the ...
Hey Nats Fans, hope all is well and you are staying cool during these boiling (or broiling!) summer days! Jason Bergmann was solid Thursday against the Diamondbacks--you have to really feel like he is making progress in going after hitters. He gave up 4 solo homers last time against ...
Needless to say, the Orioles were eager to get out of Toronto last night, and it wasn't because the players were sick of doing the math it takes to convert American dollars to Canadian dollars. The buses leaving the Rogers Centre's loading docks filled up pretty shortly after the ...
Nationals All-Star shortstop Cristian Guzman said he was looking forward to heading to the Bronx for the 2008 All-Star Game. "It's the only game that day, so everyone is watching," he beamed after being asked about his second All-Star appearance. ...
Bonds Strikes Out in DC While speculation swirled around Nationals Park on Wednesday about the possibility of Barry Bonds joining the D-Backs, I had a chance to ask Jim Bowden if he'd consider bringing the all-time home run champ to the District. His response? An emphatic, "No!" Bowden added, ...
Over the weekend the struggling Roger Bernandina got some batting tips from the unlikeliest of sources: Nats closer Jon Rauch. "He noticed opposing pitchers are pounding the strike zone against me," Bernadina said. "He said I should get off the plate." ...
Twenty-three-year-old rookie pitcher Collin Balester said he's been getting some great one-on-one advice from a number of different Nationals personnel. He said Nats special assistant to the GM Jose Rijo has been helpful and so has pitching coach Randy St. Claire. ...
