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Drew Storen is still Tyler Clippard's crib-mate, and I can't really say I'm surprised. All afternoon there were rumors posted on Twitter and various websites that a deal with the Twins - Storen for outfielder Denard Span - was imminent. Yet, as the 4 p.m. non-waiver trading deadline approached, there was Storen in his seat in the bullpen. When he got up to start throwing,
The trading deadline is Sunday at 4 p.m., and the Nationals aren't letting any grass grow under them waiting. Today they shipped Jason Marquis to Arizona for a Single-A shortstop and Jerry Hairston Jr. to Milwaukee for a Double-A outfielder. Without getting into too many specifics, I think, of the two departed veterans, they'll miss Hairston the most. Hairston's been around the block, has been
In the weeks since Derek Jeter homered at Yankee Stadium for his 3,000th hit, there's been a lot of debate about whether or not the young man who caught the ball did the right thing by giving it back to Jeter that afternoon in exchange for a bag of magic beans. Actually. he got a bunch of stuff - autographed Yankees memorabilia and premium seats
At 83, Vin Scully is still the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. At 80, Jack McKeon is managing the Florida Marlins. My MASN colleague Johnny Holliday is eligible to retire, but chooses to keep doing what he loves. Same with my very first radio idol, boss jock Johnny Dark, who still does a daily show for WTTR-AM In Westminster, Md. I mention all this
The two things I found most astounding about last night's 7-6 loss to the Dodgers: 1. Henry Rodriguez's wild pitch ball four to Rafael Furcal. I guess if you're going to be wild, be really wild, be memorably wild. Rodriguez teases us so often with that three-digit fastball and crippling slider that we sometimes forget he has command issues at times. When he's good, he's
I just heard that Nat Albright passed away last weekend. If the name's not familiar to you, then you're likely under 50, since Albright's heyday as a D.C.-area sportscaster was in the 1950s and 1960s. I didn't know Albright well, but every time I'd see him, he'd say in that very distinctive voice, "Whaddya say, babe?" Nat did sports on almost every radio station in
On Oct. 27, 1955, barely a month after his Washington Nationals ballclub had finished their season with three straight losses to the Orioles, Clark Griffith passed away at 85. He'd been associated with Washington baseball since he was named manager in 1912; by the early 1920s, he was the majority owner of the franchise. Washington was hosting the 1956 All-Star Game, and dedicated the contest
For the second straight year a Nationals' reliever gets the win in the All-Star Game - and for the second time in history, a Washington pitcher gets the "W" in the All-Star Game without retiring a hitter. You already know about Matt Capps' win last year, but Capps struck out David Ortiz, the only hitter he faced. Last night Tyler Clippard gave up a base
When the public tickets to the1969 All-Star Game at RFK Stadium went on sale, I took the day off from my summer construction job and stood in line for several hours at the box office, only to have the window closed with me third in line. I later got a pair of tickets from a business associate of my dad's, only to see the game
Today on "Nats Talk Live" following Washington's 2-0 win over Colorado I received a call from a listener who was concerned that Jayson Werth's body language was sending a bad message to the fan base. "He looks like he doesn't care," said the caller. "He plays with no obvious enthusiasm." A caller last night said he thought there must be some animosity between Werth and
The recent passing of Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams at 82 may not have registered with many local fans. Williams won pennants with Boston, Oakland and San Diego, and managed the Nationals' predecessors, the Montreal Expos, for five seasons, 1977-81. As a player, Williams, a super-utility guy, did three separate stints with the Baltimore Orioles. It was there he earned a footnote to a
A caller to Monday's "Nationals Talk Live" named Ted felt he had deduced the problem with Washington's struggling offense. It must be the hitting coach. Ted made the point that in most businesses, if you had hired someone to head a particular department, and that department had seen a drop-off in efficiency and production, usually that department head would be let go. Well, I think
At 3:50 p.m. today, the business end of Rick Ankiel's bat helicoptered into the seats behind and to the right of the Nationals' dugout. The bat separated on a foul ball hit by Ankiel, and thankfully, no one was injured. I don't know whether Ankiel's bat is ash or maple, and it's a cinch that what happened couldn't be done intentionally. However, it seemed like
A couple of observations from my sixth floor perch here at Nationals Park on this doubleheader Saturday: I walk the concourse a few times each homestand, and it never ceases to amaze me the large number of fans out there at any given time. Today, in what, at the time was a 2-2 tie during Game One, I went out to visit a high school
