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Dave Nichols: Werth returns for some brotherly love

Dave Nichols: Werth returns for some brotherly love
The Washington Nationals' $126 million man, Jayson Werth, returned to the place where he made his name Tuesday night: Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia. He was the center focus of the festivities all evening long in the Nationals' 4-1 loss to the Phillies, even though he had very little to do with the action on the field, as he went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He was received surprisingly warmly in his first at-bat, pausing to tip his batting helmet to acknowledge the appreciation...
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Dave Nichols: Is Gorzelanny's strong start sustainable?

Dave Nichols: Is Gorzelanny's strong start sustainable?
In Monday night's 2-0 win over the defending world champion San Francisco Giants, starting pitcher Tom Gorzelanny pitched a heck of a game, limiting the Giants to three hits over eight innings while striking out four. Most importantly for him, he didn't walk anyone, which has always been what has hindered him in his career and kept him from being a truly dependable starter in the league. After five starts for the Washington Nationals, Gorzelanny is 1-2 with a 2.93 ERA. Pretty impressive. I...
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Josh Land

Dave Nichols: Honoring true heroes that protect our freedom

Dave Nichols: Honoring true heroes that protect our freedom
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I, like millions of fellow Americans, was on my daily commute to work, only I work two blocks from the White House. I first heard the news on the elevator up to my floor: "A plane hit the World Trade Center in New York." There were no details at that point and no reason to think that America was under attack. Once I reached my desk and got on the Internet, I realized there was a much bigger story and, like all my fellow Americans, I was then glued to the...
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Josh Land

Complimentary tickets for Military Appreciation Night

Complimentary tickets for Military Appreciation Night
On Monday, the Washington Nationals will host Military Appreciation Night. As part of the celebration, the Nationals will donate thousands of complimentary tickets to military families for the series finale with the Giants. Military personnel can receive four complimentary tickets with a valid ID. Those tickets are available for pick up at the Grand Staircase Box Office beginning at 5:30 p.m. Monday. Tickets may also be picked up prior to the game at the Main Box Office during non-game...
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Drew Kinback: Storen's choice of flat-brim shows definite closer style

Drew Kinback: Storen's choice of flat-brim shows definite closer style
There is just something about a ballplayer who styles the flat-brim. Pardon the obvious and shameless pun, but a player who wears his ballcap flat-brim style is tipping the hat to an older school of baseball while at the same time showing defiance in the face of modern standards and comfort in ballplayer headwear. It is true that a new baseball cap is not conformed to the shape of the wearer's head so it is necessary to bend the bill a little bit. Give it some flex. So in a way, flat-brim...
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Drew Kinback: An early look at Jim Riggleman's future in D.C.

Drew Kinback: An early look at Jim Riggleman's future in D.C.
I peg manager Jim Riggleman as a whiskey man. I don't base this off much of anything or know if he actually partakes in the American firewater, but let's pretend a little bit. He just looks and carries himself like a whiskey man: staunch, regal, a touch of book-smart intellect mixed with barroom pugilism. A lover and a fighter. It is the sort of thing you want in a baseball manager running a team of bosky greenhorns and slightly fossilized gray-hairs. I've always imagined Riggleman walking...
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Josh Land

Bullpen addition Rodriguez ready to contribute

Bullpen addition Rodriguez ready to contribute
After battling right shoulder inflammation in spring training, reliever Henry Rodriguez joined the Nationals on Wednesday afternoon ready to contribute out of the bullpen. The hard throwing right-hander was acquired from Oakland for Josh Willingham back in December. Rodriguez completed a rehab assignment in Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse before being recalled by the Nationals. "Everything went well," he said of his rehab. "I feel great and now I just have to go out there and do...
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Drew Kinback: Nats' Hairston delivers a blow to logic of putting trust in veterans

Drew Kinback: Nats' Hairston delivers a blow to logic of putting trust in veterans
If you watch Nationals baseball long enough, you eventually find that over time nothing really surprises you anymore. Nationals baseball is full of every strange play and freak occurrence you can probably think up and wrap your mind around. At this point I would not be surprised to see Jayson Werth drop a routine fly ball because some crocodile had slunk up from the Anacostia and run onto the field after him. I really wouldn't. I've seen it all. Until Tuesday night. In the ninth inning of...
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Dave Nichols: Nationals face daunting schedule over next two weeks

Dave Nichols: Nationals face daunting schedule over next two weeks
The 2011 Washington Nationals have been hovering around .500 most of the season. They currently sit at 10-12 as a result of dropping five of their last six games, including Tuesday night's 6-4 loss to the New York Mets, an imminently winnable game as manager Jim Riggleman said in his press conference after the game. "A little something happen here or there and we could have won that ball game," Riggleman rationalized after the loss. That seems to be a popular sentiment. But the fact that...
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All-Star voting is open

All-Star voting is open
We're just two weeks into the season, but online ballots for the 82nd All-Star Game are already available. Fans can only vote 25 times between now and June 30, but paper ballots will also be available at Nationals Park for 23 home games. Just how many ballots do you think you can fill out during those 23 home games? And, more importantly, who do you think deserves to head to Arizona this July to represent the Nationals?
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This Week at Nationals Park

This Week at Nationals Park
The Nationals return home to take on the Mets this week and there are plenty of fun reasons to get out to the ballpark. Fans can celebrate Earth Month on Tuesday at the interactive Coca-Cola recycling trailer outside the center field gates. You can play games, win prizes and learn more about going green. If you bring a recyclable container to trailer, you'll get a voucher good for 50% off select tickets to a future game.    Beginning Wednesday, make sure...
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Drew Kinback: With Nats, there's simply no margin for error

Drew Kinback: With Nats, there's simply no margin for error
It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen on a Monday night. I was reading over the standard Nationals news from the usual rogue's gallery of sources when I decided to take a break and take in something non-baseball related. I find a quick dose of tabloid entertainment, a music video off YouTube or a random news story usually cleans out the colon of your baseball mind. Man cannot survive on baseball alone - unless you are Pete Rose at a sporting memorabilia convention. Somehow, someway I...
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Drew Kinback: Nats-Pujols marriage not a far-fetched notion

Drew Kinback: Nats-Pujols marriage not a far-fetched notion
In March, I got the unique opportunity to spend all month in Viera, Fla., following the Nationals during their 2011 spring training campaign. I run the online rag known as Nationals Inquisition and spring training is usually the Super Bowl of my blog. I've attended the Nationals' Viera sessions since 2007 and have seen many curious and wondrous things in the Sunshine State during this time. But on March 25, I saw something at a Nationals game that was plain inspiring. The game was one of the...
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Will Yoder: Stairs embraces niche to prolong productive career

Will Yoder: Stairs embraces niche to prolong productive career
Sticking out like a sore thumb on the youthful Washington Nationals is 43-year-old Matt Stairs, a former All-Star turned pinch-hitting specialist who gets woken up once every 18 innings to attempt to hit a home run. It's a role he has come to embrace over the course of an incredible and arguably underappreciated 19-year-career. One of the greatest minds in baseball history, Bill James, once wrote of Stairs: "Look at it. Somebody decided he was a second baseman, he tears through the minor...
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Will Yoder: An early look at the June draft

Will Yoder: An early look at the June draft
The last two seasons have been unique for the Nationals in that they have realistically had to do little to no research for their first-round pick in the June first-year player draft. They became the first team in history to have back-to-back first overall selections, and they were fortunate enough to have those picks somehow coincide with two of the most hyped pre-draft prospects of all time. As a result, in 2009 and 2010, the question was never who the Nats were going to pick, but whether or...
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Charlie Sheen visits Nationals Park

Charlie Sheen visits Nationals Park
Love him or hate him, Charlie Sheen performed in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday and took the stage wearing a red Nationals jersey. He signed the jersey for a fan early in the show. Apparently, the controversial celebrity also stopped by Nationals Park, evidenced by this photo of Sheen with Ryan Zimmerman in the clubhouse. The photo appears on Zimmerman's Facebook page with the following caption: Ran into this guy after rehab today. I think being in the presence of his Tiger blood is already...
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Memorabilia for a good cause

Memorabilia for a good cause
Carpenter's Shelter in Alexandria, Va., an organization very close to my heart, is holding its annual fundraiser now through April 29. Supporters can participate in an online auction or buy tickets to a charity cook-off on May 1 at the Birchmere in Alexandria. I mention that because one of the items in the online auction is an official autographed bat from Adam LaRoche, generously donated by the Washington Nationals. Fans can bid on the bat through this link. There are also dozens of other...
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Will Yoder: On rain delays, empty seats and anticipation

Will Yoder: On rain delays, empty seats and anticipation
The Nationals game was rained out last night in St. Louis and I was struck with an empty feeling in my gut. For the first time since opening day I would be forced to sit two consecutive nights without enjoying a baseball game, quite a disappointment, to say the least. As I scrolled through the tweets from the Nationals beat reporters about the massive rainstorm they were waiting out, I got to thinking about all of the rain delays I've sat through as a baseball fan. It's an experience with...
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Will Yoder: After 15 games, three predictions for the Nats

Will Yoder: After 15 games, three predictions for the Nats
The Nationals just finished up an exciting homestand that saw them go 4-2 against two teams that were picked by many to win their respective divisions. The club's only losses came to two pitchers who can easily claim the title as the best right- or left-handed starters in baseball, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee, and by winning both games of the doubleheader Sunday, the Nationals are now 8-7 on the season. With 15 games under their belt, they are just about 10 percent of the way through the year,...
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Get to know new Nationals in-game host Sarah Fraser

Get to know new Nationals in-game host Sarah Fraser
You may know her from Hot 99.5's popular morning drive program, "The Kane Show." Or maybe you've discussed the latest episode of "Glee" in one of her My Fox DC chats. If you've been to Nationals Park this season, you've probably noticed her in the stands and on the scoreboard. Sarah Fraser is the new Nationals Park in-game co-host. Nats Buzz caught up with Fraser for a quick Q&A about the Nats. Make sure to follow her on Twitter at @misssarahfraser. Sarah, what will your role be this...
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