Washington Is a Baseball Town (Again)

June 8, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 2 Comments

At the top of the seventh inning the crowd began the chant, “Let’s Go Stras-burg” to the same cadence that fans in DC have grown tired of listening to from Philly, Dodger, Red Sox and just about anywhere fans. Â But this chant was all DC and it grew and built. Â “Let’s Go Stras-burg” the entire […]

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A Capps-i-tal Idea

April 29, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

The Washington Nationals have a negative run differential of minus fourteen, yet a winning record at 12-10. Â When they have been bad they have been horrid, but give their bullpen a lead into the late innings and they have been extra-ordinary. Tyler Clippard and Matt Capps have done it by allowing a scant three runs–two […]

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