Let’s Play Two
April 17, 2011 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
The Sunday doubleheader was a staple of baseball in the Golden Era of the game, you know, when the World Series was played in the first half of October and kids listened to Don Larsen’s perfect game on the radio in Ms. Hill’s sixth grade class. Â The Nationals and Brewers played a Sunday doubleheader today. […]
Been Down So Long
April 17, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
A scant year ago, Jim Bowden departed Washington, DC with the Nationals baseball team as ruined as his reputation. Â Just as we tend to forget the desert at the first oasis, so the barren geography of hopeless losing was washed away this weekend as Matt Capps converted his first five save opportunities and up and […]
Dan’s daring predictions for diamond action
March 23, 2010 by Dan Schlossberg · Leave a Comment
Predicting the future — in any venue — is difficult even for Alison DuBois or others blessed with psychic powers. That is especially true when it comes to baseball, where teams play nearly 200 games and face each one without knowing who will get hot, who will get hurt, or who will perform above or […]
Washington Snowmen Add Wang
February 16, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
The almost three feet of snow in front of the house is melting, but during the white out conditions last week the Nationals fought through it all to sign Chien-Ming Wang. Â Were the Nationals snow-blinded to the big risks of signing Wang? Â There is little chance they are getting the pitcher who won nineteen games […]
