Ian Desmond, Washington Nationals Rock Star

September 3, 2013 by Ted Leavengood · 3 Comments

You will not find his picture on the cover of Sports Illustrated nor even Rolling Stone. You will barely find him in the Washington Post sports pages, but Ian Desmond is a rock star. He is a rock, one of the most solid players on the Washington Nationals roster and he is emerging as a […]

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Two Roads Diverged

June 27, 2012 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

Seven years ago the Washington Nationals, during their inaugural season in 2005, stood atop the NL east to the surprise of everyone. They had a four-game lead and were playing in Toronto against the Blue Jays. It was the team’s first trip back to Canada and in the Montreal sports pages they celebrated their team’s […]

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Subplots of the 2010 Postseason

October 9, 2010 by Josh Deitch · 2 Comments

Taking a look at two worrying subplots of the 2010 MLB Postseason after the jump…

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How Does It Feel?

September 15, 2010 by Judy Johnson · Leave a Comment

“Numbers merely describe the surface of baseball . . . No incisive statistical pocketknife, wielded however skillfully, can dissect and reveal the heart of baseball to the serious souls who study the game.” David Baldwin, Snake Jazz For the past few months I’ve been studying baseball and reading its literature almost exclusively, at the expense […]

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