I went to the Nationals vs. Cardinals Spring Training game yesterday in Jupiter, Florida. Before we left, I checked on MLB.com to see who the Nats pitcher would be in Jupiter because it was a split squad game. In a… Read More ›
Month: March 2013
Spring Game 2: Nats-Marlins
Welcome, fans, to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. On Tuesday, March 26, the “Triple A Miami Marlins” took on the Washington Nationals at the Marlins’ last spring training home game and the Nats’ last full-squad spring training away game…. Read More ›
How Good Are Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler?!?
I love listening to Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler’s broadcasts on WJFK radio. There is one call that I especially love– the WERTHQUAKE. That is Game 4 of the 2012 NLDS when Jayson Werth hit a walkoff home run against… Read More ›
SPRING TRAINING- I’m Going to Florida!
Matt’s Bats will be traveling to warm and sunny Florida this weekend for Spring Training. I probably will be live-tweeting the Nationals games that I go to if my parents let me use their phones. We are seeing the Nats… Read More ›
50 Things I Love About Opening Day
As we all know, the eagerly awaited Opening Day on April 1st is coming our way in less than 2 weeks. No April Fool’s Day joke! That’s when the smell of the hot dogs and lemonade fill the air on… Read More ›
Matt’s Bats Chat with Meggie Zahneis
Today’s Matt’s Bats Chat is with the incredible 16-year old Meggie Zahneis, MLB’s Youth Correspondent and winner of the 2011 Breaking Barriers essay contest sponsored by Major League Baseball and Scholastic. She writes a column for MLB, which you can… Read More ›
Stephen Strasburg- Four Pitch Army (Part 2)
As I wrote about in Part 1, Stephen Strasburg made his MLB debut on the evening of June 8, 2010 in front of a sellout crowd at Nationals Park. He absolutely shut down the Pittsburgh Pirates. IN 7 INNINGS PITCHED,… Read More ›
Stephen Strasburg- Top Prospect (Part 1)
“What a performance by Stephen Strasburg! In 7 innings, the rookie has struck out 14 batters in his Major League debut! The Nationals right hander, despite the 2 runs he gave up, has dominated Pittsburgh!” That is what you may… Read More ›
A Matt’s Bats Chat with Matt Nadel from Baseball With Matt
Hey Nats fans! Did you hear about the kid named Matt who writes a blog about baseball and who just made his first ever live TV appearance? I’m talking, of course, about Matt Nadel. Who? I bet you were thinking… Read More ›
2013 Preview-AL West
This is the final post in the Matt’s Bats 2013 Preview Series. If you missed any of the earlier posts, you can click on the links below to see my predictions for the NL East and Central Divisions and the… Read More ›
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