Recently, controversy surrounded Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the rest of the New England Patriots after they supposedly deflated their footballs in the AFC Title Game. The deflated footballs gave the Patriots an advantage because they were easier to catch… Read More ›
Until the past couple of weeks, it had been a quiet offseason for the Washington Nationals. Then, they made a couple of big splashes with the Tyler Clippard-for-Yunel Escobar deal and the Max Scherzer signing. That also meant a lot… Read More ›
On Sunday night, a rumor came out of nowhere that Tigers ace Max Scherzer was interested in signing with the Nationals and one other unnamed team. According to multiple reports, Scherzer will be heading to DC. In the wee hours… Read More ›
On Wednesday night, the Nationals announced that they traded 8th-inning set-up man Tyler Clippard to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Yunel Escobar. Escobar is a short stop who will probably become the Nationals’ second baseman. Clippard is a fan… Read More ›
Nationals reliever Aaron Barrett, from Evansville, Indiana, was a rookie in the 2014 season who made the Nationals major league team out of spring training. A 27-year old from Evansville, Indiana, Aaron was drafted by the Dodgers in 2006, the… Read More ›
Today, we celebrate the turning of the calendar. Since it is the first day of 2015, I whipped up a post about different firsts that happened during the 2014 MLB season. Lots of different “firsts” happened this year. No-hitters were… Read More ›
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