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Guest Post: Live From Spring Training!
Spring Break fell late this year, so I couldn’t go to Florida for Spring Training. Luckily, a Matt’s Bats reader and professional photographer named Geoff Chesman took some pictures from the Nationals games on Monday, March 16 in Viera and… Read More ›
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I’m Blogging for MASNsports.com This Season!
In case you haven’t heard on my Twitter account, I’m excited to announce that I will be guest blogging about the Nationals this season on MASNsports.com. MASN, as everyone knows, is the TV broadcast station for the Washington Nationals and… Read More ›
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It’s Happening Right “Meow”
The sideline reporter has one of the toughest job in baseball. They have do interviews with baseball stars on live television while running the risk of getting pranked or doused with Gatorade. That is a lot to deal with. If… Read More ›
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My Top Five from the First Five
Baseball! Its been a great five days, listening on the radio and watching on MASN as my favorite team played their first five spring training games. Its been a pretty good start to spring training so far with a meaningless… Read More ›
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Casey at the Bat Experience with Nat’l Symphony AND Matt’s Bats Chat with Glenn Donnellan
Spring has sprung for baseball fans, with pitchers and catchers reporting for Spring Training this week, but that doesn’t mean that it is warm outside. In fact, it’s a snowy Saturday as I’m writing this. I hope you’re also sitting… Read More ›
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Matt’s Bats Chat With MASN Sideline Reporter Dan Kolko
Even though it is February, we are actually very close to the start of Spring Training and the return of baseball from the winter offseason. With baseball returning, we can think of lots of great Nats wins. Almost every great… Read More ›
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Report To The Principal’s Office- When Baseball Players Fib To Win
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 ›
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Matt’s Bats Chat with Washington Post’s James Wagner
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 ›
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Max Scherzer Signs A 7-Year Contract With Washington
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 ›
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My Thoughts on Tyler Clippard’s Departure
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 ›
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