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What Is A Balk?
Yesterday, Washington starter Gio Gonzalez made a costly mistake in the first inning while facing Alexei Ramirez with 2 outs and the bases loaded and a full count. Home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi called a balk on Gio for making… Read More ›
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Opening Series Review
This is a recap of the 2013 Opening Series. The Washington Nationals took on the Miami Marlins. There was at least 1 home run hit by a National in each game of the series. For the first 2 games, the… Read More ›
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2013 DC-IBWA Nats Preseason Survey Results
I am a member of the Internet Baseball Writers Association: Washington D.C. Chapter (or just DC-IBWA) Last month, they asked members their prediction for the nationals 2013 season. Here are the questions we were asked and my answers: 1) Who… Read More ›
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A Matt’s Bats Chat with Amanda Comak
It was so fun interviewing Heather Zimmerman, Matt Nadel, and Meggie Zahneis that I decided to interview another really interesting person for this Matt’s Bats Chat. As almost all of NatsTown knows, we are very lucky to have reporters and… Read More ›
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Baseball is BACK!
The team plane left Viera and landed in DC Thursday night. For Nats fans, Opening Day was around the corner and we were about to see GAMES THAT COUNT!! The last time we saw the Nationals win was when Charlie… Read More ›
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It’s Cards-Nats Split Squad Action!
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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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