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• Matt’s Bats Chat with Meggie Zahneis

  By Matt's Bats on March 18, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  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)

  By Matt's Bats on March 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  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)

  By Matt's Bats on March 12, 2013 • ( 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

  By Matt's Bats on March 11, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  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

  By Matt's Bats on March 7, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  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 ›

• 2013 Preview- NL West

  By Matt's Bats on March 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s been a busy week for me.  One week ago, I was on the news.  Then I published my second-most popular post, the Matt’s Bats Chat with Heather Zimmerman. Finally I am able to do this is a post about… Read More ›

• A Matt’s Bats Chat with Heather Zimmerman

  By Matt's Bats on March 4, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Washington Nationals Third Baseman Ryan Zimmerman is known as the “Face of the Franchise.”  That makes his wife, Heather Zimmerman, the First Lady of Nats Town.    Heather is a big fan and reader of MattsBats.com, so I was very… Read More ›

• Behind the Scenes of My First-Ever Live TV Appearence

  By Matt's Bats on February 28, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  Yesterday, February 27, Matt’s Bats was on FOX 5 News Washington D.C. It was so fun going into the studio and sitting the big red chair with the microphone hanging from my Matt’s Bats shirt. What 8 year old  boy… Read More ›

• 2013 Preview- AL Central

  By Matt's Bats on February 26, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Today’s post is about the competitive AL Central Division.  Next up is my preview of the NL West.  Remember, you can always see my posts on the other Divisions by clicking below: NL Central AL East NL East * * * *… Read More ›

• 2013 Preview- NL Central

  By Matt's Bats on February 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  This week we start off with my predictions for the NL Central.  It will be followed by the AL Central.  In case you missed previous posts, check out: NL EAST AL EAST P.S. I am sorry that the picture has… Read More ›