I recently had the amazing opportunity to interview the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred, about his new youth baseball initiatives. Ever since taking the reins as Commissioner in 2015, Manfred has done a great job encouraging young kids… Read More ›
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Get Max Scherzer’s Autograph For Great Causes
Last year, during his first season with the Washington Nationals, ace of the staff Max Scherzer launched a charity called Baseball Cards for a Cause. Max autographed fans’ baseball cards in exchange for a donation to the Washington Nationals Youth… Read More ›
Matt’s Bats Chat with Max Domi of NHL’s Arizona Coyotes
As I wrote about here, I was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Ever since I got my diagnosis, I’ve been looking around to find inspiring people who share the same burden I do. I learned that rookie winger for… Read More ›
Matt’s Bats Chat With Darren O’Day (Part 2)
Last month, I had the great opportunity to interview Orioles relief pitcher Darren O’Day. In the first part, I interviewed O’Day about his community service to military service members and family as a nominee for the Bob Feller Act of… Read More ›
Matts’ Bats Chat with Darren O’Day (Part 1)
Last week, I had a great opportunity to go to beautiful Orioles Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland to interview Orioles closer Darren O’Day about his nomination for the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award. O’Day was honored for… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Matt’s Bats Chat with Aaron Barrett
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 ›
“Microstras”: My Adventure Playing Xbox with Stephen Strasburg
Have you ever wondered what its like to play Xbox with Nationals fireballer (and famous gamer) Stephen Strasburg? I was lucky enough to be one of the few Nats fans to have this cool experience when I went to the… Read More ›