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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:36:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>NATIONALS NEWS NETWORK</title><description>Dedicated to the consumption and constructive criticism of the Washington Nationals.</description><link>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>791</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NationalsNewsNetwork" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-6184164517350223821</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-27T17:22:15.033-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STRASBURG</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">FRONT OFFICE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AFL</category><title>Nats Make More Hires; Strasburg Pitches in AFL</title><atom:summary type="text">The Washington Nationals today announced more front office hires:  Casey McKeon (son of Jack) as Director of Player Procurement and Jay Robertson as Special Assistant to the Genereal Manager.

Here's the nitty-gritty from the press release:
McKeon joins the Nationals after spending the previous seven seasons with the Colorado Rockies, where he was Assistant to the General Manager to Dan O’Dowd, </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/H6XcviB4xdw/nats-make-more-hires-strasburg-pitches.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/H6XcviB4xdw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/nats-make-more-hires-strasburg-pitches.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-1056247495105032437</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-26T19:01:19.186-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZIMMERMAN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AWARDS</category><title>More Awards for Zimmerman</title><atom:summary type="text">Ryan Zimmerman collected the most web gems and web gem points from ESPN throughout the season. And tonight, ESPN is naming him their first ever Web Gem Champion. The "Web Gem Awards Show" will air Monday at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 with Zimmerman as a special guest.

Ryan Zimmerman has been nominated for "Best Defense" in MLB's "This Year in Baseball" Awards! Vote for Zim here.


Photo © 2009 C. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/7aeauFZh5sk/more-awards-for-zimmerman.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cheryl Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4d5hky618zo/SuYo_sUV2aI/AAAAAAAAM0E/5tu3jV9g4Vc/s72-c/IMG_7481+R+Zim.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/7aeauFZh5sk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-awards-for-zimmerman.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-762144192420575963</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-17T19:08:37.517-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STRASBURG</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STOREN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AFL</category><title>Strasburg Makes AFL Debut</title><atom:summary type="text">Stephen Strasburg made AFL debut Friday night, going 3.1 IP. He didn't allow a run on two hits and one walk, striking out two. He threw 32 of his 50 pitches for strikes and picked up the win.

The 21-year old, No. 1 overall pick in last year's amateur draft got two double plays behind him and exited in the middle of the fourth inning seemingly on a strict pitch count.

Drew Storen, the No. 10 </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/wgOs3Xt7kAk/strasburg-makes-afl-debut.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/wgOs3Xt7kAk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/strasburg-makes-afl-debut.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-1013405584435262116</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-15T14:57:24.922-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">FRONT OFFICE</category><title>Nationals Break Silence, Confirm Recent Hires</title><atom:summary type="text">The Washington Nationals issued a press release today finally making official all the news reports of recent front office hirings.  One has to believe now that this wave of personnel have filled out their W-2s, general manager Mike Rizzo can turn full attention to interviewing candidates for field manager.


WASHINGTON NATIONALS ADD ROY CLARK, JOHNNY DiPUGLIA AND DOUG HARRIS TO FRONT OFFICE

KRIS</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/XJESyYU5dgM/nationals-break-silence-confirm-recent.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/XJESyYU5dgM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/nationals-break-silence-confirm-recent.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-6326284881628563344</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-13T17:34:28.891-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RIZZO</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">FRONT OFFICE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">KASTEN</category><title>More Turnover in Nats Front Office:  Brown Out, Clark In as Assistant GM</title><atom:summary type="text">According to multiple sources, the Washington Nationals have hired former Atlanta Braves scouting director Roy Clark as assistant general manager, with his duties to be varied and wide-ranging.  Clark worked for Atlanta for 20 years in their scouring and development department.

According to the AJC story, Clark will oversee the Nationals player development and all scouting functions, including </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/E7jqA9ERrsE/more-turnover-in-nats-front-office.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/E7jqA9ERrsE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-turnover-in-nats-front-office.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-79086850317526906</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-09T15:56:47.057-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MINOR LEAGUES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RIZZO</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PERSPECTIVE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">COACHING STAFF</category><title>Out With the Old...Nats Making Stealth Changes in System</title><atom:summary type="text">First, Elijah Dukes' handler, James Williams, was dismissed.  I guess the Nats thought Dukes was ready to ride without training wheels.  

To be fair to Dukes, he seemed like he had picked up a thing or two while he was in exile.  And he had a pretty solid September.  It should be interesting in the spring whether he's given a job, or has to fight Maxwell, Bernadina, Harris, et al for rightfield.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/xGYylTyLFVs/out-with-oldnats-making-stealth-changes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/xGYylTyLFVs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/out-with-oldnats-making-stealth-changes.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-8566925049386490491</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-08T11:31:56.750-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BBA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AWARDS</category><title>Yup, More Awards!</title><atom:summary type="text">As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I get to vote for the awards that the group hands out each season.  We vote just like the BBWAA does; for Manager, Rookie, Cy Young and MVP of each league.  Since I cover the Nats, I get to vote for the N.L. awards.

Et voila!  Here are my votes (and admittedly shaky reasoning behind them).

N.L. MANAGER OF THE YEAR

3.  Joe Torre, LAD
2.  Bruce </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/NNSBpt7ce44/yup-more-awards.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/NNSBpt7ce44" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/yup-more-awards.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-5263053504781137249</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-08T02:01:35.851-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NORRIS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">INJURIES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GUZMAN</category><title>Surgery Thursday for Guzman and Norris</title><atom:summary type="text">
Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman is scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder Thursday.  The procedure will be performed by Dr. Wiemi Douoguih at The Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC.  Bill Ladson is reporting that Guzman has been hampered by shoulder problems for over a month and the shoulder grew worse when Guzman twice threw to home plate against the Dodgers </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/10M8yvgYpTc/surgery-thursday-for-guzman-and-norris.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cheryl Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4d5hky618zo/Ss1_ngqSD_I/AAAAAAAAMo4/211xcmL97gU/s72-c/IMG_2755+Guz+crop.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/10M8yvgYpTc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/surgery-thursday-for-guzman-and-norris.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-7020260442426676844</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-08T00:59:27.277-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">INTERNET RADIO</category><title>Final "Nats Weekly" of the Season Today LIVE at 5:00 pm.</title><atom:summary type="text">Join me and Greg DePalma on Prime Sports Network's "Nats Weekly" LIVE today at 5:00 pm.  Click the link for the live internet radio feed, or call the hotline at 1-877-266-1909 to ask a question or join in the discussion.

We'll be wrapping up the season that was in Natstown, including a look at the DC-IBWA Awards, Highlights of the Year, possible draft scnearios and the manager position.

Should </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/Bv6DCm1AYr4/final-nats-weekly-of-season-today-live.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/Bv6DCm1AYr4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/final-nats-weekly-of-season-today-live.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-5896336780615305492</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-05T16:44:26.485-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AWARDS</category><title>DC-IBWA Announces 2009 Player Achievement Awards</title><atom:summary type="text">The Washington, DC chapter of the Internet Baseball Writers Association is an organization comprised of internet writers, on-line media outlets, and bloggers. 

In accordance with its stated goal of promoting the members of the association and increasing awareness and respect as active members of the media that cover the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball club, the DC-IBWA is pleased to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/A8Fleo1B0iE/dc-ibwa-announces-2009-player.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/A8Fleo1B0iE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/dc-ibwa-announces-2009-player.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-3102437858181315635</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-05T11:46:26.511-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">KENSING</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BRAVES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GONZALEZ</category><title>GBU GAMES 160-162:  Nats Finish on High Note, Sweep Braves</title><atom:summary type="text">"I'm very proud of this team. For a team to have that kind of record and still play with that kind of intensity at the end is really great." --Interim manager Jim Riggleman, on Sunday's 15-inning win, Oct. 4, 2009.

THE RESULTS:  The Washington Nationals ended the 2009 campaign with a seven-game winning streak, sweeping the Atlanta Braves in a four-game series.  Sunday's game was a 15 inning </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/Vq0PTrhjQ5w/gbu-games-160-162-nats-finish-on-high.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/Vq0PTrhjQ5w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/gbu-games-160-162-nats-finish-on-high.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-5865147680920444985</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-02T11:01:19.387-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ORR</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BRAVES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DUNN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MORSE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZIMMERMAN</category><title>GB&amp;U GAME 159:  Orr's Clutch Hit Lifts Nats, 2-1</title><atom:summary type="text">"We're playing the game the right way.  Hopefully, we're going in the right direction." -- Pete Orr, Oct. 1, 2009.

THE RESULT:  Pete Orr's one-out single to left field drove home Ryan Zimmerman, who opened the ninth inning with a double, and the Washington Nationals eked out a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves before 38,237 at Turner Field.

The Braves found out earlier in the day that they had </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/HSy6PS5dM3I/gb-game-159-orrs-clutch-hit-lifts-nats.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/HSy6PS5dM3I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/gb-game-159-orrs-clutch-hit-lifts-nats.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-4283999174384586208</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-01T11:10:40.190-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">METS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BAD DEFENSE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MAXWELL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZIMMERMAN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LANNAN</category><title>GBU GAME 158:  Maxwell Slams Mets; Nats Sweep!</title><atom:summary type="text">"We haven't been playing that well this year, but this kind of pushes us forward going into next year. Definitely a nice memory." -- Justin Maxwell, Sept. 30, 2009.


THE RESULT: Justin Maxwell hit a walk-off grand slam against New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez, giving the Washington Nationals a 7-4 win -- on Fan Appreciation Day and their last home game of the season -- before 23,944 </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/9CkynOxgZ4g/gbu-game-158-maxwell-slams-mets-nats.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vQW0YsTDsKo/SsTGOSJZwBI/AAAAAAAAFT0/1nC0rm_z38I/s72-c/2009.09.30+empty+dugout.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/9CkynOxgZ4g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/gbu-game-158-maxwell-slams-mets-nats.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-8780938751793984660</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-30T11:34:50.527-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">JD MARTIN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DUKES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">METS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">CLIPPARD</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MORSE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MAXWELL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DESMOND</category><title>GBU GAME 157:  Nats Turn Tables on Mets, Win 4-3</title><atom:summary type="text">
Elijah Dukes crashes into scoreboard in RF after catching David Wright's line drive to end the game.
Photo © 2009 C. Nichols. All Rights Reserved.


  
THE RESULT:  The Washington Nationals turned two errors by the New York Mets middle infield into a run in the bottom of the eighth, pulling out a 4-3 victory before 19,614 at Nationals Park.

With the score tied at three, Mike Morse drew a walk </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/9z9vZerNKPk/gbu-game-157-nats-turn-tables-on-mets.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vQW0YsTDsKo/SsN6J7aSzbI/AAAAAAAAFTk/3TAm8fWsCQ0/s72-c/2009.09.29+dukes+tumbles.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/9z9vZerNKPk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/gbu-game-157-nats-turn-tables-on-mets.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-4596608553290249853</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-28T10:10:26.286-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BRAVES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BAD DEFENSE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BAD BULLPEN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LANNAN</category><title>GB&amp;U Weekend Review:  Nats Swept by Braves at Home</title><atom:summary type="text">"I'm not stupid; you can play a lot of close games and be a bad ballclub. But the difference between us and the other clubs is not that wide a gap. ... We just made some mistakes."  -- interim manager Jim Riggleman after Sunday's loss, Sept. 27, 2009.

THE RESULTS:  The Atlanta Braves rode into the Nation's Capital and rolled out with three more wins, sweeping the homestanding Washington </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/PUXga5xZZWE/gb-weekend-review-nats-swept-by-braves.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/PUXga5xZZWE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/gb-weekend-review-nats-swept-by-braves.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-1198111762321107991</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-28T00:04:52.327-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NIEVES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BIRTHDAY</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LIBRA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BURKE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GARATE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BERGMANN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZIMMERMAN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LANNAN</category><title>Happy Birthday to the Nats Libras!</title><atom:summary type="text">The Nationals have several players celebrating birthdays this week so wanted to send out a big Happy Birthday greeting to Jamie Burke (9/24), Wil Nieves, (9/25), Jason Bergmann (9/25), Victor Garate (9/25), John Lannan (9/27) and Ryan Zimmerman (9/28).  




These six players all share the astrological sign of the Libra so for fun, I looked up the traits. 

Librans are first and foremost focused </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/80eRYoFa70A/happy-birthday-to-nats-libras.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cheryl Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4d5hky618zo/Sr0L6VTViQI/AAAAAAAALwM/cw5dDZyyG9c/s72-c/libra.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/80eRYoFa70A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/happy-birthday-to-nats-libras.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-3905514552834341584</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-25T10:20:20.370-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">JD MARTIN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">100</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BAD BULLPEN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dodgers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GONZALEZ</category><title>GBU GAME 152:  1-0-0</title><atom:summary type="text">"Where do you go? Where do you look? You look at yourself first. Tonight it was me. Other nights everybody has had a chance to pull through or do the right things, and unfortunately for us it hasn't been that way too much. Talent is one thing, and not getting it done is another." --Ron Villone, Sept. 24, 2009.

THE RESULT:  Despite three different comebacks, the Washington Nationals eventually </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/41L4CX0J4mY/gbu-game-152-1-0-0.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/41L4CX0J4mY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/gbu-game-152-1-0-0.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-7657830231283832257</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-24T10:38:11.848-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ORR</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WEE WILLIE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DETWILER</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BAD DEFENSE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dodgers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MAXWELL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZIMMERMAN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GUZMAN</category><title>GBU GAME 151:  Nats Delay Inevitable, Beat Dodgers with Walk-off 5-4</title><atom:summary type="text">"I thought it was a good time to go. I figured [McDonald] wasn't really worried about me after us moving the runner on the bunt." -- Jason Maxwell, on stealing third in the ninth with one out, Sept. 23, 2009.


Pete Orr, with a walk-off sac fly, beams as he's surrounded by his teammates after 5-4 win over L.A.
Photo © 2009 C. Nichols. All Rights Reserved.

THE RESULT:  The Washington Nationals </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/AqO2qn74Fq0/gbu-game-151-nats-delay-inevitable-beat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vQW0YsTDsKo/SruD3iazdUI/AAAAAAAAFSs/uGxL4k20d-0/s72-c/2009.09.24+Nats+win.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/AqO2qn74Fq0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/gbu-game-151-nats-delay-inevitable-beat.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-1730303383814647751</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-23T02:34:16.865-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LIVAN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DUNN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WILLINGHAM</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dodgers</category><title>GB&amp;U GAME 150:  Nats Pounded by Dodgers for Loss No. 99</title><atom:summary type="text">THE RESULT:  The playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers used the cellar-dwelling Washington Nationals as a punching bag Tuesday night, pounding out 14 runs on 15 hits, five walks and three Nats' errors (though it should have been four) in a 14-2 victory.

The loss drops the Nationals to 51-99 on the season.

Washington was done in by two really bad innings, a seven-run fourth and six-run seventh.  </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/TDk2nwCgCQA/gb-game-150-nats-pounded-by-dodgers-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4d5hky618zo/SrnAjqqS72I/AAAAAAAALak/IyKVwXDJi18/s72-c/IMG_0554+Livan+Hernandez+with+copyright.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/TDk2nwCgCQA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/gb-game-150-nats-pounded-by-dodgers-for.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-1469100198663927297</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-21T15:00:01.386-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PERSPECTIVE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">JAMIE MOYER</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LANNAN</category><title>John Lannan, Where Does He Fit In?</title><atom:summary type="text">
John Lannan pitches at Nationals Park in July.  Photo © 2009 C. Nichols.  All Rights Reserved.

An recent anonymous comment to another blog went something like this: "The Nats need to go out and find a #1 and #2 type starter so John Lannan can be a No. 3 and win 15 games next year."

That got me to thinking about several things.

1) If the typical fan of the Washington Nationals thinks a #3 </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/liydIJBTDqw/john-lannan-where-does-he-fit-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vQW0YsTDsKo/Sre-wcCtkcI/AAAAAAAAFSg/0MBFAkE_ZjI/s72-c/2009.07.04+Lannan.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/liydIJBTDqw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/john-lannan-where-does-he-fit-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-2074250547457820867</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-21T12:12:04.701-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RIGGLEMAN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BAD MANAGERIAL DECISIONS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">METS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BAD BULLPEN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MOCK</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LANNAN</category><title>GB&amp;U GAMES 148 &amp; 149:  "Lackluster" Nats Drop Pair to Mets Over Weekend</title><atom:summary type="text">"[The Nats] were up there swinging, not many foul balls today." -- John Maine, Mets starter on the Nats' effort, Sept. 20, 2009.

THE RESULTS: The Washington Nationals lost a pair of games to the New York Mets over the weekend, following Friday night's victory. The Nats now own a record of 51-98, and are seven games behind Pittsburgh in the loss column for the worst record in the major leagues.

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/UXI7jydWWPQ/gb-games-148-149-lackluster-nats-drop.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/UXI7jydWWPQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/gb-games-148-149-lackluster-nats-drop.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-4263186318681283078</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-19T09:15:55.255-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">JD MARTIN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">METS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZIMMERMAN</category><title>GB&amp;U GAME 147:  Nats Hand Mets Sixth Straight Loss, 6-5</title><atom:summary type="text">"I think if you're going to be a No. 3 hitter, a middle-of-the-lineup hitter, then that's what you're supposed to do." --Ryan Zimmerman, on hitting his 30th home run, Sept. 18, 2009.

BOX SCORE AND RECAP

THE RESULT:  Ryan Zimmerman hit his 30th home run of the season, and Mike MacDougal held on -- barely -- to secure a 6-5 win for the Washington Nationals over the New York Mets, before 38,063.

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/ZZ22cz8T1Sg/gb-game-147-nats-hand-mets-sixth.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/ZZ22cz8T1Sg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/gb-game-147-nats-hand-mets-sixth.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-2442828961845245676</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-18T11:06:46.402-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DETWILER</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DUKES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PHILLIES</category><title>GBU GAME 146:  Hamels Dominates Nats, Phils Win 4-2</title><atom:summary type="text">"All their pitchers did very well against us this year." -- Jim Riggleman, Sept. 18, 2009. 

BOX SCORE AND RECAP

THE RESULT: Washington Nationals starter Ross Detwiler had his best start of the season, but got no support from his struggling offense, as Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies handed the Nats their 96th loss of the season, 4-2, before 45,210 rabid Philly fans.

Washington was </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/LDhYj22N9IA/gbu-game-146-hamels-dominates-nats.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/LDhYj22N9IA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/gbu-game-146-hamels-dominates-nats.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-1597192897207314502</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-17T23:29:38.520-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NIEVES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">FLORES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NATS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BURKE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ROSTER</category><title>Nats Aquire Catcher Jamie Burke; Place Flores on 60-Day DL</title><atom:summary type="text">Catcher Wil Nieves was injured in third inning of tonight's game in Philly and is being evaluated.  Josh Bard replaced Nieves in the game.  After the game, the Nationals announced that they acquired journeyman catcher Jamie Burke from the Mariners and placed Jesus Flores on the 60-Day DL.

**Updated 11;25pm: "With Wil a little gimpy -- we don't know how long it will be; probably a couple days -- </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/UsdlUtmXevM/nats-aquire-catcher-jamie-burke-place.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cheryl Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4d5hky618zo/SrL8QMNnTPI/AAAAAAAALPU/mAfNGvHfOpg/s72-c/IMG_5907+Flores+%26+Nieves.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/UsdlUtmXevM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/nats-aquire-catcher-jamie-burke-place.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850525513629764193.post-4378268626402914324</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-17T11:51:04.831-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BIRTHDAY</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BURNETT</category><title>Happy Birthday Sean!</title><atom:summary type="text">HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY SEAN BURNETT! Photo 2009 © Cheryl Nichols. All Rights Reserved.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~3/EXYZjH8kT70/happy-birthday-sean.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Dave Nichols)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vQW0YsTDsKo/SrJZ4Jyx1NI/AAAAAAAAFPc/ezEaqmTZFk8/s72-c/IMG_6225+Burnett+first+win.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalsNewsNetwork/~4/EXYZjH8kT70" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/happy-birthday-sean.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
