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There were five opening pitches to kick of the Nationals season in today's home opener, one tossed by a representative of each of the five branches of the military: the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. One source says that the Army representative was the Commanding General of the D.C. National Guard, which would make him Errol Schwartz. A woman representing the Navy and an injured Air Force figure both bounced the pitch to home. It appeared as if the Marine threw a strike, though it was difficult to say since the entire military complement threw their opening pitches at once. Reports from several sources inside Nationals Park have it that Mayor Adrian Fenty came out and gave a fairly lame "Play ball" to kick off the season. So that settles who replaced President Barack Obama, and very well might be the most excitement the game has to offer.

So here we are at the start of a new season for the Washington Nationals. For those going to the game today, it's going to be cold and maybe rainy. Tickets are still available! Fire Jim Bowden has a good preview of the series.

The Nationals announced today that the results are in from their online ballot asking fans to pick which songs will be played at Nationals Park. There's some good news, and some less good news.

As has been mentioned in comments earlier this morning, the Nationals invited President Bush to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the team's season opener against the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park on March 30. Being a huge baseball fan and having nothing better to do lately, the president naturally accepted.

Were you unable to score tickets to opening day at the new Nationals stadium? Us too. Lucky for you, the Nationals are now dishing out a small serving of hope for a few hundred lucky fans. Beginning at 9 a.m. this morning and lasting through Friday, March 21 at 5 p.m., you can register for a chance to be picked in a random drawing that allows you to purchase some remaining tickets for the March 30 opener against the Atlanta Braves. Follow this link and fill out the registration form, and hope for the best.

Remember those billboards that popped up in the 1980s that counted up the national debt, dollar by dollar? Pretty scary, huh? Well, District voting rights activists want something similar for their cause. Today the D.C. Council held a hearing on legislation that would allow the city to place two large LED billboards -- one outside the John A. Wilson Building and the other outside the new Washington Nationals stadium -- that would display the amount...

Well, Nats fans, what's there to say? What can we add to the criticism leveled by so many others? What can we say about an opening week where the Nats have yet to lead for a single pitch? When the pitching has spotted the opposition leads of 6-0, 6-0, 5-0, 4-0, 7-0, 6-0, and 3-0? When the lineup needed 30 at bats to finally get a hit with a man in scoring position? When the...

[Editor's Note: With the Nationals readying to begin their third season in D.C., change is constant and questions abound. Today, like last year, we take a look at the 2007 roster and all the new contributors. Next week, we’ll discuss this year’s most pressing questions with some of the Nats' best bloggers.] With the Nats preparing to head north from spring training in Viera for their third season on the Anacostia, it’s time to take...

Mayor-Elect Adrian Fenty’s most celebrated quality is his rigor for getting the small things done. Ward 4 supporters tell tales of the Councilman as Blackberry-brandishing musketeer, sweeping in to remedy urgent street repairs and the like. By contrast, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams’ supporters have always heralded his ability to dream big. Details be damned, he’s the guy with the grand vision: a growing, vibrant city; attractive to businesses and middle class residents, and with enough...

This entry was written by new DCist contributor Jeff Beam Away from the three ring circus created by Major League Baseball, City Council, and Mayor Williams’ office, the 2006 edition of the Nationals prepares this week to close shop in Viera, Florida and head north for another season along the Anacostia. A number of roster moves via trade, promotion, and shoulder tears have changed the look of the team, so we’ve compiled a season preview...

Yesterday, it finally came to a head. The issue everyone kept putting on the backburner finally rushed to the forefront of the Washington Nationals' spring training season. Alfonso Soriano, the highest paid player of the club, refused to take the field in his assigned role of left fielder against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Fla. Brandon Watson eventually took the field in Soriano's place, playing centerfield while moving Ryan Church...

In what may come to be known as one of the city's most persistent urban headaches, plans for a 2008 opening of a new stadium for the Washington Nationals may well be delayed. According to an article published Sunday in the W. Times, bidders for the team have accepted that the various obstacles city officials have to overcome may doom the Nationals to playing at RFK Stadium until 2009, possibly even 2010. According to one...

Thirty-four years after the last D.C. baseball team slunk out of town, the Washington Nationals play their first-ever home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at 7:00 p.m. (TV: UPN 20). As if that isn't exciting enough, the Nats arrive with a stadium-warming surprise gift: a winning record (5-4) and a two-game win streak (all road games, no less (of course)). It'll be no small task to keep those winning ways going: The Diamondbacks, even shorn...

D.C. über-activist Adam Eidinger didn't win his campaign for shadow U.S. representative last fall, so now he's campaigning for another public position: mascot for the Washington Nationals. A group of activists is calling for Adam to become the team mascot as "The Colonist" because "colonialists like you once brought about a revolution." (Above, he waits in line for tickets for opening day.)