Jul 26, 2009
Last Night’s Action: There’s No Crying In Baseball
Kastles Win WTT Championship: We’ll have photos and a report from last night’s title-clinching victory by the Washington Kastles over the Springfield Lasers tomorrow.
Why was Nick Johnson trying to steal second? Who knows — but his reaction after being thrown out, shown here, should feel familiar to anyone who’s spent any sizable time watching the Nats this year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Padres 6, Nationals 2: The preview from wire service Stats LLC tells you all you need to know about this series: The Washington Nationals’ pitching has been far worse than any other NL team, while…
Oh man, Josh Willingham is about to demolish that ball — he doubled on this cutin the eighth inning last night. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Nationals 3, Mets 1: It’s refreshing to have to decide which positive news from yesterday’s Nationals game to lead with in this space. Does one go with Josh Willingham’s four-for-four performance, including a two-run homer which put the Nats ahead for good? Or perhaps we start with Craig Stammen’s excellent…
Jul 21, 2009
Last Night’s Action: John Lannan, Slumpbuster
John Lannan deserved this hug after throwing a seven-hitter last night. Soak it in, Nats fans — this is probably as good as it gets this year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Nationals 4, Mets 0: It was Adam Dunn t-shirt night at the ballpark, and the brawny slugger tried his best to come up big: two hits, scoring and driving in a run. But surely, Dunn has to be happy sharing the spotlight with…
Mets 6, Nationals 2: Contributing seven solid innings, veteran hurler Livan Hernandez (6-5) pushed his impressive career record against Washington to eight wins in nine decisions with the Mets’ 6-2 victory at Nationals Park last night.
Jul 18, 2009
Last Night’s Action: One Busy Saturday
Former National Alfonso Soriano struck out in his first at bat, but he eventually gothis: a big three-run home run that put the Nats behind. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Cubs 6, Nationals 5: Well, the Nats scored four runs in the first two innings, smacking six hits off Cubs starter Randy Wells (5-4), whose ERA rose from 2.72 to 3.00 — so that was good. It’s just too bad ex-Nat Alfonso Soriano had to go…
Jul 15, 2009
Serena Leads Kastles to 5 in a Row
When the number of matches a team is scheduled to play at home over the course of an entire season numbers only seven, and among those, only one will include said team’s “star player,” it’s tough not to be cynical about exactly what purpose that star is filling. Are D.C. fans really supposed to feel a connection to Wimbledon champion Serena Williams, or is she just being offered up as added enticement to buy tickets?…
Jul 13, 2009
Last Night’s Action: This Kastle’s On Fire
Washington’s Serena Williams is about to serve in a women’ssingles match against Philadelphia’s Madison Keys.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Kastles 19, Freedoms 18: With the baseball world firmly entrenched in St. Louis, the Kastles had the local sports scene all to themselves last night, even though they weren’t playing at home. The Kastles levelled their record at the King of Prussia Mall (largest mall on the East Coast!) northwest of Philadelphia — and with their current…
Jul 10, 2009
Last Night’s Action: “Well, We Blew Another One”
Scott Olsen follows through on a pitch in the first inning against the Astros last night. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) Astros 6, Nationals 5: They’ve got to be running out of new ways to lose games — as manager Manny Acta put it succinctly after the game: “well, we blew another one.” Tonight, it was a foul pop-up — which the left side of the Nats defense inexplicably decided to let drop to Earth –…
