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Washington Nationals need to focus on brush strokes, not big picture - Washington Post Washington Post Washington Nationals need to focus on brush strokes, not big picture Washington Post Nationals Journal. Insight on the Nationals and all the latest news from Post reporters Adam Kilgore and James Wagner. For three weeks, the Washington Nationals have wandered in this desert. Stephen Strasburg lost three in a row and said he was “trying ... Adam Wainwright Dominates Washington Nationals; St. Louis Cardinals Win 2-0 ...Federal Baseball Adam Wainwright dominant as Cardinals shut out NationalsESPN Wainwright leads Cards past Nats 2-0KSDK Hilton Head Island Packet -Sports Chat Place -District Sports Page all 143 news articles » A Brief Overview: How the Washington Nationals Were Built - FanSided FanSided A Brief Overview: How the Washington Nationals Were Built FanSided But let's focus on the Washington Nationals and Mike Rizzo, their general manager of nearly four years. Rizzo took the job with a necessary air of confidence, and the track record of a hard-working baseball man who started as an area scout in 1986 and ... Around the NL East: Mets offense sizzlesComcast SportsNet Washington all 2 news articles » Washington Nationals' Davey Johnson After 2-0 Loss To St. Louis Cardinals: "It ... - Federal Baseball Washington Nationals' Davey Johnson After 2-0 Loss To St. Louis Cardinals: "It ... Federal Baseball Washington Nationals' manager Davey Johnson said you have to tip your cap to the St. Louis Cardinals' Adam Wainwright, but he also said it's about time the Nats' offense gets mad and gets going. The Nationals' skipper said he might make some changes ... 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Federal Baseball Washington Nationals' left-hander Ross Detwiler starts against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight for the first time since he helped beat them in Game 4 of the NLDS last October. The 27-year-old starter is (1-0) with a 0.90 ERA, 3.32 FIP, three walks (1 ... Navy Football Team To Be Honored At The Washington Nationals Game On ... - NavySports.com NavySports.com Navy Football Team To Be Honored At The Washington Nationals Game On ... NavySports.com The 2012 Navy football team will be honored by the Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon before their game against the Cincinnati Reds as part of Military Appreciation Day at Nationals Park. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM and the game will ... Washington Nationals: 5 Flaws Already Being Exposed - Bleacher Report Bleacher Report Washington Nationals: 5 Flaws Already Being Exposed Bleacher Report The Washington Nationals are 10-9 through Monday's games. 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Washington Nationals success translates into big local and national interest

By Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post

For most of the past decade, baseball fans averted their eyes from Washington in July. Even the team’s natural fan base sometimes found it difficult to pay attention to a losing team and its half-empty ballpark.

Wilson High assistant baseball coach Shellie Bowers Jr. couldn’t interest his players in free tickets. Jordan Mercer, a high school freshman from Luray, Va., didn’t bother staying up for the team’s late-night West Coast trips. David Sheinfeld, a 25-year-old from Rockville, would watch ESPN for highlights, only to find the announcers focused on the opposing team.

But for the first time since moving to the District, the Nats have three National League all-stars, and could yet add a fourth. They will wake up on July 4 with the best record in the National League; no Washington baseball team has led its league on Independence Day since the 1933 Senators, the last Washington team to play in a World Series.

You can read the rest of the story here: Washington Nationals success translates into big local and national interest

Harper = Triple AAA

Bryce Harper was sent down to triple AAA this week and this is best thing for him right now in his career and here is why. Harper has struggled when he has entered a new level and with the season being in April when it colder and in recent years every ones number are down in April this would cause for a big hit to his confidence should this happen. I think he needs to work on his swing as well as learning to play center field. His swing leaves him open to the inside pitch,it is so loopy that he can't hit that pitch. This kid will be great one day but think everyone but the National are getting ahead of themselves. They have him in the Hall of Fame and he not played one game in the majors yet. There are a lot of questions and not a lot answers right now. He could come up and struggle and never be right again or take his time and do it right only time will tell how good he can or will be.

Bryce Harper apparently "hates" the Redskins

Bryce Harper seems to keep popping into the news for non baseball related items.

Today, he tweeted that he "hates the Redskins" after he confessed his love for the Cowboys.  Now I understand he grew up a Cowboys fan and he is not from the DC area, but alienating the fan base he is going to be playing for might not help with jersey sales.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post has fun with this (and also has a link to the tweet as well.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/bryce-harper-still-doesnt-like-washingtons-teams/2012/01/31/gIQAFCbRfQ_blog.html

RAMOS KIDNAPPED IN VENEZUELA

By Mark Zuckerman of CSN Washington:

Wilson Ramos was kidnapped from his home in Venezuela this evening, according to multiple reports out of the Nationals catcher's home country.

Does Roy Oswalt Make Sense For The Washington Nationals?

By Patrick Reddington of FederalBaseball.com

The Philadelphia Phillies declined the 2012 option for 34-year-old right-hander Roy Oswalt, paying him $2M in a buyout rather than the $16 million the former Astros' starter would have earned in the option year on the end of the 5-year/$73 million dollar deal he signed with Houston in 2007. Oswalt finished the 2011 season, (his first full-season in Philadelphia following a July 2010 trade from the Astros to the Phillies in exchange for 21-year-old LHP Anthony Gose, 20-year-old IF/OF Jonathan Villar and 28-year-old LHP J.A. Happ), with a 3.69 ERA, 3.44 FIP (up from 2.76/3.27 in 2010), a career-low 6.02 K/9 (down from 8.21 in 2010, 7.35 K/9 career) and his lowest start and inning totals since 2003.

Washington Nationals Weekend Notes: Yu Darvish Strong In Loss, Bryce Harper Homers Again.

By Patrick Reddington of FederalBaseball.com

So it's 3:47 am Saturday morning. I've stayed awake to watch a live stream of Yu Darvish's start for the Nippon-Ham Fighters in the first game of their Climax Series matchup with the Seibu Lions which started about two hours after the St. Louis Cardinals won the seventh game of their World Series matchup with the Texas Rangers. Darvish threw (unofficial count, the broadcast was in Japanese online) 101 pitches in 7.0 innings, striking out seven and allowing just one run, which was an earned one.