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Did a one-legged pitcher ever play for the Washington Nationals?

Washington Post - ‎10 hours ago‎
I'm writing about a curious letter my wife has from her time as a young child living in Washington. Her mother wrote that she had been to a baseball game between the Senators and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Nats expected to activate Ross for Sunday start

ESPN - ‎12 hours ago‎
ATLANTA -- Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker expects Joe Ross to return from the 60-day disabled list Sunday and make his first start since July 2. Baker will keep Ross on a pitch count, probably no more than three innings, when Washington ...

Washington Nationals: Defense Wins Championships

District On Deck - ‎17 hours ago‎
The Washington Nationals 2016 success is based on fundamentals. Aside from solid hitting and great pitching, they field the ball very well.
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Washington Nationals' 2017 schedule released

Federal Baseball - ‎Sep 14, 2016‎
According to the Nationals' press release on the schedule, the 84th home opener in Washington since 1901, “... will mark the sixth opening day hosted by the Nationals since baseball returned to D.C. in 2005.” Mother's Day on May 14th will feature a ...

Washington Nationals: Blake Treinen A Postseason X-Factor

District On Deck - ‎Sep 16, 2016‎
The Washington Nationals bullpen is going to be under a microscope once this team reaches the postseason. The addition of Mark Melancon at the trade deadline has given the Nats a closer they can rely on in the big moments.

The man who can carry the Nationals over the Dodgers is … Gio ...

Washington Post - ‎Sep 15, 2016‎
Unlikely as it sounds, the lefty could be exactly what the Nats need to gain an edge in a potential playoff series.
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Washington Nationals: A Remembrance Of Turner Field

District On Deck - ‎Sep 15, 2016‎
Turner Field was a house of horrors for the Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos when it opened in 1997. During the Expos playing days, the team went a combined 22-41 from '97-2004 and only had one year where they had a winning record in that ballpark ...
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Washington Nationals continue affiliation with Auburn Doubledays

Auburn Citizen - ‎Sep 13, 2016‎
"Auburn and Potomac have been great homes for our players and these clubs play such an important role in developing our players and shaping the future of the Washington Nationals," said Mike Rizzo, Washington's president of baseball operations and ...

Three injured Washington Nationals players nearing return

Fox News - ‎Sep 7, 2016‎
Today's District Daily has updates on three injured players and more on Ryan Zimmerman being the Washington Nationals' nominee for this year's Roberto Clemente Award.
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Tanner Roark on Nationals rookie sensation Trea Turner: 'He's perfect'

ESPN (blog) - ‎Sep 9, 2016‎
On Friday night, Trea Turner crushed a ninth-inning walk-off homer -- his second jack of the game -- to give the Washington Nationals a 5-4 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies. The winner, a 440-foot laser to dead center field, came on the ...

Good news and bad news about Stephen Strasburg's injury

WTOP - ‎Sep 13, 2016‎
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg pauses in the dugout during a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park, Thursday, Sept.
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What happens to the Nationals' rotation now?

Washington Post - ‎Sep 8, 2016‎
Call it stability, call it certainty, but whatever it was that departed with Strasburg put his postseason in peril, and left the Washington Nationals with questions about the steady staple of their recent success: The starting rotation. For the last ...
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Tested Nats have been getting it right

Washington Post - ‎Sep 11, 2016‎
If you followed this Washington Nationals season only through daily scores and standings, you might consider this the smoothest year ever.

Chris Speier on tough decisions in Nationals' 1-0 win over the Mets

Federal Baseball - ‎Sep 15, 2016‎
With Wednesday's win over the NL East's second-place New York Mets, the Washington Nationals' magic number is down to 7. Chris Speier, filling in for manager Dusty Baker while the skipper was away from the team due to a death in the family, was asked ...

Will Stephen Strasburg return to the mound for the Nationals this season?

Federal Baseball - ‎Sep 16, 2016‎
Washington Nationals' team trainer Paul Lessard was asked after announcing that an MRI on Stephen Strasburg's right elbow revealed a strained flexor mass, if there was any timetable for the 28-year-old right-hander's return?
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Washington Nationals score three in eighth, beat Atlanta Braves 9-7

UPI.com - ‎Sep 6, 2016‎
One day after using five bench players as starters, Baker used seven relievers and employed a pinch-runner and pinch-hitter in a winning sequence in the eighth inning as the first-place Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves 9-7. "You have to ...

Davey Lopes on sliding headfirst: 'I wouldn't teach it.'

Washington Post - ‎Sep 15, 2016‎
Washington Nationals first base coach Davey Lopes, baseball's version of the guru of go, would not teach a young player to slide headfirst.
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Washington Nationals Honor DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier

NBC4 Washington (blog) - ‎Sep 6, 2016‎
The Washington Nationals honored Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Police Cathy Lanier Monday afternoon. Lanier delivered the game ball Monday to the game's starting pitcher, Max Scherzer, as the Nationals hosted the Atlanta Braves.
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