About

• I am a wife and mother of two first and foremost, despite my husband’s (Mr. Chatter) belief that I’m a baseball fan first!

• I am not some young chicklet looking to become a baseball player’s girlfriend.

• I am a fan of the Washington Nationals and everything I write and place on this site is from the perspective of a fan with a fan’s interests in mind - such as creating a calendar with all the games and tv broadcast information where fans can find it in one place easily.

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• I am not associated officially in any way with the team, its players or any media outlet (though I do greatly enjoy being featured occasionally in the media! Haven’t done radio yet…)

• I am a “blogger” by definition being someone who keeps a web log on teh internets, although that label is sometimes viewed as a dirty word. I do work hard to get unique information and have accomplished some baby steps in the “access” department, which is cool and very appreciated! To cover my bases, I also have to add the following: My comments are entirely personal and do not represent the views of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive or any other Washington Post Company affiliate.

• I do not harbor an “us and them” mentality when it comes to main stream media. In fact, I like to think I get along fine with those who get paid to cover the team and admire their work. Without them, I would have nothing.

• As a female, I also had a need to find out the backstory on players and see what kind of people they are off the field, similar to what Sydney Trent wrote in her piece in Washington Post Magazine about learning to be a fan. I have occasionally been known to get into an event the players are participating in off the field and try to find out and show defining personality traits. All of my adventures have been purely for fun and to find out the stuff fans want to know or let players know what fans are thinking (usually encouraging).

• I am not the paparazzi. If I try to join players or management at a party or off-field event, it is not in an effort to purposely embarrass them or catch them being naughty. I am not one of those sites that takes pleasure in posting dirty secrets or damning pictures. It never occurred to me players may not want pictures taken at events, no matter how innocent, because someone may see them and realize they weren’t hanging out solo in a hotel room or something (as a player recently pointed out to me).

• I am respectful of most players and management and try not to rip someone unless they absolutely deserve it. Other sites do that far better and more humorously than I do.

• Therefore, I will not be making surprise appearances at parties anymore unless they are public and widely known (or by some miracle I’m invited. Ha!). Kind of a bummer, really.

• I am knowledgeable about the rules and strategies of baseball, score nearly every game I listen to or watch (in my own manner), and can talk baseball with the best of ‘em despite the ‘fun’ approach taken on this site.

• I am not a heavy stats user and abuser, but this site is also not all “fluff”.

• I am an IT professional by trade with many interests and hobbies. I love tackling challenges like getting the best photos possible with my consumer-grade camera and creating video news-like clips (vodcasts) in a humorous yet informative manner.

• I am not a professional and the disclaimer of "amateur" applies to all of these! Like I said, I like a challenge and then to see how well I can achieve the challenge. I do not attempt something unless I’m finding it fun!