Man, Adam Dunn is a production machine! I sure hope his consistency maintains throughout the regular season. He and Joel Hanrahan are frankly my only reason to pay much attention to the WBC. He apparently cracks his teammates up and also knows when to keep his cool. Last night's game against the Netherlands was not terribly exciting aside from the fact that newly joined Brian Roberts was a homerun shy of the natural cycle in a game where USA was ... Continue Reading

First baseman Mark Teixeira just signed an 8 year contract with the Yankees. From reports that have trickled in, the Nats' offer may have been longer/higher, but whatever. Happy Holidays. The rest of us will begin airing our grievances. So here's what I say: Nick Johnson, please come back and have a healthy season. At least I won't be torn about that anymore. (Yeah yeah, I know he could still be traded). Nats: Please spend that $20+m a year to bring ... Continue Reading

By allstarsplus Sounds like a done deal and the first big Free Agent signing purportedly for 3 years that K-Rod will be in the same NL East as the Nationals wearing a Mets uni. National League East teams generally face each other 18 times a year not including Post Season (wishful thinking), and the thought of seeing KRod in the 9th is downright scary given what I saw on June 23rd 2008. See, the Nats played the Angels in inter-league so ... Continue Reading

By AllStarsPlus Now that Thanksgiving is over, team owners, GM's and other front office personnel will pack their luggage and leave next week for Baseball's Winter Meetings which will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center & The Las Vegas Hilton, December 8 - 11. Expect some trades to be finalized and some Free Agent signings. San Diego's group led by Kevin Towers will again be trying to highlight a trade for '07 Cy Young winner Jake Peavy. Nat's ... Continue Reading

By AllStarsPlus After the Nationals parted ways with Frank Robinson after the 2006 season, I personally called Stan Kasten to throw out a name that may not have been on his list---Jim Riggleman. Stan said that Jim was already on his short list, but as we know the Nationals got Manny Acta so it was great to hear last month that Jim was tabbed as Manny's Bench Coach. My first call was to Jim's family to extend my "Congrats", ... Continue Reading