If you're on the Tweeter and a Nats fan, the event you've been waiting for is coming. On July 3rd when the Nationals host the San Francisco Giants, they will also host their first ever team sponsored Tweetup. All you have to do is tweet to the team account "@Nationals RSVP #IYNT" for "Ignite Your Natitude Tweetup". The more fans who RSVP, the better the seat upgrade. I say we overwhelm them and end up in the Prez Club. What say ... Continue Reading

Cross-posted at CSNwashington.com. Many thanks to Michelle Scalise for the fantastic video work again! Saturday, June 19, 2010 6:38pmBy Miss ChatterCSNwashington.comIf given a chance to walk on the springy outfield grass of an MLB ballpark, shag flies and grounders, try your best changeup or fastball in the bullpen and swing at soft-toss pitching, would you take it? For me, the answer is "Heck yes!!" even if it means getting critiqued by those at the top. In fact, I crave the professional ... Continue Reading

New Nat, Jason Marquis, as you can plainly see! I spent much of yesterday trying to put names to new Nats faces and commit them to memory so I wouldn't goof up any of the photo captions. As you can see, Jason Marquis was quite obliging in that regard! Prior to an autograph signing and photo session at the Prince George's County Sports & Learning Complex where fans could gawk at Adam Dunn's quite full winter beard or comment on Josh ... Continue Reading

Cue "The Boys Are Back In Town" Nyjer Morgan and pediatric patient at Children's National Medical Center Well, ok, the boys have been in town for several days, but yesterday was the first day of the winter caravan that allowed me to catch up to them on a snowy traffic-halting day. The first stop on the day's caravan tour was Children's National Medical Center in DC. What I love most about these types of community relations events is capturing the genuine ... Continue Reading

Amy K. Nelson (ESPN), Mike Hall (NESN), Jeff Pyatt (Real Clear Sports), Jeff Pearlman (SI), Dan Steinberg (WaPo), Bethlehem Shoals (FreeDarko) Yeah, you know how that line ends and the song keeps sticking in my head as I write a recap of “Blogs With Balls 1.0”. Actually, I don’t have the biggest of them all, clearly. It’s probably a good thing I have none of those dangly somewhat spherical objects at all, as I’ve been straddling a fence (hopefully not picket) ... Continue Reading