[Photoset] The DC City Council is again talking baseball, but this time without all the arguments and bickering. The Nationals have voiced a commitment to improving athletics and education in DC since the Lerner's acquired the team, and yesterday announced one more step toward their goal of improving youth baseball and hopefully someday grooming locally grown talent. In a press conference (ooh! my first time in the press conference room at Nats Park!) prior to yesterday's final spring training game ... Continue Reading

If only the native language in the Dominican Republic was French, this would have been unveiled a month ago! All those years of bucking the trend/norm and taking French instead of Spanish has finally come back to haunt me. The extent of my Spanish speaking is the ability to count to ten. Of course, I never had the intuition to realize I would ever need to know Spanish back in my school days. Now I'm going to spend some time ... Continue Reading

The Washington Nationals today agreed to terms with shortstop Cristian Guzman on a two-year contract extension through the 2010 season. Nationals Senior Vice President and General Manager Jim Bowden made this announcement. No $$ disclosed yet. Congrats, Nate! Continue Reading

For 2nd base prospect Emilio Bonifacio who was optioned to AAA Columbus after the trade. So the one player I royally irritated once (or twice) is gone. Whew, clean slate :-) I guess this shows us what the future of 2nd base is. Good luck to Rauch in Arizona! (Oy, our bullpen should be interesting now - well, even more interesting!) Press Release with the good and fruities: NATIONALS ACQUIRE SECOND BASEMAN EMILIO BONIFACIO FROM ARIZONA IN EXCHANGE FOR PITCHER JON RAUCH The ... Continue Reading

What a game last night! Both pitching (Tim Redding and Steven Shell) and offense (Belliard!! and Kearns) were awesome as the Nationals shutout the Astros TEN to nothing. Ten!! I was sure I must have been dreaming when I woke up this morning. But the elation didn't last too long as on the heels of an article about the Lerners withholding $3.5 million in rent from the District, nobody watching on tv, now ESPN has an article on Jim Bowden ... Continue Reading