You know that joking phrase, "XX is so ugly, they'll break your camera if you take a picture of them"? Well, I couldn't wait to get through my photo card to find out who the last person I took a photo of was before my camera began flashing an ugly error on the display and refusing to take any more pictures. I had great seats at Roger Dean Stadium as the Nationals took on (and beat) the Marlins. Happily shutterbugging away, ... Continue Reading

Now that I got your attention, just kidding! Yes, Stan Kasten has a page on Facebook (with only 1 "Like"), but it's just a reproduction of the Wikipedia entry on him. What I found most interesting was the photo. It was another one of those, "Hey! That's my photo!" moments that often catch me by surprise. Take Roger Bernadina's official site, for example. I was stunned to see my photo there without accreditation [original photo]. I mean, aren't most agents who ... Continue Reading

I wrote a few items over at CSNwashington.com over the past few days, so here's a big catch-up! I'm still not sure how to balance posting here and over there, but I'm gradually getting the hang of things. Review of Cleveland and Throwback Night at Progressive Field Strasburg's 2nd MLB start Baseball for the Ladies BTW, the RSS feed for Nationals items over at CSN is here. Not all of my entries end up in it - it looks like some go in ... Continue Reading

Lannan looks ready for season [ Photoset on Flickr ] One of the advantages of waiting until morning to write up a blog post is some post-game moves perspective added in. The Nationals brought a mostly "B" team 100+ miles south on I-95 to Roger Dean Stadium yesterday to face the Marlins. No Zimmerman, Dunn, Guzman, Willingham... I present you Pete Orr (who looked a little off on fundamentals) and Chris Duncan, both of whom were victims of this morning's cuts ... Continue Reading

[ Photoset on Flickr ] I awoke to the news that Strasburg and Storen had been reassigned to minor league camp. I felt a little disappointed that I wouldn't get to see Drew Storen pitch on this trip, so I was quite surprised when he took the mound in the 9th inning against the Marlins. He didn't disappoint, getting a flyout, strikeout, and pop up all in a row. I had to practice my manual focus mad skillz as I was ... Continue Reading