(December 2022 update: Like Harper before him, Trea Turner likely will finish his career as a Phillie. Worse things could happen, I suppose, but as a Nationals fan, it's hard to think of any.) One of the nation’s best baseball writers, Tyler Kepner of the New York Times, has a knack for shedding new light … Continue reading Trea Turner: the ‘most overlooked superstar’
Month: March 2021
Did Goslin and Myer really lead the A.L. in batting?
Before Juan Soto finished with the National League’s highest batting average in 2020, playing in 47 of Washington’s 60 games, four players with the original Washington Senators had won American League batting titles. One of them – Mickey Vernon -- did it twice: in 1946 and 1953. Unlike the other three winners, his batting titles, … Continue reading Did Goslin and Myer really lead the A.L. in batting?
Washington baseball history 