Table of Content

  • 2025 Nats’ record August swoon

    The 2025 Nationals lost seven games in a row from July 29 through August 5, with their pitchers yielding 70 runs while their offense scored just 26. Within that losing streak, the Nationals became the first team in MLB history to allow their opponents more than 80 hits, more than 50 runs and more than… Read more

  • A look back at Rizzo’s tenure

    On July 6, 2025, the Washington Nationas announced that Mike Rizzo had been fired after nearly 17 seasons as the head of baseball operations for the Washington Nationals. His teams improved from 59 wins in 2009, his first year at the helm after three seasons as an assistant GM, to a team-record 98 victories and… Read more

  • Hall of Famer Manush’s ejection from a World Series game

    Hall of Fame outfielder Henry Emmett Manush, ungraciously known as “Heinie,” based on his German heritage, played for Washington for nearly six seasons in the 1930s, hitting .328 with a cumulative bWAR of 21.6.  In 1933, the Senators’ last pennant-winning season, his league-leading 221 hits and 17 triples produced 95 RBIs and a .336 average.… Read more

  • Owner Ted Lerner brought D.C. a championship

    Theodore N. Lerner became the principal owner of the Washington Nationals when his family bought control of the team from Major League Baseball in July 2006. He remained involved in the team until his death at age 97 on Feb. 12, 2023. Born the day the original Senators lost the 1925 World Series, Ted Lerner… Read more

  • Mel Almada, one-time Nat and first Mexican in MLB

    On Oct. 24, 2025, Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk became the first Mexican-born player to homer in the World Series. Despite our Southern neighbor’s proximity and that country’s clear love of the game, Mexico is the birthplace of surprisingly few MLB stars. Outfielder Mel Almada in September 1933 became the first Mexican-born player to reach… Read more

  • Daylen Lile named N.L. Player of the Month for September 2025

    Rookie outfielder Daylen Lile seemed to come out of nowhere to lead the Nationals to a 13-13 record in the final month of an otherwise dispiriting 2025 season. His performance was outstanding enough to join the likes of Buster Posey, Mike Trout and Aaron Judge, each of whom earned Player of the Month honors as… Read more