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  • Rockies’ reliever picks off Nats’ runner, wins without making a pitch

    If any further evidence was needed that a pitcher’s “wins” don’t mean much, the Cy Young award that went to Paul Skenes (10-10) in November 2025 provided it. He matched Jacob deGrom’s victory total in 2018 as the lowest ever by a winner who wasn’t a closer. Fans have long dismissed the won-loss totals of… Read more

  • Nats’ Valdivielso finished off the only all-Cuban triple play

    José Valdivielso, the primary shortstop during the final season of the Griffith Senators, died March 4, 2025, at age 90. He debuted with Washington in 1955 and moved with the organization when Calvin Griffith left D.C. for Minnesota. Not much with the bat, Valdivielso hit .219 in 401 games over parts of five seasons in… Read more

  • Donald Trump and baseball

    President Donald Trump will have three more chances to do what he didn’t do in his first term: Throw out a ceremonial first pitch to open a Major League Baseball season in Washington. Trump, who was booed when he attended Game 5 of the 2019 World Series at Nationals Park, ended a tradition that began… Read more

  • Bob Carpenter and his scorebooks

    In 2024, Bob Carpenter, the Nationals’ TV play-by-play announcer since 2006, decided that 2025 would be his last season in the booth. He said he would handle most road games and about half of the home games.  Carpenter, who started broadcasting major league games in his native St. Louis in 1984, turned 72 on March… Read more

  • Sept. 29, 2012: Michael Morse’s home-run phantom re-do

    The Nationals began play on September 29, 2012, in St. Louis on the cusp of clinching their first N.L. East title. Yet what is most remembered about the game was a bizarre situation in the top of the first inning. With one out, Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse loaded the base on a single by Bryce… Read more

  • After 20 seasons, Nationals all-time leaders

    Not much has changed in the list of all-time team leaders since I compiled similar figures after 15 seasons (through 2019), other than Juan Soto making an appearance in several categories. If you rely on MLB.com or BaseballReference.com for an all-time list, you get one that includes the Expos. The Montreal team existed for 36… Read more