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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Mike Rizzo certainly wasn't quiet after Cole Hamels hit budding young star Bryce Harper with a pitch this past week. Hamels admitted throwing at the Nationals' teenager and Rizzo, the Nationals' general manager, fired back calling the move classless and gutless and labeling the Philadelphia pitcher "fake tough."
Rizzo isn't backing ...
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Monday, April 30th, 2012
From the day that Bryce Harper graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, his MLB debut has been much-anticipated. That moment occurred this past weekend when the Washington Nationals were faced with a slew of injury problems and a depleted roster. Nationals Executive Vice President of baseball operations Mike Rizzo felt ...
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Friday, March 2nd, 2012
The future of the Washington Nationals organization lies on the right arm of Stephen Strasburg. No.37 has some of biggest hype going his way this season. The former San Diego State star had 5 starts last season, one in which he came back from Tommy John surgery, which he suffered ...
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
It seems pretty apparent that the Washington Nationals are moving in a direction where they're about to be real contenders. They've got Stephen Strasburg coming back, one of MLB's top up-and-comers in outfield Bryce Harper, a loaded bullpen and a powerful lineup if guys like Ryan Zimmerman, Mike Morse and Jayson ...
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Friday, June 24th, 2011
Another one bites the dust in the National League East managing rotation this season. This time around Jim Riggleman resigned from his position as manager of the Washington Nationals for the complete opposite reason as to why Edwin Rodriguez stepped down from his position with the Florida Marlins. The Riggleman resignation ...
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Friday, April 1st, 2011
It was the kind of contract that had a lot of people scratching their heads this offseason. Now that the season has started, Jayson Werth's 7-year, $126 million deal is the kind of contract that could make a player go crazy under pressure. Werth isn't particularly interested in entertaining such thoughts.
The ...
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
There seems to be a sense of optimism brewing in the nation's capital for the Washington Nationals upcoming season. The Nats fired the first warning shots of free agency this offseason by signing former Philadelphia Phillies right fielder, Jayson Werth to a ludicrous contract of $126 million over 7-years. General ...
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Friday, January 14th, 2011
Washington Nationals rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg burst onto the scene last season when he debuted with a 14 strikeout, seven inning performance against the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s tough for a number one overall pick in any sport to live up to the hype, but he was able to do just ...
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Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Jayson Werth is in it for the long haul with the Washington Nationals after signing a seven-year, $126 million contract that includes a full no-trade clause. Werth is very optimistic about being able to turn things around in Washington because they have got a lot of young, talented players on ...
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Since moving from Montreal to D.C., the Washington Nationals have been trying to shed the losing stigma placed upon them from all of those miserable years of playing baseball in Canada. They now have a new owner, new ballpark, new general manager, and a new vision of how to right ...
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