Hot Offseason Action: Washington Nationals
This is one of a series of posts in which we grade each team’s wily hot stove maneuvers and tragic offseason blunders.
Forgive me lord, for I have sinned. It has been two weeks since my last UmpBump post.
Now that I have made peace with the almighty (who shall only be referred to as -mpb-mp), let’s talk about them Nationals.
Back in January, I spoke positively of what Washington had done at that point of the off-season. For years, this was a franchise who literally had no idea where they were headed. They learned after 35 years that French Canadians didn’t really like baseball all that much aside from Eric Gagne and Russell Martin. For over four years, they were owned by Major League Baseball, through which the owners of the 29 other franchises - those whose teams were in direct competition with the Expos on the baseball field - had control over the club’s future. They basically became guinea pigs as the new “owners” tested the financial possibilities of having a team in Puerto Rico before finally closing up shop in Montreal and landing in our nation’s capital. It’s like the entire franchise was reenacting the Book of Exodus and Peter Angelos was playing the role of the Red Sea (I’ll stop with the allusions to Judaism now).
I may be a Mets fan, but I’m first and foremost...
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 Chicago Breaking Sports - Tribune | For season openers, pitchers cash in on prosperous offseason USA Today none figure to garner as much attention as President Obama, who's scheduled to throw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals opener. John Lannan receives another shot at starting opening day Opening Series Preview vs. the Phillies Another Monday Halladay: After Obama's 1st pitch, new Phillies ace takes mound |
 Washington Times | Washington Nationals are better, but they won't be great for a while Washington Post For fans, opening day is finally, blessedly upon us, full of warmth, sun and a presidential first pitch at Nationals Park. Washington Nationals: 2010 Season Begins. Game 1 of 162 Preview. Nats look to raise expectations in 2010 For Nats, 2010 Will Be Tale Of Two Seasons |
 The State | Nationals finish spring training with a loss Washington Post (blog) The Washington Nationals' 6-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Nationals Park was the team's final exhibition game before Monday's season opener against the Exhibition season comes to injury-free end in DC Wakefield has strong tuneup; Red Sox beat Nats 6-1 Clay Buchholz Solid For Red Sox |
Washington Nationals Manager Jim Riggleman feels he's the right man for the job Washington Post Jim Riggleman is just beginning his tenure as the full-fledged manager of the Washington Nationals, but he can already envision how he wants to look back on |
Detwiler, Flores, Wang, Coste on DL MLB.com WASHINGTON -- Nationals first baseman Adam Dunn reiterated Sunday that there isn't a deadline when it comes to getting a contract extension, Nationals put Detwiler, Flores, Wang, Coste on DL Ross Detwiler: Nationals placed P Detwiler on 60-day DL |
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