Washington Nationals News and Rumors
Nationals GM Rizzo stands by Strasburg decisionWASHINGTON (AP) -- For their first seven years, filled with on-field losses and off-field gaffes, the Washington Nationals merely existed, barely mattered. |
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Oops: Nationals fans received information about buying World Series tickets on Saturday morningOct 13, 2012
Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com Q: What's the only thing worse than heading to bed after your favorite team just suffered the indignity of losing the biggest lead in a postseason elimination game in baseball history? A: Waking up to find that, due to a "stunningly stupid" er… |
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Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com Want Nationals World Series tickets? That is too bad, because they lost their series with the Cardinals in objectively horrifying fashion last night, and you can't even get NLCS tickets, or any tickets, because there are no more games for the Nationals.… |
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Here’s the Cardinals comeback in graph formOct 13, 2012
Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com If you work for a national outlet, part of the challenge of covering Friday night's classic NLDS Game 5 was deciding just how much the Washington Nationals choked, how much the St. Louis Cardinals mounted a valiant comeback and how to frame the story. I… |
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MLB Notebook: Cards thrive with backs against wallOct 13, 2012
Roger Schlueter, MLB.com The Cardinals rallied from six runs down in Game 5 of the NLDS to upend the Nationals and advance to the NLCS. The Cards have won six straight winner-take-all games, tied for the most in postseason history. |
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Drew Storen wilts with NLDS on the lineOct 13, 2012
Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com Before Friday night, it would have been hard to pinpoint how Washington Nationals closer Drew Storen was best known around the baseball world. Was it for the 43 saves he made for the Nats in 2011 before hurting his arm? The Batmobile he drives? Heading … |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Anyone watching Game 5 of the Nationals-Cardinals NLDS had to be on the edge of his or her seat waiting for the outcome. Turns out the San Francisco Giants were just like the rest of us, watching for their next opponent — only their seats had to be upri… |
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New names, but resolve is still in the CardsOct 13, 2012
Down to their last strike, the Cardinals scored four runs in the ninth to shock the Nationals 9-7 and reach the NLCS. The names have changed, but the resolve remains, writes Ben Reiter. |
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'Pen runs out of ink at critical junctureOct 13, 2012
Anthony DiComo, MLB.com Closers dream of the situation that Drew Storen faced in the ninth inning on Friday, his Nationals leading by two runs in the ninth inning. But after Storen followed Carlos Beltran's leadoff double with two quick outs, the game began unraveling. |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com Score and situation: The St. Louis Cardinals world championship defense continues after they rallied from a 6-0 deficit to defeat the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Washington put on an offensive clinic early on, scoring six of their runs in the … |
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Cardinals rally in ninth, stun Nationals in Game 5Oct 13, 2012
Twice down to their last strike, the Cards scored four runs in the ninth on a pair of two-run singles from Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma to stun the Nationals 9-7 and reach the NLCS. |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com Let's set aside the fact that the Nationals had the best record in baseball this year and the fact that the Cardinals had the worst record of any playoff team, because neither of those is the fundamental reason we ask this question: what the hell just h… |
