Archive: September 09, 2007 - September 15, 2007
New ballpark BP
Just came from the new ballpark, where Ryan Zimmerman, Ryan Church, Brian Schneider, Wily Mo Pena and Justin Maxwell took some batting practice. Fun event which gave a good feel of how much progress is being made down there. A...
By Barry Svrluga | September 15, 2007; 3:36 PM ET | Comments (21)
Lineups: Maxwell gets first start
First off, for those who missed it in the comments section of the previous thread: John Patterson had surgery this morning to decompress the radial nerve in his right arm. The surgery was described as "successful", which is hardly shocking....
By Barry Svrluga | September 14, 2007; 3:05 PM ET | Comments (62)
RFK: Thanks for the memories; Nats acquire Lefave from Brewers as PTBN
Small bit of news to start: The player to be named in the Ray King-to-Milwaukee trade of Sept. 4 is South Atlantic League batting champ Andrew Lefave, a 1B/OF. He hit .345 with 17 homers and 25 doubles for Class...
By Barry Svrluga | September 14, 2007; 11:01 AM ET | Comments (92)
Minor League Awards Show
The Nationals haven't given out their minor league awards yet - that'll come sometime toward the end of next week- but it's worth looking back on a year in which the franchise believes the minor league system took some major...
By Barry Svrluga | September 13, 2007; 11:12 AM ET | Comments (81)
Position by position: Center field
So thanks to, as one of you put it, the Talented Ms. Shipley for a fine gamer and notebook on Maxwell last night. Rainy here in D.C., so probably best the boys are on the road - even if there's...
By Barry Svrluga | September 11, 2007; 5:38 PM ET | Comments (198)
The homestretch
Three weeks from this morning, you will wake up, and there will be no Nationals game. Not that night. Not the next night. Not till next April. (By the way, did the Redskins win yesterday? I couldn't tell from today's...
By Barry Svrluga | September 10, 2007; 11:12 AM ET | Comments (131)
