Archive: December 30, 2007 - January 05, 2008
Ayala update
So a few more details on the Luis Ayala hunting incident. Ayala, who befriended Vice President Cheney during the 2005 season, was hunting ... No, no. I suppose this isn't funny. Though he wasn't seriously hurt, and you guys were...
By Barry Svrluga | January 4, 2008; 6:39 PM ET | Comments (56)
Ayala hurt on hunting trip, should still be ready
This just dropped in. I'll make some calls, but this is straight from the Nationals: While on a fishing/hunting trip shortly after Christmas, Luis Ayala was accidentally sprayed in the upper LEFT forearm by a single shotgun pellet. After the...
By Barry Svrluga | January 4, 2008; 3:12 PM ET | Comments (44)
Caravan-like event: A partial list
So the Nationals have just forwarded me the list of confirmed events for what amounts to a caravan-like series of appearances. If you recall, last year lefty Mike O'Connor and outfielder Nook Logan went on an exhausting eight-day bus trip...
By Barry Svrluga | January 4, 2008; 12:16 PM ET | Comments (62)
No FanFest, but player appearances
As it turns out, according to Nationals vice president of communications Chartese Burnett, the Nationals will not have a full, formal FanFest, or a caravan, like they had last year. Rather, the club is collecting players for a series of...
By Barry Svrluga | January 4, 2008; 10:57 AM ET | Comments (27)
Grab bag
As we get back to serious work here - GM Jim Bowden was out of the office (but always working) for 10 days or so around the holidays, and the Nationals offices were shut for a week - there are...
By Barry Svrluga | January 3, 2008; 12:08 PM ET | Comments (51)
New Year's Resolutions Edition
All right, so we're a day into the New Year, and most of us are just getting back to work, and pitchers and catchers report in six weeks, and HSCS sits awaiting everyone's arrival, and the business at the Avenue...
By Barry Svrluga | January 2, 2008; 12:29 PM ET | Comments (93)
Happy New Year!
My goodness it's been a while. I seriously put in a lot of work to come up with a "On the first day of Christmas, Stan Kasten gave to me ..." song, but it didn't come out quite funny enough...
By Barry Svrluga | December 31, 2007; 11:07 AM ET | Comments (61)
