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Who Would the Nationals Protect in an Expansion Draft?

Andrew Flax June 21, 2017 2017 Articles, Features Leave a Comment

Today is the NHL’s expansion draft. If you’re unfamiliar, here’s a quick primer of the NHL expansion rules: each team is allowed to select a certain number of its players to protect. Any others are eligible to be selected by the expansion team, which must select exactly one player from each team.

So, in the spirit of keeping things topical, I decided to take a crack at seeing who the Nationals would protect in an expansion draft. MLB had its own expansion draft 20 years ago when the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays joined, and therefore has its own set of rules.

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Nats Power Rankings: June 19

Dan Keegan June 19, 2017 2017 Articles Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the latest in a series, in which we review the previous week in Nationals baseball and power rank the players according to their performance. This is an extremely unserious exercise; at no point should it ever be confused with actual baseball analysis. Don’t worry, I will do my best to make sure that is obvious. Without further ado: your Washington Nationals, ranked according to power.

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Bryce Harper: A Tale of Two Seasons

Paul Cline June 14, 2017 2017 Articles, Features Leave a Comment

I know what you thought. The date was May 14, 2017. Thirty-four games and 154 plate appearances into his season, Bryce Harper was on an unholy tear through the 2017 season. His slash line of .384/.500/.752 with 12 HRs wasn’t unbelievable. In fact, it was very believable if you were one of those people waiting for Harper to repeat his 2015 monster season. On that day, you sat back in your chair, blithely put your hands behind your head, started off into the distance, and smiled. Once again you, learned prognosticator of baseball, were right again. Bryce, without a doubt, was back.

That is, until he wasn’t.

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Off-the-Field Recap: The Nationals Do Things

Mina Dunn June 10, 2017 2017 Articles, Features Leave a Comment

There are two major takeaways from the Nationals this week: 1. They are very good at playing baseball on the western half of the United States. And 2. They are very good at keeping things interesting off the field.

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This Team Is Fun

Court Swift June 10, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Fist-fighting for fun in San Fran, 51 runs in 27 innings in Oakland, and a tough series win against the second best team in the National League — that was a California vacation the Griswolds would be proud of. To go 7-2 on their last road trip, considering Bryce Harper was 2 for 21 with 11 Ks (when he wasn’t suspended), Joe Ross imploded, and Dusty Baker mailed it in, speaks to how good this team is.

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The Boys Get Grumpy at Nats-Dodgers

Mina Dunn June 07, 2017 2017 Articles Leave a Comment

The Nationals are on a mean streak, and that doesn’t even refer to their 7-1 roadtrip. All it took was Bryce Harper’s retaliation to Hunter Strickland being a giant baby for the Nationals to revv up their fire.

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Ryan Brothers Get in Fight in Bryce Harper Jersey

Mina Dunn June 06, 2017 2017 Articles Leave a Comment

Bryce Harper sometimes punches people. Sometimes, he yells obscenities at people. And sometimes, my dear reader, he is choked for it. So, what other way is there to honor him than by fighting with your brother in public donning his jersey? I sure don’t know, and the Ryan brothers don’t seem to have an idea either.

Rob and Rex Ryan were seen at Margaritaville in Nashville in an altercation that looks exactly how you would think a fight between two white guys past 50 would look. As a mormon, a bar fight is the kind of fight Harper is least likely to get in, so Rex did him a solid and checked it off his bucket list for him.

Rob and Rex Ryan crushing Nashville @barstoolsports @BarstoolBigCat pic.twitter.com/AxktGa0Hn7

— Cooper Stefaniak (@CooperStef) June 4, 2017

The twins coached for the Buffalo Bills until late December 2016 when they were fired before the team’s final game of the season for failing to make the playoff . Rex didn’t throw his hands on someone’s neck then, though, for some reason (@ Jonathan Papelbon).

In all, decent week for dudes in No. 34 Nationals jerseys who fought people.

Nats Power Rankings: June 5

Dan Keegan June 05, 2017 2017 Articles, Features Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the latest in a series, in which we review the previous week in Nationals baseball and power rank the players according to their performance. This is an extremely unserious exercise; at no point should it ever be confused with actual baseball analysis. Don’t worry, I will do my best to make sure that is obvious. Without further ado: your Washington Nationals, ranked according to power.  Continue Reading Nats Power Rankings: June 5

Off-the-Field Recap: The Indians Blew A 3-1 Lead

Mina Dunn June 02, 2017 2017 Articles Leave a Comment

The Nationals… did some stuff that didn’t involve baseball this week. Here are their stories.

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Renewing an Old Slogan: Make Baseball Fun Again

Paul St. Jean June 01, 2017 2017 Articles Leave a Comment

Baseball has its own etiquette. There is no other sport where you regularly see players policing their peers. The problem baseball has now is that not everyone subscribes to the unwritten rules anymore. Baseball is filled with young stars who have no interest in spending their lives playing a game where there are no repercussions for slighted pitchers throwing up to 100 miles per hour at their legs and backs.

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