Nats Triple Play

Rick Eckstein was done in by Danny Espinosa, Denard Span and injuries that led to the most hilariously awful collection of reserve hitting performances imaginable. The not-so-secret truth behin...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2013/07/salvage-operation.html

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http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-unofficial-statement-from-mike-rizzo.html

I'm not in the habit of re-posting press releases from the Nationals, but this is  an issue that touches NTP directly, as I have family in central New Jersey still struggling with the after effe...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2012/11/public-service-announcement.html

Via D.C. Sports Bog (& the Nationals), behold your Michael Morse bobblehead: Yessir, I'll be getting one (or two... possibly three) of those. Kudos to PNC on some fine bobble-heading. All ...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2012/07/ill-take-three.html

Turns out we're not dead, just extremely lethargic. Plus, a competently run winning organization just doesn't pique our morbid fascination the way the old Trader Jim/Sideshow Stan carnival used t...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2012/07/happy-birthday-to-us.html

So much for doing these periodically to keep on top of the smaller news items as they trickle out. Since last we spoke the Nationals have added Edwin Jackson and Brad Lidge, subtracted Mike Camer...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2012/02/nates-nats-notes-22112.html

The Nationals' off season to date has been characterized by a marked lack of activity on the position player front. No major free agents (Sorry, Mark DeRosa does not qualify as a blockbuster sign...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/12/worst-case-scenario-opening-day-roster.html

Already this offseason the Nationals have been "linked" in one form or another to free agent starting pitchers C.J. Wilson , Mark Buehrle , Roy Oswalt and Edwin Jackson , as well as potential Ja...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/11/learning-to-love-links.html

Scrappy utility player Kory Casto Anderson Hernandez Pete Orr Alberto Gonzalez Brian Bixler was claimed off waivers today by the Houston Astros, ending his Nationals tenure after 79 games, 83 at-...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/11/bye-bye-bixler.html

If you're reading this (which I suppose you pretty obviously are) you may have noticed that Nats Triple Play went through some fairly significant content generation droughts in 2011. Some of that...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/11/nates-nats-notes-11211.html

Your clubhouse leader for least surprising press release of the 2012 offseason: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                              ...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/10/meet-new-boss-etc.html

As you may have noticed, reports of our death, while not wildly exaggerated, were at least slightly premature. C'mon, it's not like anything interesting really happened in the last 3 months anywa...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/10/checking-up-on-40-man-roster.html

I love National Public Radio as much as the next East Coast liberal elitist, but there is such a thing a over-thinking an issue. Today's example: metaphysics and the theory of umpiring . All pr...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/10/universal-truths-observed-realities.html

So... the Washington Nationals organization didn't exactly cover itself in glory tonight, did it? The big boys got whipped by Florida (of course), AAA Syracuse found itself on the wrong end of a ...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/07/jonny-gomes-isnt-jackie-robinson-either.html

For goodness sake, VOTE FOR MORSE !

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/07/michael-morse-suicide-king.html

This team cannot catch a break. We draft one of the most heralded pitchers in recent memory and he lives up to the hype only to have his arm fall off. Then we draft a wunderkind who has all the p...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/06/snakebitten.html

Are the 2011 Washington Nationals surprise NL Wild Card contenders or just slightly better than expected playoff pretenders? The next 10 days should tell us quite a bit about the suddenly scrappy...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/06/answer-unclear-ask-again-later.html

Erstwhile never-quite-a-Nat Aaron Crow was just named Kansas City's pitcher of the month for April. The lefty reliever worked 12 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out 11 and stranding all 10 runne...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/05/drew-storen-aaron-crow.html

Whew, this once a month posting schedule is punishing. Much like watching Chad Gaudin pitch. Which we won't have to do for at least two weeks. Apparently the enormous sucking force generated by...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/04/not-dead-yet.html

WaPo's Barry Svrluga was the chronicler of baseball's return to Washington, D.C. in 2005, so it's only fitting that he authored this heart-breaking, inspiring story of Chad Cordero's most recent...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/03/beyond-baseball.html

Clearly we've been on a bit of a blogging hiatus here at NTP, but some things just can't pass unremarked. This is either a training exercise or a particularly unsavory clause in Jayson Werth's $1...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/02/spring-training-in-photos.html

Look, when the Nationals DFA Justin Maxwell to make room for Todd Coffey you're going to get puns. Deal with it. There was a time when I thought Justin could be another homegrown draw for a fr...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/01/not-quite-good-to-last-drop.html

The acquisition of Tom Gorzelanny does not make me tingle in my special places. (In case you were curious, my special places are Charlottesville, Edinburgh, and Montego Bay.) He's youngish and le...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2011/01/down-on-farm.html

Zack Greinke wasn't coming to Washington, D.C. unless Boston's lineup and Philly's rotation agreed to come with him. That simple, seemingly indisputable fact renders all the digital ink spilled ...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2010/12/digging-and-filling-of-holes.html

Let's get this out of the way first: I firmly believe that Jayson Werth's 7-year, $126M contract is a bad deal for the Washington Nationals. It is an overpay both in dollars and in years, and Wer...

http://nats3play.blogspot.com/2010/12/on-rizzo-responsibility.html