MLB May 24, 2020
Nationals players shoot down virtual World Series ring ceremony
The Washington Nationals said on Saturday they have altered plans for a virtual World Series championship ring ceremony amid the COVID-19 pandemic after players expressed a preference to receive the rings in person. The Nationals, who beat the Houston Astros last October to win their ...
Baseball / MLB Feb 7, 2019
The latest team to join the Bryce Harper sweepstakes is the San Francisco Giants, according to a multiple reports on Wednesday. Highly sought free agent outfielder reportedly met with Giants executives this week, putting San Francisco in the mix with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White ...
Baseball / MLB Nov 11, 2018
Nationals standout rookie Juan Soto relishes All-Star Series atmosphere
by Jason Coskrey
There are few experiences in baseball like seeing the fans at a Japanese game. The scene is more soccer than baseball as they cheer, sing songs and play instruments, with the tunes, rhythms and movements changing with each batter and situation. Juan Soto, the Washington ...
Sports | MAN ABOUT SPORTS Oct 3, 2017
Questions abound as MLB postseason starts
by Dave Wiggins
Some burning questions (and answers) entering the 2017 MLB postseason. Will Cleveland and Arizona, record-breaking streakers, be able to maintain their regular season momentum? The Indians went on an American League record 22-game win streak near the end of the regular season. (The MLB mark is the ...
Sports Jan 22, 2017
Tomooka says young athletes should play different sports
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The term "strength and conditioning" in sports is relatively unknown in Japan, and specialty coaches are often confused with athletic trainers, who are skilled in prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Strength and conditioning is a method of improving your physical athletic ability ...
Baseball / MLB | MAN ABOUT SPORTS Sep 20, 2016
No-nonsense skipper Baker a good fit for title-contending Nationals
by Dave Wiggins
"Do you think you've ended up spoiling the teams you've managed previously?", MAS asked Dusty Baker, during a pregame chat with the Washington Nationals first-year skipper. "Well, I don't know about that," said Dusty, in polite disagreement with such a notion. "I don't think I've spoiled ...
Sports | MAN ABOUT SPORTS May 17, 2016
Murphy making immediate impact at plate for NL East-leading Nats
by Dave Wiggins
Murphy's Law (If anything can go wrong, it will) plagued the Washington Nationals throughout the entire 2015 campaign. Injuries, slumps, clubhouse turmoil, dugout fights. You name it. Whatever bad things could have taken place, did. And those events ended up sabotaging the high hopes the then-defending ...
Baseball | BASEBALL BULLET-IN Jul 18, 2015
Former Carp, Eagles manager Brown gets best of both worlds through scouting for Nationals
by Wayne Graczyk
Washington Nationals director of Pacific Rim scouting Marty Brown just completed a second trip to Japan this season. The former Hiroshima Carp and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager is enjoying his job with the National League team, especially since he gets to return to his ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 18, 2015
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have acquired 29-year-old right-hander Mitch Lively from the Washington Nationals on a one-year deal, the Pacific League club announced on Thursday. The 198-cm, 113-kg Lively, was 0-2 with a 2.31 ERA in 18 games this season for the Nationals' Triple-A ...
Baseball / MLB | MAN ABOUT SPORTS Sep 23, 2014
Williams won't allow Nationals to baby their players
by Dave Wiggins
What a difference a day makes. Or in the case of the Washington Nationals, two years make. In September of the 2012 season, the Nats brain trust — in a heavily scrutinized and much criticized move — shut down pitching wunderkind Stephen Strasburg as he approached ...