Prior to the start of 2012, and prior to the Nationals adding Gio Gonzalez and Edwin Jackson to their pitching rotation, it was the generally accepted opinion that the Nats were a year or so from seriously challenging the National League East’s perennial leaders: Philadelphia and Atlanta. But then came Cy […]
Notes On the Nats: Foundation in Place – Can’t Wait ‘til Spring
The Washington Nationals 2012 season was a huge success. But its importance for the District of Columbia is far more than the pleasure it has brought to the region. Yes, the team was a credit to the city and a steady source of excitement, joy and fun. Even love. Blah, […]
Notes on the Nats: Worth Half a Thousand Words
Sometimes 30 days to write a monthly sports column is a difficult parameter and it is necessary to paint a photograph to accompany the text. That’s why you now see this one. This is a color photo. The background color is “Pennant Race.” It blankets the cityscape like a first […]
Notes On the Nats: Remembering to Breathe
Legend has it that baseball is America’s favorite sport. And in the wiring of my brain, that certainly is true. I was born in Brooklyn, NY when Jackie Robinson was a rookie for one of America’s classic sports love stories, the Brooklyn Dodgers. And my eight-year-old heart was easy pickings […]
ANC 6D: The Wharf Development, Lansburgh Park Movies and more
Hoffman-Madison, developers of The Wharf project along the waterfront in Southwest D.C., gave a three-projector presentation to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6D. They showed their plans for the new St. Augustine Episcopal Church, the apartment building south of it, and the Waterfront Park at the ANC meeting July 9. […]
Notes On the Nats: Bryce Harper in ‘The Moment’
This writer, as a young boy, loved a game we called “Running Bases.” I couldn’t get enough of it. I would enlist my dad and kid brother, my older sister, or anyone else I could charm or annoy into playing until they lost interest in it. It worked like this: […]