The BuZZ
What’s happening in Nats Land! Welcome to The Buzz Blog, everything related to the Washington Nationals Baseball Team.
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Back on Track?
After the record-breaking collapses against the Phillies, the Nats regrouped and had a successful road trip to Baltimore and Boston. The team won each of the series, 2-1. Individually, certain players have performed exceptionally lately. Last week, Luis Garcia Jr. earned the honor of National League Player of the Week after showing his offensive prowess.…
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Insanity=15 Runs in the 9th in 3 Games
I LOVE the Washington Nationals. If I wasn’t 65 years old, I would vie for Screech’s job. When I decided to become the Nats Lady and blog about the team, I vowed to keep my comments positive, even in the face of losing records. That ends today (and hopefully only for today). Additionally, I apologize…
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Dads Do It Up in St. Pete
The Nationals celebrated Father’s Day in a big way — with their inaugural father’s trip for the Tampa Bay series in St. Pete. While it’s the first series the team has not won in a while, the smiles were big all weekend as the dads traveled with the team and took the field for practice…
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Collapse in SF is 2026’s 19-31 Record
Since May 13, the Nationals have been winning series (for the most part). They tied a 4-game series with the Mets and got swept by the Marlins (discussed in last post). By far the ugliest event since then, however, was the collapse in San Francisco on June 10 when leading 9-1 after seven innings. I…
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No Quit Nats
I woke up in Greece this morning and checked my phone for the Nationals score, as I’ve done every morning while tripping this year. The Nats were down 3-1 against the Giants in the top of the ninth inning. I immediately turned on the audio broadcast. The above photo showing the glee of Abrams and…
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Forget Rebuilding, Nats are CONTENDING
The Nationals are back in DC tonight to host the San Diego Padres after a 4-2 road trip, winning a series against both the Braves (only the second time they dropped a series this year) and the Guardians. Both of those teams claim first place in their respective divisions. Without going into details, let’s just…
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Wood Slams it in the Park
I predict that we will soon see a James Wood bobblehead of his arms-first slide into home plate when he hit his first ever grand slam, which happened to be an inside the park home run. There have been three since 2022 and the Nats’ own Michael A. Taylor has one of the other two.…
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NattY Debuts; Lile Shines
On Friday, Natty, the new mascot for the Washington Nationals debuted in DC as the team hosted the Orioles to kick off MLB rivalry weekend. The puppy is adorable! Natty, the team’s first-ever team dog, is training to become a future service animal. The 2-month-old golden retriever and Labrador retriever mix will train alongside Nationals…
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A Tale of Two Teams
One quarter of the season is over. Three days ago, the Nationals were one game below .500, riding a three-game winning streak and sitting alone in second place in the NL East. Cause for celebration, right? Better than anyone expected this year, right? Then two ugly losses in Miami feel like a bit of a…
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Bad Defense Beats Good Offense
“We can’t lead the league in errors and expect to win,” says Blake Butera. DUH. This axiomatic statement was evident in the last two Nationals series, against the Mets and the Brewers. The team went 3-3, committing 5 errors over the course of the three losses and zero errors over the course of the three…
