Author Archives: Dion Johnson

Following the biggest injury of their season, a bone bruise suffered by Bryce Harper, the Washington Nationals have seemingly become a kind of a different team. A somewhat healthy roster—by Nationals standards, at least—found success through a high-powered offense and stud starting pitching. With Harper’s absence and missing other key players, the Nationals transformed into a […]

The 2017 edition of the Washington Nationals are on a 98-win pace.  That total would match a franchise record. They’re in first place by 12 ½ games, the second-biggest cushion in baseball. After going to Houston and winning two of three from the second-best team in the sport, they’ve gone 9-5 since MVP candidate Bryce […]

For the Washington Nationals’ Aug. 18 game against the San Diego Padres, manager Dusty Baker trotted out a lineup that featured newly-acquired veteran Howie Kendrick in left field, Wilmer Difo at shortstop, Adam Lind at first base, newly activated Michael Taylor in center field (a player who missed five weeks with an injury), Andrew Stevenson in […]

After two awful performances by the Washington NFL team’s starting offense in their first two preseason games against Baltimore and Green Bay, I ask one question of my fellow fans: are you okay? Are you okay with the first-team offense not being able to produce even one first down in two full quarters of play?  […]

There was no reason for the Washington Nationals to play Saturday’s game against the San Francisco Giants.  Zero. The Nationals have a 14.5 game lead in the National League East.  The Giants are in last place in the NL West.  This game had zero effect on the standings.  Yet, because of ,for whatever reason, the […]

Watching Stephen Strasburg leave last Sunday’s game with what Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker called a nerve impingement, Nationals fans knew not to believe the early prognosis. This is Stephen Strasburg and these are the Nationals, which means the injury is going to be much worse than the initial diagnosis. Washington Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg warms […]

Fans of the Washington Nationals have clamored for bullpen reinforcements. Whether the help would come internally from the minor leagues, or via a trade, the ball club needed help and fast. Fortunately, management made a move. With the acquisition of Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle from the Oakland A’s on July 17, the Nationals made […]

A nine-and-a-half game divisional lead and an offensive explosion around the All-star break notwithstanding, the Washington Nationals have some deep issues to address before there can be any legitimate hopes for an extended October run. Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker sits in the dugout in the third inning of the team’s baseball game against the […]

Washington Nationals will be well represented at Tuesday’s All-Star Game, with five members of the team making the trip to Miami. Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy, and Ryan Zimmerman will all start for the National League, and Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg were named to the NL pitching staff. Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper, left, […]

As the gauntlet continued this week with the World Champion Chicago Cubs in town for a four-game set at Nationals Park, the ball club was just three outs away from taking three of four from the Cubs and winning a huge series at home with tons of momentum.   All of that changed in the […]