Nationals Journal: January 10, 2010 - January 16, 2010
Chat Excerpt: Boswell on the Nationals
From yesterday's live Q&A with Thomas Boswell: Germantown, Md.: How legit are the rumors regarding the Nats signing Orlando Hudson? Also, any movement on another starting arm? Have heard Pinero and Doug Davis rumors of late. Tom Boswell: The Nats...
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Alexa Steele
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January 15, 2010; 2:57 PM ET |
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A chat with Rick Eckstein
When I spoke in the mid-morning Friday with hitting coach Rick Eckstein, I heard a familiar chatter in the background. Ballplayers. Breeze. If sunshine has a noise, I heard that, too. Eckstein asked if we could talk a bit later....
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Chico Harlan
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January 15, 2010; 1:01 PM ET |
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Weighing the middle infield options
I'm not really sure if this is a hard argument, per se, for any one scenario, because at first glance, the Nationals need to fortify their middle infield. In fact, the same opinion holds true on second glance. Take a...
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Chico Harlan
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January 13, 2010; 7:51 PM ET |
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Nats were 'in it to the end' with Chapman [Updated]
(Chico here.) Boz has already supplied the primary information re: the Nats' noteworthy pursuit of Aroldis Chapman, but having spoken this afternoon with GM Mike Rizzo, I thought I'd add some additional nuggets. * As Rizzo understands it, the Nats...
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Thomas Boswell
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January 11, 2010; 11:07 AM ET |
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Aroldis Chapman to sign with Reds
Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman, labeled by some evaluators as the left-handed version of Stephen Strasburg, will not be paired with Strasburg in the Nats' rotation. Sunday, according to Yahoo! Sports, Chapman struck a five-year, $30-million deal with the Cincinnati Reds....
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Chico Harlan
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January 10, 2010; 3:37 PM ET |
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