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FJB's 2012 Season Preview 3 Apr 2012 | 02:15 pm
So the season preview is getting posted 10 games into the season. Oh well. I promise to refund every dime you've ever paid to the site. * * * This is the year we've all been waiting for. Stephen Str...
Season Preview Coming Up 3 Apr 2012 | 07:39 am
With lots of traffic coming over from the Washington Post article today (thanks Marc!) I thought I'd let everyone know that I do plan to write up my thoughts on the upcoming season. Spoiler alert: I'm...
Feeling Bad about Nyjer Morgan? Blame Riggleman 8 Oct 2011 | 02:09 pm
It's the manager's job to manage the players. Things got so out of control with Morgan that Mike Rizzo had to get rid of him. That didn't happen in Pittsburgh and it obviously hasn't happened in Milwa...
Top 1B Prospect: Not Chris Marrero 6 Oct 2011 | 10:34 pm
On August 27, Chris Marrero made his major league debut. Marrero's debut got a lot of people excited because he was the 15th overall pick in the 2006 draft and the #1 prospect in the organization goin...
A.J. Burnett, John Lackey, C.J. Wilson 4 Oct 2011 | 08:52 pm
After the 2008 season, A.J. Burnett, a good but not great pitcher, was the second best free agent starting pitcher available after CC Sabathia. The Yankees gave him five years and $82 million. After t...
Terry Francona: Why Bother? 3 Oct 2011 | 08:48 pm
When Terry Francona resigned as manager of the Boston Red Sox, some folks started talking about whether he'd be a good fit for the Nationals. I say why bother? Unless Davey Johnson if flat-out refusin...
Right Track/Wrong Track Results... And a New Poll! 2 Oct 2011 | 08:13 pm
Nothing new under the sun. Nationals fan optimism remains sky-high, and it's pretty hard to argue otherwise. Be sure to vote on this month's poll in the upper right corner of the blog.
The Next Step Is A Lot Harder 2 Oct 2011 | 12:52 am
Watching these final weeks of the season tick down, I've been digesting the meaning of the 2011 season. Certainly, this year marked the end of the cellar-dwelling, laughingstock "Natinals" era in Wash...
Boz Bugs Me 29 Sep 2011 | 08:08 am
I haven't read a Tom Boswell chat in months, but I clicked on one today and instantly got annoyed. Good to see he hasn't lost that affect on me. Here's what set me off: The stat guys, among other th...
Ivan Rodriguez Has a Good Face 25 Sep 2011 | 06:11 am
Yesterday, I saw Moneyball. Much of the movie is spent showing "old school baseball men" saying dumb things, grossly misevaluating players based on faulty assumptions, putting way too much weight on i...
