Debbi Taylor Archive
Scottsdale, AZ I took my daughter Kaitlyn to her first professional baseball game this week. She got a chance to see the Peoria Saguaros take on the Scottsdale Scorpions at Scottsdale Stadium, the Spring Training home of the San Francisco Giants. ...
The season is coming to a close and while it has certainly been challenging, there are some nice moments to reflect on. Who can forget Ryan Zimmerman taking center stage on Opening Night? He is the face of the franchise and this reporter hopes the Nats are able to ...
Manny Acta Pitches in... Nats Skipper Manny Acta spent part of his morning on Wednesday packing and delivering meals along with Food and Friends, a partner of the Capitol Area Food Bank to some local folks in need of it. Manny said his community service commitment is the easiest ...
More Baseball for Manny How much does Manny Acta like baseball? So much that after yesterday's win over the Cubs, he headed across town to see the White Sox host the Rays. He sat in the family section and got a good feel for how the fans watch the ...
Red Hot Ronnie Ronnie Belliard has done an outstanding job filling in for the injured Cristian Guzman. In the month of August he's hitting .440. Last night he collected four hits against the Phillies, including his 300th career double. Yesterday Guzman took batting practice and he told me he's ...
You could draw a picture of the human body and nearly all its parts would be represented by Nats injures. Starting with the leg, Elijah Dukes is out with a calf strain, and he suffered a knee injury earlier in the season, as well as a hamstring inury. ...
With a four-run first inning yesterday, the Nats posted multi-run first innings in four of the six games during the homestand for a total of 11 runs in the first. The Nats took batting practice again Sunday even though it was a day game after a night game. "It's ...
Jesus Flores earned the Heart and Hustle Award this week. It was presented to him by former Washington Senators pitcher Jim Hannan. He is the Chairman of the Board for the MLB Players Alumni Association. Flores will now be among 30 players up for the National Award. Jim told ...
Earlier this month Willie Harris visited the St. Coletta School for kids with severe mental disabilities and autism. He told me all players should have to make such visits and that taking time out of his schedule to interact with these youngsters made his day. ...
Nationals All-Star shortstop Cristian Guzman said he was looking forward to heading to the Bronx for the 2008 All-Star Game. "It's the only game that day, so everyone is watching," he beamed after being asked about his second All-Star appearance. ...
Bonds Strikes Out in DC While speculation swirled around Nationals Park on Wednesday about the possibility of Barry Bonds joining the D-Backs, I had a chance to ask Jim Bowden if he'd consider bringing the all-time home run champ to the District. His response? An emphatic, "No!" Bowden added, ...
Over the weekend the struggling Roger Bernandina got some batting tips from the unlikeliest of sources: Nats closer Jon Rauch. "He noticed opposing pitchers are pounding the strike zone against me," Bernadina said. "He said I should get off the plate." ...
Twenty-three-year-old rookie pitcher Collin Balester said he's been getting some great one-on-one advice from a number of different Nationals personnel. He said Nats special assistant to the GM Jose Rijo has been helpful and so has pitching coach Randy St. Claire. ...
Nats reliever Joe Hanrahan is teaming up with the American Red Cross to raise money for the flood victims in the Midwest. He recently participated in an online auction to help those affected by the treacherous floods. ...
