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Matthew Taylor: Orioles' homers, young and old

Matthew Taylor: Orioles' homers, young and old
Alex Rodriguez made headlines this week by becoming only the fourth player in baseball history to have homered both as a teenager and after turning 40. The others to have done it are Ty Cobb, Rusty Staub and Gary Sheffield. Surely you know that if I mention Alex Rodriguez in an Orioles blog post, there has to be a favorable connection to the hometown team. And there is. Brooks Robinson was roughly a month shy of joining the group of players listed above in the pre-20/40+ home run club....
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Ryan Zimmerman swinging a hot bat off DL

Ryan Zimmerman swinging a hot bat off DL
MIAMI - It wasn't the ideal way to win, but Ryan Zimmerman's second-inning solo home run was just enough to beat the Marlins yesterday after Max Scherzer, Drew Storen and Jonathan Papelbon stacked up for a shutout. Marlins starter and former National Dan Haren left a cutter out over the plate and Zimmerman rocketed it over the wall in left-center field, slamming off the sign of the Clevelander, Miami's infamous club in cavernous Marlins Park. "You never know here," Zimmerman said after the...
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Max Scherzer returns to dominant form in Nats' 1-0 victory

Max Scherzer returns to dominant form in Nats' 1-0 victory
MIAMI - Max Scherzer came out of his last start frustrated after surrendering a season-high three homers and losing a two-run lead in a loss to the Pirates. He vowed to get back to what was working for him when he was arguably the most dominant pitcher in baseball earlier this season. Scherzer's adjustments worked, as the ace held the Marlins scoreless over seven innings, yielding just three hits with six strikeouts in the Nationals' 1-0 win. "He was unbelievable," Wilson Ramos said. "He...
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Jonathan Papelbon debuts with meaningful save in Nationals' 1-0 win

Jonathan Papelbon debuts with meaningful save in Nationals' 1-0 win
MIAMI - Jonathan Papelbon was on the mound to save the deciding game for Boston in the 2007 World Series. In fact, the 34-year-old has seven postseason saves and a staggering 342 in the regular season coming into today's game - 12th best in Major League Baseball history - over his 11-year career. Yet, when Nationals manager Matt Williams called on Papelbon to finish off the Marlins in the ninth today, the veteran closer experienced emotions he said he hadn't felt in a long time. "Want me to...
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Papelbon saves Scherzer's gem as Nats take series with 1-0 win

Papelbon saves Scherzer's gem as Nats take series with 1-0 win
MIAMI - The Nationals are quickly experiencing the benefits of their injured stars returning to the lineup the past week. In the second, it was Ryan Zimmerman leading off with a deep blast to the power alley in left-center field. The solo shot was Zimmerman's sixth of the season and first since coming off the disabled list on Tuesday after missing 40 games. Bryce Harper stayed hot, ripping a double down the right field line in his first at-bat. Nationals starter Max Scherzer has yielded one...
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Nationals game blog: Bryce Harper feasting on Marlins pitching this year

Nationals game blog: Bryce Harper feasting on Marlins pitching this year
MIAMI - The Marlins send veteran right-hander Dan Haren to the mound this afternoon. The former National beat his old team back on April 26 at Marlins Park, allowing two runs on three hits over five innings. Bryce Harper tagged Haren for one of those runs on a solo homer. Harper has feasted on Marlins pitching this season, batting .385 (10-for-26) with six home runs and 12 RBIs in eight games. Michael A. Taylor has homered in three of his last four games after blasting an opposite field solo...
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Zach Wilt: Comparing 2015 Orioles' position to the Royals' in 2014

Zach Wilt: Comparing 2015 Orioles' position to the Royals' in 2014
In the National Football League, the idea of parity is constantly preached. "Any given Sunday" is the mantra of the league that claims to be the most fair of any of the professional sports. A last place team a season ago can make the postseason 12 months later, and all it takes to win the Super Bowl is a hot stretch over a few games at the right time. That mentality is part of the reason that the game has become the most popular sport in our country. Maybe baseball should promote itself in...
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David Huzzard: Examining the final two months

David Huzzard: Examining the final two months
Now that the Washington Nationals are almost fully healthy and have added Jonathan Paplebon, it is as good a time as any to discuss what to expect for the last couple of months of the season. The Nats may not be done adding players before the non-waiver trade deadline tomorrow or via the waiver trade market in August, but those moves are expected to be much smaller and no trade will make the Nats better than having Anthony Rendon back in the lineup. Whether it was from magic, voodoo or a...
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Max Scherzer aims for series win in finale (with lineups)

Max Scherzer aims for series win in finale (with lineups)
MIAMI - The Nationals send ace Max Scherzer to the mound looking for a series win in the finale against the Marlins. Scherzer is coming off one of his rougher starts of the year, giving up five runs on seven hits over five innings in a 7-5 loss to the Pirates last Friday. This will be Scherzer's first career start at Marlins Park. He fanned 10 over seven innings in a 7-5 win over Miami on May 6 in D.C. Jayson Werth gets a day off with the quick turnaround so Clint Robinson will start in left...
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Bryce Harper on Doug Fister: "That looked like old Dougie"

Bryce Harper on Doug Fister: "That looked like old Dougie"
MIAMI - Doug Fister was arguably the Nationals' best starting pitcher last season, leading the rotation with 16 wins and a 2.41 ERA. However, the tall right-hander has not been the same force this year. He entered Wednesday's start against the Marlins winless in over a month and with a 4.50 ERA, the highest in his seven-year career in the majors. The Marlins weren't able to manage much against Fister, who surrendered just two runs on four hits with one walk, two hit batters and four...
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Bryce Harper's impressive power display lifts Nats to 7-2 win

Bryce Harper's impressive power display lifts Nats to 7-2 win
MIAMI - With July winding down, Bryce Harper was experiencing a bit of a power outage. The 22-year-old had just three homers in the month and none in the past 10 days. But tonight, the slugger broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth with a colossal three-run homer and then followed with a breathtaking solo shot in the eighth to propel the Nationals to a 7-2 victory over the Marlins. Harper mashed three homers off Marlins starter Tom Koehler back on May 6 at Nationals Park. Tonight, Koehler won the first...
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Bryce Harper launches two homers, Nats win 7-2

Bryce Harper launches two homers, Nats win 7-2
MIAMI - The Nationals had a decent scoring chance in the first after Anthony Rendon led off with a walk and then Jayson Werth reached on an error. But Marlins starter Tom Koehler whiffed Bryce Harper and Dee Gordon robbed Ryan Zimmerman with a driving grab to end the inning. Nationals right-hander Doug Fister retired the first five hitters of the game before hitting Derek Dietrich. Fister paid for the mistake when Dietrich scored all the way from first on Ichiro Suzuki's two-out RBI double...
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Nationals game blog: Bryce Harper looks for power surge against Fish

Nationals game blog: Bryce Harper looks for power surge against Fish
MIAMI - The Nationals look for their first win in Miami this season after dropping all four games to the Marlins thus far. Right-hander Tom Koehler brings an 8-6 record with a 3.16 ERA into tonight's start for the Fish. Bryce Harper's first career three-homer game came against Koehler back on May 6 at Nationals Park in a 7-5 win. Harper hasn't left the yard in his last 10 games with only three homers this month. Harper has reached base safely in a career-best 24 straight games dating to June...
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Jonathan Papelbon to Drew Storen: "I just want to come here and win"

Jonathan Papelbon to Drew Storen: "I just want to come here and win"
MIAMI - Before putting on his new Nationals uniform, Jonathan Papelbon's first order of business was to clear the air with Drew Storen. "I've spoken to Drew," said Papelbon, speaking at Marlins Park. "I told Drew 'I don't want to come here unless you talk to (Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo) and everyone's OK with it. I don't want to come here and upset anyone. I just want to come here and win.' I think that Drew realized that." Papelbon assumes the closer role with just over...
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Doug Fister dons new number, takes mound vs. Marlins

Doug Fister dons new number, takes mound vs. Marlins
MIAMI - Doug Fister looks to reverse the theme of his season against the Marlins tonight. Since returning from the DL on June 18, Fister is 1-4 in six starts with a 4.72 ERA. The tall right-hander has surrendered four or more runs in four of those six outings, while opponents own a .324 batting average against him during the slide. Fister will look to get right against Miami, who he owns a 2-0 record with a 1.09 ERA in four career starts against. After experiencing his best stretch of the...
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Now healthy, it's time for Nationals lineup to produce

Now healthy, it's time for Nationals lineup to produce
MIAMI - The Nationals reached the 98th game before Jayson Werth, Ryan Zimmerman and Anthony Rendon found themselves together in the lineup for the first time this season. The trio combined to go 4-for-10 in last night's 4-1 loss to the Marlins with Zimmerman's second-inning double setting up the Nats only run. "Couldn't get it done (last night)," Nationals manager Matt Williams said after last night's game. "Overall, I think some guys put together some good at-bats, we just didn't come...
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Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: "The Wright Brothers"

Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: "The Wright Brothers"
We as humans like to simplify the complicated, which keeps the mind muscles calmer, if not correct. History is often simplified because occurrences that matter are often extremely complicated and rarely the clean, concise version we would prefer. When most of us think of the Wright Brothers and the initial flight of mankind at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903, it's about a few feet flown in the air and the rest is history. The rest is history, and therein lays the beauty of David...
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Rachel Levitin: How will Jonathan Papelbon mix in with Nationals bullpen?

Rachel Levitin: How will Jonathan Papelbon mix in with Nationals bullpen?
It looks like there's a new closing pitcher on Washington's roster. All-Star pitcher Jonathan Papelbon was traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday in exchange for minor league pitcher Nick Pivetta, and now it'll be interesting to see how the team's newest player integrates into the clubhouse. Outside of the business of baseball, many fans have expressed displeasure with the selection. That aside, I think the effect Papelbon has on the clubhouse and on...
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Best of the Decade: Baseball finally returns to D.C.

Best of the Decade: Baseball finally returns to D.C.
As the Nationals celebrate 10 seasons in Washington, D.C., we reflect on some of the best moments since the franchise moved to the nation's capital. Each Wednesday through mid-August, check out Nationals Pastime for a remembrance of one of the watershed moments in Nationals history. After a long 33-year wait, baseball finally returned to Washington on April 14, 2005. Since the Senators rolled out of D.C. following the 1971 season, the nation's capital watched as Major League Baseball awarded...
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Drew Storen reacts after losing closer role to Jonathan Papelbon

Drew Storen reacts after losing closer role to Jonathan Papelbon
MIAMI - Following tonight's 4-1 loss to the Marlins, Drew Storen reacted for the first time to the news that he lost his closer role when the Nationals acquired veteran right-hander Jonathan Papelbon from the Phillies earlier in the day. "Really, all I'm gonna say is that obviously I'm aware of the move," Storen said. "I've talked to (Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo) about it. I've talked to my agent. We've had some ongoing discussions. Until those have progressed, I'm just gonna...
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