Below The Beltway

It surprises the heck out of me, but the trade deadline has passed, and Alfonso Soriano is still playing for the Washington Nationals:
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31 — Despite a flurry of activity and late bids by several teams, Monday’s trade deadline passed — and, in an upset, Alfonso Soriano is still a Washington National.
Nationals General [...]

The acquisition of left fielder Alfonsio Soriano was one of the biggest things to happen to the Washington Nationals since they moved to D.C. Now, with the Nationals floundering in the N.L. East and the trade deadline approaching, it’s looking increasingly likely that Soriano may leave:
The man in the middle of the market sat down [...]

As of Monday, the Washington Nationals will no longer be the only baseball team without an owner, because that’s when the sale of the team to The Lerner Group will be finalized.
WASHINGTON — On a day when the Nationals revealed their new fan experience and had a come-from-behind victory at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium on [...]

One continuing controversy in the Washington, DC area since the return of the Washington Nationals has been the fact that its not easy to see them on television here. In order to obtain his consent to a team in Washington, Major League Baseball basically gave Baltimore Orioles owner complete control of the Nationals’ media rights. [...]

It didn’t turn out the way I would’ve hoped, but it sure was one heck of a way to end a ball game.
Fathers are supposed to think positively, particularly on Father’s Day. But the telling part about Keith Zimmerman’s eldest son is that his teammates, his Hall of Fame manager, thought the same was possible. [...]

Unfortunately for fans of the Yankees, yesterday’s game did not go quite as well as Friday night’s
The day could have ended hours earlier, shortly after New York Yankees center fielder Johnny Damon launched a grand slam. The pinstriped fans at RFK Stadium howled and danced, celebrating a seven-run lead. In between innings, Damon gazed at [...]

The last time the New York Yankees played a regular season baseball game in Washington, DC was on September 30, 1971, the last day the second incarnation of the Washington Senators played, and it wasn’t a happy scene:
In the final game, RFK Stadium was filled with angry jilted fans that continually interrupted play by throwing [...]

The Washington, D.C. area greeted last week’s inaugural season of the Washngton Nationals with enthusiasum. High ticket sales were boosted as much by the fact that baseball had finally returned to the Nation’s Capital as the fact that Nationals themselves were playing suprisingly well. Well, its year two of the Nationals saga, and it appears [...]

This morning’s Washington Post reports that problems are developing in the negotiations between the District of Columbia and Major League Baseball over a new stadium for the Nationals.
Major League Baseball has not agreed to the District’s request for an additional $20 million to help build a stadium and might file for arbitration if a lease [...]

As last night’s game revealed, it is pretty clear now that the Cinderella story that was the Washington Nationals has ended. The Nats fell out of first place in the NL East weeks ago and are now 6 1/2 games behing the Atlanta Braves and tied for 3rd place with the Florida Marlins. The NL [...]