Was out in the car earlier for a bit listening on Sirius/XM. Home team feed. The Braves radio guys very complimentary of the Nats. Sure, they mentioned the poor defense more than once, but they are impressed with the way the club has stood up to the first place Braves.
Irvin pitched the best game I can remember from him. He really dominated, and it was a shame he didn’t get the chance to keep going with the no hitter intact.
Lord was incredible too. After the error, he didn’t fold at all he stepped up, took control, and got out of it. And Lovelady continues to be such a great story. You can tell he just wants the ball, whether he’s opening, closing, or anything in between.
I’d really like to see Mark do a write-up on how this bullpen has come together. What looked like a question mark earlier in the season is starting to look like a real strength of the team.
Great win, especially after the heartbreak of yesterday’s extra inning loss.
This team continues to show its toughness, resilience, and dogged attitude. Great to see a one-hit shutout of the braves, and the 2 DINGERS, especially from Crews. Looking for the guys to show more of that tomorrow and take the series. GO NATS!!
There were several perceptive commenters on the old WSP sports section articles ---nativedc for example[ who i understand passed away]. They added dimensions to the nats WSP reporting.. Z's reporting--which is superb--might be amplified if someone could recruit some of the former commenters on the old wSP site[ The commenters input was usually more i nformative than Goldens ; but Nussbaum was excellent,-]-Surprised that Boswell hasnt stepped in. Maybe he is elsewhere on some other blog. { I am 90 years old and grew up with Arch Macdonald so keeping up with today's cyber world is ........ so maybe all of the good stuff is is go0ing on somewhere else.[ Suffice it to say good memories of Gil Cohen; Ed Yost; Micky Vernon; Roy Sievers; etc,
I'll confess that he and I did connect on WaPo through my "random" use of bold. It took him awhile, but he figured it out and we email back and forth. Once he got booted I cooked up a scheme when some folks seem to think he showed up under a new screen name.
When my schedule slows down next month, we hope to meet up somewhere with my wife and his girlfriend. GO NATS!!
I think Thomas Boswell is fully retired now. If anyone knows of periodic articles he’s written in 2026 for the Post or elsewhere, it would be wonderful to know…
Boz has been pretty scarce. Last fall he wrote a couple of pieces: 1) one was urging Davey Johnson's election to the HOF after his death and 2) one on Paul Toboni shortly after his hiring.
What I miss are any new books. He did a flurry of fantastic baseball books years ago (have them all), but then stopped. I always figured he had another one or two left in him.
Not sure where all the WashPo fans went, but I’m guessing most went to Talk Nats which has a lot of knowledgeable fans and a lot of comments in their articles and game threads, and great writers. But they don’t have Mark, which is why I am here if I’m paying. I know some WashPo folks went to Federal Baseball as well, but again, no Mark there either. Only WashPo fan I knew was RobBobS and I’m not sure where he is now.
TalkNats.com but like here, you can read some articles, but you can’t read comments unless you are a paid subscriber. But they get several hundred comments on every game thread, and I’ve seen it exceed a thousand. And I love the work there by Stephen Mears (ghost). But this is the only site where I’m a paid subscriber so I have not posted comments there for almost a year when it went paid.
Great game. You don’t need #1 draft pics at every position. You need ball players. Not sure how they score so many runs when you look at the “data” but they do. They have ball players. I enjoy watching this team.
The Braves have been shutout 5 times after today, tying them for 8th most with 5 other teams. Meanwhile, the Nats have only been shutout twice tying them for the fewest. Both shutouts came in April.
Hope Jake is okay! Curly W in the books!
Powerful team win beating the hated Braves
The only 2 teams I hate are both the NY teams.
What a team
Was out in the car earlier for a bit listening on Sirius/XM. Home team feed. The Braves radio guys very complimentary of the Nats. Sure, they mentioned the poor defense more than once, but they are impressed with the way the club has stood up to the first place Braves.
Let's take this series!
Irvin, Lord, Lovelady - a win, a hold, a save. Great pitching performances, fellas!
Hopefully everyone is over last night now...😉 Just hoping Jake is okay.
Butera says Irvin felt something in his shoulder, which is why he came out.
Thanks for that info.
With the Mets losing again to the Fish, Nats expand their already humongous lead on them for wins per $$$ spent on payroll…
That is fun to keep track of:))
That was the best pitching performance I have seen in YEARS. I really hope Jake is ok.
And great to see Dylan homer. More in the future.
Irvin pitched the best game I can remember from him. He really dominated, and it was a shame he didn’t get the chance to keep going with the no hitter intact.
Lord was incredible too. After the error, he didn’t fold at all he stepped up, took control, and got out of it. And Lovelady continues to be such a great story. You can tell he just wants the ball, whether he’s opening, closing, or anything in between.
I’d really like to see Mark do a write-up on how this bullpen has come together. What looked like a question mark earlier in the season is starting to look like a real strength of the team.
Great win, especially after the heartbreak of yesterday’s extra inning loss.
Irvin's game last year in his home state of Minnesota was pretty stellar. Not a 5-inning no-no (7 innings, 2ER) but pretty good
Indeed. I was there in Minny for that weekend and Irvin's Sunday game was a highlight.
Made all the better by a large contingent of his friends and ex-teammates who were in attendance. Irvin is from Bloomington.
I LOVE how we always seem to bounce back after deflating losses. Hats off to Butera for that.
This team continues to show its toughness, resilience, and dogged attitude. Great to see a one-hit shutout of the braves, and the 2 DINGERS, especially from Crews. Looking for the guys to show more of that tomorrow and take the series. GO NATS!!
There were several perceptive commenters on the old WSP sports section articles ---nativedc for example[ who i understand passed away]. They added dimensions to the nats WSP reporting.. Z's reporting--which is superb--might be amplified if someone could recruit some of the former commenters on the old wSP site[ The commenters input was usually more i nformative than Goldens ; but Nussbaum was excellent,-]-Surprised that Boswell hasnt stepped in. Maybe he is elsewhere on some other blog. { I am 90 years old and grew up with Arch Macdonald so keeping up with today's cyber world is ........ so maybe all of the good stuff is is go0ing on somewhere else.[ Suffice it to say good memories of Gil Cohen; Ed Yost; Micky Vernon; Roy Sievers; etc,
I remember all of those guys!
Reports of nativedc’s demise would be wildly exaggerated
I'll confess that he and I did connect on WaPo through my "random" use of bold. It took him awhile, but he figured it out and we email back and forth. Once he got booted I cooked up a scheme when some folks seem to think he showed up under a new screen name.
When my schedule slows down next month, we hope to meet up somewhere with my wife and his girlfriend. GO NATS!!
Also markopc from Post below
I think Thomas Boswell is fully retired now. If anyone knows of periodic articles he’s written in 2026 for the Post or elsewhere, it would be wonderful to know…
Boz has been pretty scarce. Last fall he wrote a couple of pieces: 1) one was urging Davey Johnson's election to the HOF after his death and 2) one on Paul Toboni shortly after his hiring.
What I miss are any new books. He did a flurry of fantastic baseball books years ago (have them all), but then stopped. I always figured he had another one or two left in him.
Not sure where all the WashPo fans went, but I’m guessing most went to Talk Nats which has a lot of knowledgeable fans and a lot of comments in their articles and game threads, and great writers. But they don’t have Mark, which is why I am here if I’m paying. I know some WashPo folks went to Federal Baseball as well, but again, no Mark there either. Only WashPo fan I knew was RobBobS and I’m not sure where he is now.
Where do you find “Talk Nats”?
TalkNats.com but like here, you can read some articles, but you can’t read comments unless you are a paid subscriber. But they get several hundred comments on every game thread, and I’ve seen it exceed a thousand. And I love the work there by Stephen Mears (ghost). But this is the only site where I’m a paid subscriber so I have not posted comments there for almost a year when it went paid.
Great game. You don’t need #1 draft pics at every position. You need ball players. Not sure how they score so many runs when you look at the “data” but they do. They have ball players. I enjoy watching this team.
This was a great game!! Holding Hotlanta to no runs doesn't happen very often.
The Braves have been shutout 5 times after today, tying them for 8th most with 5 other teams. Meanwhile, the Nats have only been shutout twice tying them for the fewest. Both shutouts came in April.
I’ve always loved Dylan Crews. Especially his hitting