By Amanda Comak - The Washington Times
In the Nationals’ brief history, Greinke represents one of their greatest “What if?” questions. What if the right-hander hadn’t nixed the rumored trade that would’ve brought him to D.C. instead of Milwaukee before the 2011 season — and possibly cost the Nationals multiple members of their core?
By Ronald Blum - Associated Press
Replay has been in place for potential home run calls since August 2008. Selig initially wanted to add trap plays and fair/foul calls down the lines, but Joe Torre said a far larger expansion is possible.
By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times
Harper's second unsuccessful encounter this month with the physics of smacking into an outfield wall led to him doubling down on the hair-on-fire approach. He told reporters "I'm trying to kill myself out there" and, really, that's what the collision looked like.
By Mike Harris - The Washington Times
The untuck thing is a celebration that is a lot like Soriano. It's understated, easy to miss. It's also effective. And cool. Most important, for all its simplicity, it's fun. Sports are supposed to be fun, remember?
By Amanda Comak - The Washington Times
As blood dripped down his neck and head trainer Lee Kuntz examined him Monday night, Harper tried to convince manager Davey Johnson that he could stay in the game. That wasn't happening.
By Amanda Comak - The Washington Times
Regardless of how long he plays, or how many ballparks he does it in, Dodger Stadium will always have a special designation for the Nationals outfielder. "Absolutely," he said. "It was my first park."
By Amanda Comak - The Washington Times
The moment Gio Gonzalez walked off the mound in the seventh inning Sunday afternoon, he figured his day was probably done. So it was that Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson pulled his left-hander in the hope of adding some offense, and watched the game devolve into a 2-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs over the final two innings.
By Amanda Comak - The Washington Times
The Nationals' victory over the Tigers on Thursday was their sixth in the past seven games as they improved to 19-15.
By Tom Withers - Associated Press
Umpires failed to reverse a disputed tying home run by Oakland's Adam Rosales after a video review Wednesday. MLB executive vice president Joe Torre says the judgment call by umpire Angel Hernandez and his crew "stands as final."
By Amanda Comak - The Washington Times
With Jayson Werth dealing with right hamstring tightness for the last week, Harper has shifted from left to right field twice, and was in the lineup there on Wednesday night.
By Mike Harris - The Washington Times
The Nationals' front office did something similar Wednesday, albeit with a mistake of their own making. To their credit, they reacted properly and rectified the error.
By Janie McCauley - Associated Press
The 35-year-old right-hander is 2-4 with an 8.65 ERA in seven starts this season after missing nearly two months last year because of a strained back muscle.
By Compiled PAUL MONTELLA - Associated Press
May 18 Published May 17, 2013
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte is being put on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained left trapezius muscle in his upper back. Published May 17, 2013
By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press
Reid Ryan choked back tears as he was introduced as president of his beloved Astros, the team he grew up watching in the days when his Hall of Fame father, Nolan Ryan, starred as a pitcher for Houston. Published May 17, 2013
By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press
Major League Baseball appears set for a vast expansion of video review by umpires in 2014 and is examining whether all calls other than balls and strikes should be subject to instant replay. Published May 16, 2013
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
The Tampa Bay Rays have put AL Cy Young Award winner David Price on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained left triceps. Published May 16, 2013
By JIM LITKE - Associated Press
If the Cubs were half as good at baseball as they are at artist's renderings, the team would have left Wrigley Field behind long before now. Published May 15, 2013
By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press
Justin Verlander says it's May. Yu Darvish says it's not the great opposing pitcher he's faced, and won't be his last. Published May 15, 2013
By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press
In a need of a lift in the rotation, the Phillies are taking a chance on Carlos Zambrano. Published May 15, 2013
By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press
Justin Verlander says it's May. Yu Darvish says it's not the first great opposing pitcher he's faced, and won't be his last. Published May 15, 2013
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
Bryce Harper has left the game in the fifth inning after the Washington Nationals star ran full-on into the scoreboard in right field at Dodger Stadium on Monday night. Published May 14, 2013
By JOHN MARSHALL - Associated Press
Justin Upton had a huge night in his return to Arizona with the Atlanta Braves. Published May 14, 2013
