Last Month, Farid Rushdi from Bleacher Report says (in Opinion: Alex Gordon Could Have Become Nationals "Face of the Franchise") In a few years, Ryan Zimmerman will be as synonymous with the Washington Nationals as Cal Ripken, Jr., was with the Baltimore Orioles.

Washington baseball without Ryan Zimmerman is impossible to contemplate. When the selection was made, most thought the Nationals were getting the second...

4 Months Ago, .(rushfari@isu.edu) from tbwb (Blogspot) says (in Opinion: ZIMMERMAN IS BEST OF CLASS OF 2005) Jim Bowden didn’t like outfielder Endy Chavez very much and traded him to the Phillies for Marlon Byrd, an outfielder they didn’t like very much. He played for two seasons with Washington before leaving via free agency; the Nationals didn't want him anymore.