Today, e chigliak from Federal Baseball says (in A Tale Of Two Prospects, A Year In the Lives Of Washington Nationals' Prospects Chris Marrero And Ross Detwiler.) On November 7, 2007, Baseball America writer Aaron Fitt's report entitled, "Top Ten Prospects: Washington Nationals", had Chris Marrero, an 18-year IN/OF who'd just completed his second season in the DC system, and 21-year old left-hander Ross Detwiler, Washington's 1st pick, 6t...

And e chigliak from Federal Baseball says (in The Story of How Washington Nationals' Pitching Coach Randy St. Claire Became Known As...) St. Claire pitched six seasons in the Expos' system before he made his MLB debut with Montreal on September 11, 1984, and after nine seasons at all levels of baseball with Montreal, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Atlanta and Toronto, St. Claire made the first professional assessment of talent...

Yesterday, e chigliak from Federal Baseball says (in Get To Know Your Nationals: Bullpen Coach Randy Knorr.) After Frank Robinson was dismissed as the Nationals' Manager, Knorr was sent back to his old job as the Class-A Potomac Nationals' Skipper, so that, as DC GM Jim Bowden explained to former Washington Post Nationals'-beat writer Barry Svrluga in an 11/1/06 article entitled, "Nationa...

This Week, e chigliak from Federal Baseball says (in Get To Know Your Nationals: Third Base Coach Pat Listach.) lt;p>Drafted out of Arizona State University by Milwaukee with the 133rd overall pick of the 1988 MLB Amateur Draft , IF/OF Pat Listach played 4 seasons in the Brewers' system before he debuted in the Majors on April 8, 1992, and 149 games later, after having hit ....

And e chigliak from Federal Baseball says (in Will Nick Johnson Be Dealt? PLUS -- Washington Nationals Fans, What Are You Thankful For?) lt;p>The last week of November...With the GM Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada under two weeks away, from December 8th-11th, and very little in the way of player movement thus far this offseason, things should start to pick up fairly soon...<a href="http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/ne...

And e chigliak from Federal Baseball says (in The Potomac Nationals, Washington's Class-A Affiliate, Voted 3rd Best In The Minors At MiLB.com...) In an AP article entitled, "Lerner selected as new Nationals owner" at ESPN.com shortly after the Lerner Group purchased the Washington Nationals from Major League baseball in May of 2006, the newly-named Team President Stan Kasten set out the agenda for beginning to rebuild the barr...

And e chigliak from Federal Baseball says (in Deal Or No Deal? The Washington Nationals Get Into Today's Free Agent Roundup.) The Nationals on Monday night would not confirm that such an offer is in place."

My agent is working with the Nationals. We have an offer for two or three years that is subject to fine-tuning of details,' Perez said to ESPNdeportes.com on Monday."

Last Week, e chigliak from Federal Baseball says (in Washington Nationals: Weekend News In Review...) Nationals' outfield prospect Garrett Guzman, a Rule 5 pick from the Minnesota Twins' organization who hit .274 with 19 doubles, 9 HR's and 54 RBI's for the Double-A Harrisburg Senators in '08, (struggling in a jump to Triple-A), is currently playing for the Criollos de Caguas of the Liga...

And #1 iowan cubs fan from Bleed Cubbie Blue says (in The Top 10 Cubs Games of 2007) May 19 - A see-saw affair is finalized in the 8th inning with a six run frame capped off by a Derrek Lee grand slam to stick it to the Sox.

June 25 - Cubs give up 6 runs in the 9th inning to blow an 8 to 3 lead only to win on an Alfonso Soriano bloop single with the bases loaded to win the game 10 to 9.

Last Month, e chigliak from Federal Baseball says (in Who's On First For The Washington Nationals In '09? Who's The New Billy Traber? PLUS...Why No Love For Ronnie Belliard?) AND FINALLY...Find Out Who Won The SB Nation's NL Manager of The Year Award at the SB Nation's blog about Sabermetrics, "Beyond The Box Score"...the rest of the Awards will be rolled out this week, starting Tuesday with The Rookie Of The Year Award...I'll be making the case for my choice tomorrow...Wh...