Archive for June, 2009
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Perhaps the two most disappointing players during the Nats ‘09 campaign of failure have been shipped outta town. The Nats dealt OF Lastings Milledge and RP Joel Hanrahan to Pittsburgh (aside: whoretown) for OF Nyjer Morgan and RP Sean Burnett today.
Basically, here’s the short overview of the deal: The Nats trade two players with great [...]
DMV: Baltimore’s Stealth ROY Candidate
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
We did this with Guthrie in ‘07 and Lannan in ‘08, so we might as well with Bergesen in ‘09. He’s been the O’s best starter (5-2 with a 3.76 ERA and 1.22 WHIP) and his past month has been phenomenal (4-0 with a 2.23). Plus, [...]
DMV: Dunn Almost Does the Warehouse
Monday, June 29th, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
Nats avoid the sweep in Baltimore thanks to another strong start from John Lannan and homers from Adam Dunn and Willie Harris. [WaPo, Sun]
Watch Adam Dunn one-hop the B&O Warehouse with a 445-foot homer that Jim Palmer says may be the farthest he’s seen at Camden. [...]
Wiz Pictorial: ‘Shaking the Hand of Stern’
Friday, June 26th, 2009Since we were robbed of seeing Ricky Rubio don an awful-looking Wizards hat, walk across the stage and take the hand of Commissioner Stern in a firm grip, here’s looking at players past who have had the honor. And, you know, the longer you look at actual Wizards draft picks (this includes every first-rounder of [...]
DMV: The Wiz’ Second-Round Heartbreak
Friday, June 26th, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
A wonderful thing happened last night. The draft’s best rebounder, DeJaun Blair, fell to No. 32, where the Wizards were waiting. Hopes soared with thoughts of Blair, who out-rebounds entire teams, bolstering Washington’s meager frontcourt. Then a terrible thing happened. The Wiz drafted a guard and traded [...]
Poll: Back to the Future for Wiz Uniforms?
Thursday, June 25th, 2009We’ve thought about this, especially back when Wes Unseld’s jersey was the hot throwback and more recently when the Caps found success rocking the red, but it comes to the fore with yesterday’s news that the 76ers are going back to their old logo unis.
Like the Wiz, they abandoned red, white and blue in ‘97 [...]
DMV: Elijah Dukes Nearly Kills a Man
Thursday, June 25th, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
Boston continues having its way with us, wins 6-4. [WaPo]
Elijah exacts revenge by throwing sharp wood at Nick Green. [Big League Stew]
Great pics of Red Sox Nation’s invasion. [D.C. Sports Bog]
“Fans of visiting teams pay the Nats’ bills.” [Thomas Boswell]
Joe Beimel on his beard and when [...]
DMV: And With the Fifth Pick, Washington Selects Randy Foye, Mike Miller and Cash
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
In a move that adds outside shooting and backcourt depth while freeing up cash to extend Brendan Haywood, Washington deals the fifth pick, Etan, Songalia and Pecherov to Minnesota for Foye and Miller. That pick wasn’t going to start this year anyway, and this team is [...]
Wiz Draft Primer: Ranking the Prospects
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Here to break down the draft is KSK cofounder and Mr. Irrelevant Wiz correspondent Jack Kogod (@Unsilent).
Trying to predict how the NBA draft will play out is a useless endeavor, so everybody just sit down and shut up while we evaluate all of the potential scenarios floating around.
Potential Draft Targets
Forget about all the trade talk [...]
DMV: ‘Hey Look Kids, There’s Big Ben’
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
We’ve seen the likes of Stephen Strasburg before, 20 years ago in the form of Ben McDonald, who was touted as the greatest college pitcher ever, drafted No. 1 overall and represented by Scott Boras. Chico Harlan does a great job retelling how that difficult signing [...]