Ian Desmond
Ian Desmond Is Growing Lip Fur
Sunday, February 17th, 2013After Danny Espinosa shaved his winter beard I wasn’t ready to love again, but now Ian Desmond is growing a mustache (via @fpdougiefresh), and here I am over the moon. Sounds like he’s keeping it, too.
Related: Watch Espinosa shave off his amazing winter beard.
WAR Leaders: Top 10 Nats Of ‘12
Friday, July 20th, 2012It’s been said many times many ways, but the Nats are a first-place team thanks to their pitching and … not much else. I haven’t seen it said this way, though:
Of baseball’s top 80 offensive players, as ranked by Wins Above Replacement (WAR), only one is a National. That’s hard to do while you also [...]
DMV: Ian Desmond’s Very Big Weekend
Monday, August 22nd, 2011Ian Desmond has had a crappy year, but the Nats beat Philly and took the series thanks in part to his ninth inning, two-out, two-strike, game-tying homer. The day after Ian Desmond Bobblehead Day, no less!* [WaPo, NE]
Correction: Desmond Bobblehead Day was actually Saturday (see below). This post has been updated to reflect the error.
Davey [...]
DMV: Hey, the Nats Did Something Right
Monday, March 29th, 2010Happy day: Rookie upstart Ian Desmond wins Washington’s starting shortstop job over fat-bellied, fat-contracted incumbent Cristian Guzman. [Nats Insider, Nats Journal]
Data suggests that Desmond is far and away the right choice. [Thomas Boswell]
Guzman to play a utility role up the middle for the Nats. [Nats Journal]
“The contract that Bowden gave to Guzman has to be [...]
DMV: Ian Desmond Is Here to Rescue Us
Friday, September 11th, 2009Expos draftee/SS prospect Ian Desmond, who batted .330 in the minors, records a double, home run, four RBI and “two looooooong flyouts” in his debut, an 8-7 win over Philly. [Nats Journal]
Desmond’s “through-the-wind homer came within two rows of clearing the left field bleachers in front of the Red Porch.” [Thomas Boswell]
Desmond sprinted around the [...]