Ray Knight, a color analyst for the Washington Nationals and former Major League Baseball player and manager, apologized for using the word “sissy” during a June 5 telecast, the Washington Blade reported. Knight said this when discussing hitters being hit by pitchers who throw inside: “So you don’t go up there playing the game like [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington Nationals’
Washington Nationals commit to producing ‘It Gets Better’ video?
A gay Nationals Web fan site is claiming the Washington Nationals is the latest MLB team to commit to producing an “It Gets Better” video. The Giants have already made theirs, and the Cubs, Red Sox and Mariners have made commitments to do so. If true, that would make it five MLB teams to make commitments [...]
Nats’ cap a sign of terrorism?
I’ve written many times here about the travails of the Washington Nationals, the team with the worst record in baseball this season. Now, courtesy of Deadspin and the Washington Post, comes news that the Nationals’ “W” logo has been construed as a symbol of terrorism. It seems that Tyler Allard, an aide to Rep. Jim [...]
Sad-sack “Natinals” fire manager
I don’t know how I missed this story, but in reading up on the firing of manager Manny Acta Sunday night by my favorite sad-sack team, the Washington Nationals, I found yet another embarrassing item: during a game in April, two players — Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman — had their team’s name misspelled as [...]
Quick hits: Yankees, Boras, Nationals, Favre
If the Yankees were just 3-4 against the Red Sox this season, they’d have a 2-game division lead. Another example of the horrible nature of sports agents: Boras wants crazy money for a rookie pitcher. Only 100 fans saw the Washington Nationals lose in the 12th inning. And why did they leave Montreal? Tea leaves [...]
How the new SC nominee ended MLB fans’ agony
Let me make it clear that I don’t want to discuss in any way the political ramifications of today’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama. However, there’s a sports angle here. She played a major role in the end of the most disastrous work stoppage in the [...]
Nationals’ woes continue
There’s another chapter in the strange tale of my current favorite sad-sack team, the 2009 Washington Nationals. Tuesday night’s 8-5, 10-inning loss to the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates marked the sixth consecutive game in which the Nats scored at least five runs and still lost. According to STATS, LLC such a streak has only happened three [...]
Learn The Name: Stephen Strasburg
When Cyd gave me this gig, he told me to write about whatever tickled my fancy. Well, maybe not those words exactly, but I have been thinking about what I want to bring to you fine readers of the Outsports’ Jock Talk Blog. So I thought I’d bring you a piece on an athlete you’ll [...]
Little League to pay fine for Nats’ outfielder
Is it my imagination or am I writing more items lately about the Washington Nationals than the Phillies, the team I care about more than any other (and the defending World Series Champions)? What can I say? The odd tales that are coming out of DC just seem to intrigue me more. The latest involves [...]
Nats want park filled — by Phillies fans
I thought it was a bit odd when, while logged onto my Facebook page a few minutes ago, I noticed an ad that said something like “Phils-Nats in DC, deals on tickets and parking for April 13, 15, 16.” Now I see why: earlier in the day, Washington Nationals president Stan Kasten appeared on the [...]
Nats look like J-Lo now, says Tavarez
Back in April 2001, then-Cubs pitcher Julian Tavarez ripped San Francisco fans who booed him in a game by saying, “Why should I care about the fans? They’re a bunch of assholes and faggots here.” The next day he apologized, but he still rated 2.5 out of 5 Rockers on the Outsports Anti-Gay List (the [...]