Nationals’ Vidro Turns On the Power – The Post
10th-Inning Homer Lifts Team to 2-1: Nationals 5, Phillies 4
First place! The first series in franchise history has been won by the Nationals. To make it even sweeter, it is against Cliff’s Phillies. We are off to a good start. Bring on the Marlins!
More from The Wash. Times: Guess who’s tied for first place? and The Inqy: Phils’ pen runs dry again; Nats rally and win in 10th
Nats’ TV Coverage Gets Upgrade – The Post
Next Nine Games Will Be Shown on Channel 20
This is great news for fans. The city council played a little hardball on this one and MLB is working out some over the air arrangements. The Wash. Times reports that 120 Nats games due for local TV.
WDCA 2005 Nationals Broadcast Schedule
Mike Wise – Will the Real Loaiza Please Stand Up? – The Post
Is Wise going to write a column about the Nats every day? Do we really want that? Anyhow, he writes about something that we already know — Loaiza is inconsistent.
Subway Series – The Post
Tips from the Weekend section for pregame activities along Metro.Hungry? You’ll Do Okay at the Ballpark
Fans, trains and automobiles – The Wash. Examiner
Metro, Nats at odds over costs of keeping trains running late on game day
They will work this out, pretty quickly too, methinks.
Politics to reign at RFK opener – The Wash. Examiner
It is interesting how the Nats are becoming a cause celebre for the voting rights crowd. Does it bother me? Not at all, anything that gets potential adversaries on board the bandwagon is generally good news.
Heavy Hitters Swing for the Seats – The Post
Pulling Strings Brings Big-Name Fans Better Nationals Tickets
Speaking of politics, a rundown of D.C. powerplayers getting tickets in prime locations, which is really ticking off some hardcore fans. My take — it’s D.C., this is going to happen.