OF Ryan Church had a big day as the Nats crushed the Astros (Florida Today), 16-2 (ESPN Boxscore). P Jerome Williams had another strong outing (The Wash. Times), lowering his ERA to 3.38 for the spring. Levale Speigner one of the Nats Rule 5 players (The Post)(C Jesus Flores is the other) is also pitching well and is a strong candidate to be in the bullpen when the team heads north. The Nats will go only as far as the pitching staff will take them (The Wash. Times).

It is spring, so it must be time for the annual “respected hitting coach Mitchell Page used to have a drinking problem, but doesn’t now” story (The Post).

It is a weekday so there is a story about how manager Manny Acta is staying positive (Florida Today).

I missed this story from The Sun about the new ballpark.

A Yahoo Sports columnist offers his take — National Disaster.