You would think that working from home for much of the week would be good for blogging, but it turns out it isn’t.
2B Adam Kennedy, 34, has been signed for $1.25 million (nationals.com). Solid, if unspectacular signing I suppose. I guess they figure Cristian Guzman is not going to play second base which means he is probably at shortstop holding back Ian Desmond.
Some reports say former Yankee Chien-Ming Wang will sign with DC. I think the negotiations went some along the line of
Wang: What do you take me for?
Rizzo: We’ve already established that, now we’re just haggling over price.
Wang is really just a stopgap to take up roster space until Stephen Strasburg and other young pitchers are ready. That and a euphemism that the gentleman of the Natmosphere have completely avoided noted.
Speaking of young pitching, Jordan Zimmermann wants to pitch again in September (nationals.com). He had Tommy John surgery in the middle of last season. He’s throwing the a ball 90 feet now.
Kris Benson (nationals.com)? Isn’t he just just Kip Wells with a trashy wife? I think the pitching mound has had enough of the Pittsburgh diaspora. I suppose Benson could tell Strasburg about being #1 overall, but would any of it be good? Perhaps if Strasburg was instructed to do the opposite of anything Benson says. Seems unnecessary though.
President’s Race tryouts were just held. – Let Teddy Win.
Apparently, former Post intern Adam Kilgore is Chico Harlan‘s replacement on the Nats beat. Like Harlan, Kilgore is a Syracuse grad, but hopefully unlike Harlan he like sports. NatsFanBoyLooser is familiar with Kilgore and pleased by the news.
Speaking of beat writers, Mark Zuckerman, late of The Wash. Times, is blogging. He also asked for donations on his blog to send him to spring training and it was an overwhelming success. He met his $5,000 goal in a couple of days and has already doubled it. Good for him — he was the best reporter on the Nats beat last year and he is going to keep on doing what he did, but I’ll admit I’m not as into this whole thing as say, FJB. Mr. Irrelevant interview Zuckerman too.
Capital Punishment was going really strong for a little while. Then again, so was I.
If it is a reference to two snow storms ago and misspelled, it has to be Natstown.
Any season ticket holders want to help me by single-game tickets for Opening Day?
