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Ryan Zimmerman looks ready to contribute to the Nationals’ playoff push

Earlier in the day at the All-Star Game media scrum, Washington Nationals manager  Davey Martinez disclosed the plan is to activate both first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and pitcher Stephen Strasburg before the second half slate of games begins after the … Continue reading

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Awards and accolades over the years

After a historic 2015 season, Bryce Harper was unanimously selected as the National League MVP on Thursday evening. He became the second former Harrisburg Senator in the modern era to claim the award after Vladimir Guerrero took home the American … Continue reading

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2015 in PennLive articles

Here are some of my favorite articles from this past season: Five questions for the Washington Nationals’ farm system Harrisburg Senators’ staff dances into new role as in-game entertainment Brief Q&A with Nationals’ OF Denard Span and video of his … Continue reading

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Senators Roll Call: 4/3

• Gee whiz!! The Senators’ new addition to the men’s room are specialized urinal cakes branded with all of the other Eastern League teams. • As another baseball season begins, here is a list of former Senators in affiliated baseball … Continue reading

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The Odds of Making it to the Major Leagues

Patrick O’Kennedy of Bless You Boys, the excellent Detrot Tigers’ blog, wrote a fabulous post a couple of weeks ago on the odds of making it to the major leagues. He performed a comprehensive study of five years worth of … Continue reading

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A Day to Remember: June 13th, 2012

Last season the Nationals entered a mid-June series with the Blue Jays after sweeping the Red Sox as part of a five series swing against AL East opponents. The series with Toronto will probably be best remembered for the now … Continue reading

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Spring Training Update

With less than a month before the home opener, we thought today would be a good opportunity to look at what some of the former Senators have done so far in the major league spring training camps (as of 3/14). … Continue reading

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Former Senators in the MLB All-Star Game

Sunday afternoon the Major League All-Star teams were announced and neither Drew Storen or Danny Espinosa were selected to make their first All-Star appearance in this year’s game. So if they’re not added to the roster between now and July … Continue reading

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The Return of Ryan Zimmerman to City Island?

CSN Washington’s Mark Zuckerman yesterday reported that Nationals’ 3B Ryan Zimmerman “performed some light baseball activities Tuesday afternoon for the first time since going on the 15-day DL April 9.” However, as Zuckerman also pointed out, “(Zimmerman) is still going … Continue reading

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The Top 10 Former Harrisburg Senators

Cliff Lee’s dominating playoff performances got us at The Sports ‘Burger thinking about the best baseball players to ever don the Harrisburg Senators uniform.  What follows is our top 10 list of the best players to pass through City Island … Continue reading

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