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| 2010 |
"This is the major leagues. This is not college any more. You're not on scholarship. You're being paid to do the job and guys depend on you, and I think it's unfortunate that the Nationals and the team are in a situation here where this kid now, he feels any kind of arm pain, he's gonna call you out?... You give these guys (today's players) $15 million bucks, please. Get your butt out there and play every fifth day." - ROB DIBBLE, commenting as a Sirius XM Radio show host. The Nationals announce Rob Dibble will no longer serve as a TV analyst for the team's games on MASN, which telecasts the Washington games. As a Sirius XM Radio host, the former major league reliever severely chastised Stephen Strasburg for not pitching through pain before the rookie phenom's diagnosis of a torn elbow ligament. |
| 2019 |
Patrick Corbin joins teammates Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg, recording his 200th strikeout on the season when he fans Garrett Cooper on three pitches in the Nationals' 9-3 victory over the Marlins. Washington becomes the second team in National League history to have three pitchers reach the milestone in the same season, a feat first accomplished in the Senior Circuit by the 1969 Astros behind the trio of Larry Dierker, Tom Griffin, and Don Wilson.
(Ed. Note: Four American League clubs have had at least three hurlers record 200 or more strikeouts, including the 2018 Indians, where four pitchers reach the plateau: Carlos Carrasco, Trevor Bauer, Corey Kluber, and Mike Clevinger. - LP). |
| 2024 | Longtime manager Dusty Baker's son, Darren, collects a hit on the first pitch he sees in the major leagues, pinch-hitting in the Nationals' 14-1 loss to the Cubs in Washington. The 25-year-old September call-up first gained notoriety as a three-year-old bat boy for the Giants, who J.T. Snow saved after he crossed paths with Bengie Molina trying to score in Game 5 of the 2002 World Series. |