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How I Would Improve the Washington Nationals As Their General Manager

The strangest thing just happened to me. A few minutes ago, I received a call from Nationals’ team President Stan Kasten...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 1 day ago 182 reads 2 comments
Spring Training: It's Like Heaven, Only Better

Thanksgiving Day has a very special meaning to me. Oh sure, there are family and friends and turkey and football. But that's a given. However, in my life, Thanksgiving is all about baseball...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 4 days ago 43 reads 1 comments
Washington Nationals Must Extend Adam Dunn's Contract before Salaries Go Crazy

If the Washington Nationals are planning on extending the contract of first baseman Adam Dunn, they had better do it soon because it looks as though the period of contractual sanity is over...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 9 days ago 134 reads 3 comments
Strasburg and Storen Ready To Transform Nationals Into Winners

When the first round of last summer’s amateur draft came to an end, the Washington Nationals had significantly improved themselves by selecting pitchers Stephen Strasburg and Drew Storen...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 11 days ago 145 reads 2 comments
Zimmerman's Gold Glove, Riggleman's Permanent Hire Emboldens Nationals Future

Wednesday was a very good day for the Washington Nationals. Ryan Zimmerman, who former general manager Jim Bowden described as a “future Gold Glove winner” when he drafted him 4th overall ...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 18 days ago 115 reads 3 comments
Six Months Later, Nationals 2009 Amateur Draft Seems an Impressive Haul

By the time the 2009 baseball amateur draft concluded last June, the Washington Nationals had added 50 players to their minor league system...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 27 days ago 230 reads 3 comments
When Healthy, Craig Stammen Was Washington Nationals' Best Starter in 2009

Craig Stammen pitched pretty well as a rookie in 2009, though he had not looked nearly as crisp over the last month of the season. It seemed as though opposing hitters had begun to make their adjustments once they had seen him a few times...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 29 days ago 77 reads 0 comments
Washington Nationals Just Three Players Away From Respectability

In 2008, The Washington Nationals had the worst record in all of baseball because they had the worst players in all of baseball...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 179 reads 3 comments
Washington Nationals' J.D. Martin Is Every Bit as Good as Ace John Lannan

In 2007, John Lannan came out of nowhere. An 11th-round afterthought in 2005, Lannan climbed the minor league ladder quickly, going a combined 12-3, 2.87 before finishing the season with the Nationals where the 22-year-old went 2-2, 4...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 83 reads 0 comments
The Washington Senators Played a Part in Baseball's Free Agent History

The 1971 Washington Senators were an embarrassingly bad baseball team. After owner/general manager Bob Short traded the core of his team, pitcher Joe Coleman, third baseman Aurelio Rodriguez ...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 51 reads 0 comments
How Jeffrey Loria Destroyed the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals

The Montreal Expos were the best team in the National League back in 1994. Their roster was the perfect mix of up-and-coming youngsters and experienced veterans...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 228 reads 3 comments
Why The Amateur Draft Is The Top Priority For the Washington Nationals

After years of neglect and abuse, the Washington Nationals’ farm system is beginning to look like, well, a farm system again...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 189 reads 8 comments
The Washington Nationals' Chris Marrero On-Target For a 2011 MLB Debut

When the Washington Nationals selected Chris Marrero with the overall 15th pick in the 2006 amateur draft, the team hoped they were drafting a high school slugger who was polished enough to make it to the majors quickly, possibly by 2011...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 114 reads 2 comments
Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman: Best Pick in the 2005 Amateur Draft?

As much as I love the Washington Nationals, I think it’s fair to say that they haven’t done much right since moving to D.C. five seasons ago...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 120 reads 7 comments
Did Washington Trade Joe Coleman Because He Was Too Good?

After finishing my Air Force enlistment in Japan, my wife and I spent a couple of years living in her familial home of Salt lake City, Utah before returning home to Washington D.C...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 155 reads 3 comments
Trading Derek Norris Could Bring Nationals Badly Needed Starting Pitcher

You know, it figures. The Washington Nationals have in their farm system no more than a handful of true position prospects, and of them, only two seem to be of the “can’t miss variety...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 99 reads 5 comments
Livan Hernandez: Tell My Statistics To Shut Up!

When Livan Hernandez was traded by the Washington Nationals to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2006, it was a clear-cut trade of a dominant veteran for two above average prospects...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 80 reads 3 comments
In Review: The 2009 Washington Nationals Starting Lineup

Okay, the 2009 season is finally over. Now what? Although the Nationals’ 59-103 record was the worst in all of baseball—and for the second year in a row, no less—the surprising number ...

Written by Farid Rushdi about about 1 month ago 89 reads 1 comments
Does Justin Maxwell Have The Time & Talent to Become a Starter In D.C.?

Francisco Rodriguez has been a premier closer (perhaps the premier closer) in all of baseball over the last six years. Since 2004, "K Rod" has saved 206 games and crafted a stunning 2.20 ERA during that span...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 2 months ago 123 reads 7 comments
Putting a Number on How Many Major Leaguers Are in the Nationals' Farm System

Over the past week or two, I have been poring over the Nationals' 2009 minor league statistics in preparation for a series of articles that will start when the season finally (and thankfully) comes to an end...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 2 months ago 140 reads 7 comments
Giving the Bird to Baltimore

Now that baseball has returned to Washington, and the Nationals have a new stadium and real hope for the future, it's time to proclaim once and for all that Baltimore is for the birds. As a young man growing up in D...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 2 months ago 70 reads 2 comments
Facing Bleak Future, Washington Nationals Must Re-sign Adam Dunn

Should the Washington Nationals try to sign Adam Dunn to a multiyear contract during the offseason? Dunn, who signed a two-year, $20 million deal last February, was willing to sign a longer ...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 2 months ago 165 reads 6 comments
2010 Nationals: Change We Can Believe In?

Last November, a little more than half of all Americans believed that Barack Obama was the answer to the problems plaguing America. The only way to succeed, they thought, was Obama’s sweeping agenda...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 2 months ago 109 reads 4 comments
D.C. Scandal: Senators Owner Turned Down Trades For Nolan Ryan, Catfish Hunter

All Washington baseball fans, whether they were alive at the time or not, know the story of the magical year of 1969, when Ted Williams led a group of fair-to-middling baseball players to an ...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 2 months ago 506 reads 7 comments
Why Bryce Harper Is Not the Answer to the Nationals' Woes

The Washington Nationals are 19 games away from securing the top pick in baseball’s amateur draft for the second straight season. You can decide if congratulations or condolences are in order...

Written by Farid Rushdi about 2 months ago 737 reads 23 comments

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Farid Rushdi Article Archive

How I Would Improve the Washington Nationals As Their General Manager

Spring Training: It's Like Heaven, Only Better

Washington Nationals Must Extend Adam Dunn's Contract before Salaries Go Crazy

Strasburg and Storen Ready To Transform Nationals Into Winners

Zimmerman's Gold Glove, Riggleman's Permanent Hire Emboldens Nationals Future

Six Months Later, Nationals 2009 Amateur Draft Seems an Impressive Haul

When Healthy, Craig Stammen Was Washington Nationals' Best Starter in 2009

Washington Nationals Just Three Players Away From Respectability

Washington Nationals' J.D. Martin Is Every Bit as Good as Ace John Lannan

The Washington Senators Played a Part in Baseball's Free Agent History

How Jeffrey Loria Destroyed the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals

Why The Amateur Draft Is The Top Priority For the Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals' Chris Marrero On-Target For a 2011 MLB Debut

Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman: Best Pick in the 2005 Amateur Draft?

Did Washington Trade Joe Coleman Because He Was Too Good?

Trading Derek Norris Could Bring Nationals Badly Needed Starting Pitcher

Livan Hernandez: Tell My Statistics To Shut Up!

In Review: The 2009 Washington Nationals Starting Lineup

Does Justin Maxwell Have The Time & Talent to Become a Starter In D.C.?

Putting a Number on How Many Major Leaguers Are in the Nationals' Farm System

Giving the Bird to Baltimore

Facing Bleak Future, Washington Nationals Must Re-sign Adam Dunn

2010 Nationals: Change We Can Believe In?

D.C. Scandal: Senators Owner Turned Down Trades For Nolan Ryan, Catfish Hunter

Why Bryce Harper Is Not the Answer to the Nationals' Woes

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