Nationals Introspective: Federal Baseball

To get multiple voices on to the blog and to better get to know the Natmosphere we will begin a series called Nationals Introspective. Each week we will talk to one Nationals blogger about baseball, the Nationals, and blogging. Next up we have Ed Chigliak from Federal Baseball.

The Nats Blog: You were an Expos fan before becoming a Nationals fan. What was that transition like for you?

Federal Baseball: The transition from Montreal to DC really brought me back to baseball. My brother and I decided to travel to Montreal in the last few seasons of the Expos' existence so that we'd catch the last Olympic Stadium series between his Braves and my Expos each year, and I really started to follow the franchise again after I'd drifted away for a short time out of frustration over what they were doing to the team to drive down its value and eventually force the move out of Montreal. Imagine being denied September call-ups when you're competing for the Wild Card...those last few years drove away all but the most loyal Expos fans. So the move to Washington and the idea of a rebirth of the organization in the nation's capital was welcome as much as I hated the team leaving Montreal. However, I also knew what was left of the system that provided the whole league with stars for years, and knew it would take a long time to rebuild so I might have been a little more prepared for how long it's taken than most...

TNB: Federal Baseball was a big supporter of the attempts to get Adrolis Chapman to sign with Washington, why were you so gung-ho about him?