Archive for April, 2007
Nationals recall OF Casto, designate INF Jimenez (AP)
The Washington Nationals recalled outfielder Kory Casto from Triple-A Columbus on Monday and designated infielder D’Angelo Jimenez for assignment. Casto hit .324 with four homers and six RBIs in 10 games at Triple-A. He had never played above Double-A before joining the Nationals in the season’s first week, but hit .172 without an extra-base hit […]
Posted: April 30th, 2007.
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Notes from Monday’s games (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2007.
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National designate IF Jimenez for assignment (PA SportsTicker)
SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - The Washington Nationals on Monday designated infielder D’Angelo Jimenez for assignment.
Posted: April 30th, 2007.
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Notes from Sunday’s games (AP)
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Nationals put RHP Williams on DL, activate LHP King (AP)
The Washington Nationals put right-handed starter Jerome Williams on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left ankle and activated left-handed reliever Ray King off the DL before Sunday’s game against the New York Mets. Williams hurt his ankle while swinging during an at-bat in the sixth inning of Washington’s 6-2 loss to New York […]
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Two Nationals prospects injured in Class-A brawl (AP)
Two Washington Nationals minor leaguers were hospitalized with injuries from a benches-clearing brawl during a game between the Potomac Nationals and the Winston-Salem Warthogs. Catcher Brian Peacock went on the disabled list Saturday with hairline fractures to vertebrates in his lower back. Right-handed pitcher Clint Everts, the fifth overall pick in the 2002 amateur draft, […]
Posted: April 28th, 2007.
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Dodgers 6, Padres 5= (AP)
Posted: April 28th, 2007.
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Nationals score in 1st inning for 1st time this season (AP)
The Washington Nationals finally scored in the first inning. It took 23 games in 2007 for the Nationals to put up a run in their first at-bat, and it happened Friday night when Austin Kearns hit a three-run homer off New York Mets starter Oliver Perez for a 3-0 lead. Washington set an NL record […]
Posted: April 27th, 2007.
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Ex-con pleads guilty to fraud in alleged shakedown of athlete
An Illinois ex-con accused of trying to extort $150,000 from a former St. Louis Cardinal after claiming the player impregnated the man’s daughter has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud count, ensuring the athlete won’t have to testify. George Edwards, 48, of the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, Ill., pleaded guilty in federal court Monday […]
Posted: April 24th, 2007.
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Ex-con pleads guilty to fraud in alleged shakedown of athlete (AP)
An Illinois ex-con accused of trying to extort $150,000 from a former St. Louis Cardinal after claiming the player impregnated the man’s daughter has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud count, ensuring the athlete won’t have to testify. George Edwards, 48, of the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, Ill., pleaded guilty in federal court Monday […]
Posted: April 24th, 2007.
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