As I write this, the Cardinals and the Mets are locked in a scoreless battle in the bottom of the 18th inning. St. Louis just had Felipe Lopez on the mound. FLop walked Angel Pagan, but otherwise got the side out.
[EDIT, 11:08 PM:] The Mets just took the game 2-1 in 20 innings. When they [...]

The rock wall behind home plate tells the world that this is NATIONALS PARK. This is new. For the first two years of the stadium the granite was plain and classy, and the identity of the stadium was indicated by the curly-W logo to the left of the granite.
This year the granite is festooned with the [...]

The Nats just beat the Mets 5-2. Took the series in New York two games to one. Jim Riggleman actually made the umpires video-review a home run, so Josh Willingham got his first grand slam of the year. (Cf. Acta, Manny, April 2009, who chewed gum while the umpire crew stuck it to his team.)
Livan [...]

Made it happen against the Mets today. 4-3 Nats. Lannan: 5 IP, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2K. But Clippard! 3 IP, 7 K, nothing else! Capps saved it after walking two to load the bases, but Harris saved Capps by making an incredible diving final-out catch.
Willie Harris will next be convincing all nuclear powers to [...]