Catching Up

Just got back from a much needed vacation at the beach; to bad it rained pretty much the whole time. Alot has happened while I was gone. Most of you probably know this stuff by now but for those that do not I’m going to get you caught up.

9/7/09 - The Nationals have decided to promote pitchers Ross Detwiler, Marco Estrada, Logan Kensing and Zack Segovia and shortstop Ian Desmond to the big leagues.

Ian Desmond has appeared in 5 games for the Nationals and has continued hitting like he has all season, 10 hits in 20 AB (.500) , 4 doubles and a HR. Here is a link to a recent article on Ian.

9/8/09 - The Washington Nationals named catcher Derek Norris as their Minor League Player of the Year and righthander Brad Meyers as their Minor League Pitcher of the Year (Press Release).

The 24-year-old Meyers was promoted to Harrisburg on July 7th and went 5-1 with a 2.25 ERA (12 ER/48.0 IP) and a 3.9/1 strikeout-to-walk ratio (43 K/11 BB) in nine starts for the Senators. He went a combined 11-3 with a 1.72 ERA in 24 games (23 starts) with Harrisburg of the Double-A Eastern League and Potomac of the Single-A Carolina League. Meyers' 1.72 ERA led all full-season minor league pitchers. He allowed two earned runs or less 20 of 23 starts (87%) this season.

9/12/09 – Geoff Morrow gave his review of the Senators 2009 season and he looks into his ‘crystal ball’ and issues grades for “player’s (future) potential value”.

9/17/09 – A email was sent by the Senators noting that Phase II demolition is well underway. Seating behind home plate is being removed, left field seating areas to include the bleachers and box seats has been removed, reserved seating above the visiting team dugout has been removed and the roof and box seats behind home plate are being removed.

The demolition and removal of the stands and buildings that are due to come down should be completed by the end of next week.

CBS 21 News visited Metro Bank Park to check out the demolition progress (they have video footage of the demo and ‘throwback’ footage from 1987 on their site).

Not sure when I will get-out to photograph the construction but I’m sure I will make a visit at some point soon. I still have a ton of game photos and vacation photos to edit. I hope everyone is enjoying the ‘off season’.