June 4, 2019 Big catch: O's grab Rutschman atop MLB Draft short on arms Pitchers took a backseat at the Major League Baseball draft.
May 31, 2019 AOC Memorial Day video controversy causes minor league team to lose second major sponsorship A Washington Nationals minor league lost a second major sponsorship Thursday, days after a Memorial Day tribute video showed an image of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., between dictators Kim Jong Un and Fidel Castro while former President Ronald Reagan spoke of the “enemies of freedom.”
May 30, 2019 AOC Memorial Day video controversy causes minor league team to lose sponsorship A Washington Nationals minor league baseball affiliate lost a sponsorship Wednesday days after a Memorial Day tribute video showed an image of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., between dictators Kim Jong Un and Fidel Castro while former President Ronald Reagan spoke of the “enemies of freedom.”
May 28, 2019 Minor league baseball team apologizes to Ocasio-Cortez over 'misleading and offensive' Memorial Day video A Washington Nationals minor-league affiliate apologized Monday for a Memorial Day tribute video that appeared to show an image of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in between dictators Kim Jong Un and Fidel Castro while former President Ronald Reagan spoke of “enemies of freedom.”
May 24, 2019 Obama surprises kids at Washington Nationals academy: 'You're going to make a real difference' Former President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at the Washington Nationals’ Youth Baseball Academy on Wednesday and played a few games with the kids while he was there.
May 23, 2019 MLB veteran Rajai Davis helps Mets win after 2-hour Uber ride to ballpark It was quite a night for Rajai Davis of the New York Mets: It started with batting practice in Pennsylvania and ended with him smacking a three-run home run in New York to cap a Mets victory.
April 3, 2019 Bryce Harper returns to DC, responds to boos with long homer, epic bat flip Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper returned to Nationals Park in Washington on Tuesday, to howling boos and shirts that spelled out “T-R-A-I-T-O-R,” but it was the former Nationals slugger who got the last laugh.
March 29, 2019 John Wetteland, former World Series MVP, indicted on child sex charges Former World Series MVP John Wetteland was indicted Thursday on “three charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child.”
March 1, 2019 Veteran MLB players who will be donning new uniforms in 2019 However, while the focus was on the All-Stars, many veteran players who signed contracts over the offseason may have gotten lost in the shuffle to the casual baseball fan.
January 16, 2019 John Wetteland, former World Series MVP, allegedly forced young relative to perform sex act on him, police say Former MLB closer and 1996 World Series MVP John Wetteland allegedly sexually assaulted a young relative three times over a two year period, police said.
