Ryan Zimmerman may have retired from the beisbol but his ambitions in hockey are only just beginning.
The Nationals’ legendary infielder and World Series-winner took to his new Instagram account on Tuesday to alert the Capitals that he’s available to be the team’s emergency goaltender.
Washington Nationals legend Ryan Zimmerman announced his retirement last week. Zimmerman leaves the team as the face of the franchise, owning most of the team’s offensive records. Zimmerman’s last act was perhaps his finest: leading the Nationals to its first World Series championship in 2019.
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2019 World Series champion Ryan Zimmerman was at Capital One Arena for Thursday’s Capitals-Blackhawks game.
The Washington Nationals legend, rocking a red sweater, was honored during the second period, receiving a loud applause from the Caps faithful.
Sometimes, you don’t know when it’s over. There isn’t a months-long retirement tour or a glitzy sendoff. Sometimes it happens quietly and subtly behind the scenes after much thought and consideration with your family.
For longtime Washington Nationals player Ryan Zimmerman, he enters the offseason unsure what’s next. Sunday could have been the final game of his Major League Baseball career.
“They don’t know, and neither do I, when the last at-bat or last game could be,” Zimmerman said heading into the final homestand of the season in an interview with Dan Kolko. “That’s not me (on taking a victory lap). Even if I did know, which I don’t, I have nothing against people doing it, I don’t feel like I need to be celebrated. Playing baseball and being able to do what I’ve done out here for the last 16 years, that’s good enough for me.”
It feels harsh to say, but Zimmerman, 37, is the epitome of a very good but not great player. During his 1,799 games in the MLB, Zimmerman hit .277 with 284 home runs and 1,061 RBIs. He won a gold glove once for his fielding (2009) and was a two-time Silver Slugger Award (2009, 2010) as the best offensive player at his position. Cooperstown may never come calling.
But Zimmerman’s greatness lies in his steadiness from his first game at RFK in 2005 to his walk-off dingers at Nationals Park – the fancy new home of the team. Zim delivered clutch hits and huge home runs during the Nats’ 2019 World Series run – the city’s first world championship in baseball (in its new reincarnation of the team). Zimmerman was the reliable, steadying presence that made the Nationals what it is now: a respectable and beloved franchise. Despite all the turnover and change over the last two decades, he remained the one constant. He is Mr. National.
All of this sentimentalism was in the air as Zimmerman played his final game of the season on Sunday. As he ambled up the plate for his first at-bat during the bottom of the second inning, Nationals fans rose out of their seats for a powerful standing ovation that left Zim in tears.
It was one of the greatest moments in DC Sports history.
By Ian Oland 1 year ago
Ryan Zimmerman, 36, is returning to the Washington Nationals after opting out of the MLB’s coronavirus-shortened 2020 season.
Zimmerman agreed to a one-year, $1 million deal that will include incentives per MASN’s Mark Zuckerman.
“Christmas came early” for longtime Washington National Ryan Zimmerman.
Thursday, the greatest player in franchise history received a very special gift in the mail: his own personal Commissioner’s Trophy. Heather Zimmerman documented the unboxing.
Mr. Washington National, Ryan Zimmerman, has decided against playing during the abbreviated 2020 MLB season.
Zimmerman announced his decision in a statement through his agency CAA Baseball.
Heather Zimmerman, the wife of Washington Nationals’ first baseman and amateur NHL goaltender Ryan Zimmerman, took to Twitter on Saturday to announce the birth of the couple’s third child. It’s their first boy.
“How we’ve spent the last 2 weeks 🥰,” Heather wrote on Twitter.
That time frame would place the birth date of Baby Boy Zim at or around May 30.
The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game Seven of the World Series to become world champions for the first time. In the locker room, they tried to drink out of the Commissioners’ Trophy like it was the Stanley Cup – at some point bending three of its flags. On November 2, the team paraded down Constitution Avenue. The next evening the players filed into a party bus and drove into the underbelly of Capital One Arena to celebrate at a Capitals game.
“That was the best night for me,” Adam Eaton said in an interview on the RMNB Podcast. “I loved the parade but this was better than the parade. The reason it was better than the parade was because — no offense to the families — it was the last time that we could have everybody together. Just the boys. It was the roster. There was no wives, no kids, no nothing. It was just the boys. Let’s go.”
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Two weeks after revealing himself to be a big Washington Nationals fan, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, did an interview with Washington Nationals’ first baseman Ryan Zimmerman.
Fauci, at times seemingly star-struck that he was speaking to Zimmerman, answered several serious questions about the coronavirus pandemic. He also spoke about his love for baseball spanning all of his life and went more into detail about how baseball and other sports could return.
“So, as we start trying to get back to normality and pulling back on some of the strict mitigation, we have a three-phase way to get back to normal,” Dr. Fauci said. “First, you get past the checkpoint, the gateway. Kind of like minor leagues before you get into the big leagues. Then you go into Phase 1, then you go into Phase 2, and then Phase 3. If we do that successfully and there are no major outbreaks, I could foresee any of a number of scenarios. One of the scenarios would be… to see it on TV. Get the players all tested so they’re negative and won’t infect each other. Let them go to a few places where you can play ball and play and watch it on TV. That’s one option. The next option is to do the same thing, but if things are really low, to restrict the number of people in the stadium. Say: When you get online to get your ticket, the way we do back on Capital Street, we stand there and you’re six feet away from the person in front of you instead of face to face when the crowd comes in. The next thing, every fifth seat or every fourth seat. That could be done. The best of all, if things really work out well, you could have a regular season. I hope there’s some form of baseball this summer even if it’s just TV.”
