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Nationals’ Juan Soto, Sean Doolittle, and Stephen Strasburg cherry blossom jersey bobbleheads released

The Washington Nationals rocked their wildly popular City Connect cherry blossom jerseys for the first time over the weekend.

Now FOCO is celebrating that launch with one of their own. FOCO released three limited-edition Nationals’ bobbleheads of Juan Soto, Sean Doolittle, and Stephen Strasburg all rocking the cherry blossom jerseys. All three bobbles feature cherry blossoms, cherry trees, the Tidal Basin, and the Washington Monument on its base.

Each bobblehead is limited to 322 pieces and will ship no later than October 14, 2022, per FOCO’s product detail page.

You can preorder the bobbleheads here.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Stephen Strasburg and Anibal Sanchez both got tossed from the stands during games this past week

Washington Nationals starting pitchers have sat in the stands during their off days without fans at games.

To the dismay of the home plate umpire, however, some of those Nationals starters have been getting chatty and a bit too involved expressing their opinions about called balls and strikes. And now our dear Nats have earned a funny and ignominious distinction: they are the first team in the MLB empty-stadium era to have multiple players ejected from the stands in the same week.

2019 World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg was ejected during the Nats’ game against the Mets on Thursday while Anibal Sanchez got tossed Sunday against the Orioles.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Stephen Strasburg to miss scheduled start against Yankees due to nerve issue in his right hand

The Washington Nationals are scratching 2019 World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg from his scheduled start Saturday night against the Yankees.

Strasburg will not pitch due to a “nerve issue in his right hand.” Erick Fedde will start in his place.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Adam Eaton shows off new World Series ring, accidentally reveals gold Opening Night Champions jersey

While the circumstances were not how they hoped, the Washington Nationals received their World Series championship rings on Thursday in a private ceremony at Nationals Park. Players took to their social media accounts to show off their rings, but Adam Eaton gave another peek at something in an Instagram post: their Opening Night Champions jersey.

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By Cara Bahniuk 3 years ago

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Six new Washington Nationals banner ceremony bobbleheads have been released featuring championship rings

The Washington Nationals were supposed to celebrate their World Series championship last week at Nats Park. On Thursday (April 2), the Nats were going to reveal their championship banner during their home opener. The team then planned to present players with their championship rings two days later. The coronavirus pandemic robbed us of both of those games, but not the bobbleheads that were made to commemorate those events.

World Series champion Adam Eaton released a photo of FOCO’s latest series of Nationals’ championship bobbleheads on his Instagram account. This design celebrates the Nationals banner ceremony and championship rings and gives hints at what both will look like. Eaton is immortalized in resin as well as star players Max Scherzer (yes, both eyes are different colors), Stephen Strasburg, Juan Soto, Ryan Zimmerman, and Howie Kendrick.

Nats fans can purchase the bobbleheads through this link.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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Stephen Strasburg signs seven-year, $245 million deal with Washington Nationals

Great news, Nats fans! According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg has signed a seven year, $245 million deal to remain with the team.

Strasburg’s contract is the largest ever in MLB for a pitcher in both total and annual average value. Per Passan, the average annual value of the deal is $35 million.

Update 5:10 PM: The Nationals have officially announced the signing.

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By Donya Abramo 4 years ago

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Sharks, cigars, and shirtless dancing: Here’s the Washington Nationals Championship Parade and Rally in photos

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s capital hosted a championship parade on Constitution Avenue on Saturday – its second in two years. Hundreds of thousands of fans, many already wearing Nationals’ World Series championship gear, crammed against metal railings, stood on benches and metal trash cans, and lined the steps of the National Archives building to get a view of their favorite players.

The parade officially started at 2 PM after two jets flew over. Double-decker buses adorned with World Series champion logos and shark graphics slowly began making their way down the street.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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Washington Nationals beat Houston Astros 7-2, force a Game Seven in the World Series

The Washington Nationals have forced a Game 7 in the World Series after losing three consecutive games at home. The road team has improbably won every game of the World Series thus far – a new MLB record.

Stephen Strasburg pitched eight and a third innings and gave up two earned runs while striking out seven.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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The Stephen Strasburg Caps Game Selfie

I’m a horrible influence. On Saturday night, after I noticed Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg was at the Caps game, I encouraged fans to go down get an autograph from him. Then on Twitter, I dared one of our readers, @Caps_shutterbug, to get a selfie with Stras during intermission.

She actually did it.

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By Ian Oland 9 years ago

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Stephen Strasburg is at the Caps Game

Earlier today, the Washington Nationals held their annual fan fest in DC. All of the big names were in attendance (minus big pewpy Bryce Harper). Stephen Strasburg, who traveled all the way from San Diego to hang out with fans, attended the Capitals game later that night.

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By Ian Oland 9 years ago

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