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 2005: Baseball finally returned to Washington, DC 34 years after the Senators left for Texas, as the wayward Montreal Expos still without an owner moved to the Nation's capital. Immediately after unveiling their logo Nationals apparel became one of the hottest sellers as baseball starved fans on the Potomac swiped it up, as plans for a new ballpark that is scheduled to open in 2008 were announced, while MLB sought bidders for permanent ownership in Washington. The Nationals would start the season on the road playing their first 9 games and compiling a 5-4 record including an April 6th game in which Brad Wilkerson delivered a cycle in the Nationals first ever win against the Philadelphia Phillies. On April 14th baseball finally returned to Nation's Capital as President George W. Bush keeping with an old Presidential tradition threw out the first pitch as the Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 at RFK Stadium, the old home of the Senators. The Nationals would go on to compile a respectable 13-11 record at the end of the first month. The Nationals would remain hot over the next two months and led the NL East by 5 and half games over the Atlanta Braves entering the 4th of July with a record of 51-30. However, hosting the New York Mets for a 4-game series the Nationals began to sputter as the Mets took 3 of 4 games as the Nats went into the second half losing 5 of 7 at RFK Stadium to division opponents. After the break the Nationals struggles continued as their grip on first place quickly slipped away, as by the time they entered a 3-game series with the Braves in Atlanta the lead was gone. The Nats would be swept in the series and would never see first place again. The Nationals continued to struggle in August as they ended losing a total 24 of 32 games over a 5 week period ending on August 11th. The Nationals would stop the sinking with a 3-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies to keep them in the Wild Card Race as all 5 NL East teams had .500 or better records and were in thick of the playoff chase heading into September. However, the Nats would quickly fall off in the race as they began to slip further in the NL East Standings as a 3-game sweep at the hands of the Mets dropped them to .500, and into last place where they would post an 81-81 record. Among the individual highlights for the first year Nationals were Chad Cordero who won the NL Fireman Award with 47 saves, while Livan Hernandez led the team with a 15-10 record. At the plate homers were scarce in cavernous RFK Stadium as Jose Guillen led the team with 24 homers and 76 RBI.
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| Sun, May 18, 2008, 1:35 pm | | |
| Mon, May 19, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Tue, May 20, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Wed, May 21, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Fri, May 23, 2008, 7:35 pm | | |
| Sat, May 24, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sun, May 25, 2008, 1:35 pm | | |
| Mon, May 26, 2008, 1:35 pm | | |
| Tue, May 27, 2008, 7:05 pm | | |
| Wed, May 28, 2008, 7:05 pm | | |
| Thu, May 29, 2008, 12:35 pm | | |
| Fri, May 30, 2008, 6:40 pm | | |
| Sat, May 31, 2008, 5:10 pm | | |
| Sun, June 1, 2008, 1:10 pm | | |
| Tue, June 3, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Wed, June 4, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Thu, June 5, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Fri, June 6, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sat, June 7, 2008, 7:35 pm | | |
| Sun, June 8, 2008, 1:35 pm | | |
| Mon, June 9, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Tue, June 10, 2008, 7:05 pm | | |
| Wed, June 11, 2008, 7:05 pm | | |
| Thu, June 12, 2008, 12:35 pm | | |
| Fri, June 13, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sat, June 14, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sun, June 15, 2008, 1:10 pm | | |
| Tue, June 17, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Wed, June 18, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Thu, June 19, 2008, 12:10 pm | | |
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Did You Know
The '''Washington Nationals''' are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C., United States. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to , the Nationals played in Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. The team began playing at a new stadium, Nationals Park, on March 30, 2008. In the inaugural game, Ryan Zimmerman hit a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Nationals over the Atlanta Braves by a final score of 3-2.
The "Nationals" name originates from the two former Washington baseball teams who held the same name (used interchangeably with "Senators"). They are nicknamed "the '''Nats'''", a shortened version of the Nationals name that was also used by the old D.C. teams.
An expansion franchise, the club was founded in Montreal, Quebec in . Then the '''Montreal Expos''', the team was the first major league team in Canada, and played its home games at Jarry Park Stadium, then later, in Olympic Stadium. The team saw very little success, their most successful season coming in the strike-shortened season of . They had the best record in baseball when the season was cut short, and were regarded by many to be the unofficial National League and world champions. This was widely considered to be the death blow for baseball in Montreal, although the team did stay in Quebec for 10 more seasons. After the 2001 season, Major League Baseball even considered shutting the team down (along with either the Minnesota Twins or the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.)
On Saturday, March 29, 2008, the team officially moved into their new ballpark, located in Southeast D.C. near the Anacostia River and with views of the Capitol.
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