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Theodore N. Lerner became the principal owner of the Washington Nationals when his family bought control of the team from Major League Baseball in July 2006. He remained involved in the team until his death at age 97 on Feb. 12, 2023.
Born the day the original Senators lost the 1925 World Series, Ted Lerne...
On Oct. 24, 2025, Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk became the first Mexican-born player to homer in the World Series. Despite our Southern neighbor’s proximity and that country’s clear love of the game, Mexico is the birthplace of surprisingly few MLB stars.
Outfielder Mel Almada in September 1933 became the first Mexican-born player to reach the majors. To this day...
Rookie outfielder Daylen Lile seemed to come out of nowhere to lead the Nationals to a 13-13 record in the final month of an otherwise dispiriting 2025 season. His performance was outstanding enough to join the likes of Buster Posey, Mike Trout and Aaron Judge, each of whom earned Player of the Month honors as rookies. Of course, Lile also was named Rookie Player of the Month...
Lefty Mitchell Parker, a promising rookie in 2024, pitched so poorly for nearly five months in 2025 that he was demoted to the bullpen in late September. At 5.85, he had the highest earned-run average of all qualified MLB starters and was tied for the most loses in the N.L.
Yet on Sept. 21 in New York, in the first relief appearance of his career, he set a Nationals’ r...
Former Nationals manager Davey Johnson led the team to its first N.L. East title in what also became its first winning season in 2012. For Johnson, who died at age 82 on Sept. 5, 2025, Washington was the last of five MLB teams he managed, all of them he made winners.
For me, Johnson’s tenure in D.C. brought back some of my best baseball memories. After the expansion Se...
