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Topps began picking all-star rookie teams by position after the 1959 season, recognizing the players chosen on their 1960 cards. For decades, eight position players and two pitchers –a righty and a lefty starter — were selected for recognition on the following season’s cards.
That first team, Topps declared on the cards, was “selected by the youth of Ame...
On March 27, 2025, MacKenzie Gore equaled an opening day record set by Hall-of-Famer Bob Gibson in 1967. Gore, an all-star later that season, struck out 13 Phillies without walking anyone or allowing any runs. Sadly, he won’t be doing anything like that for the 2026 Nationals after his January 2026 trade to the Texas Rangers for five prospects.
In the fall 2024 edit...
On July 27, 2009, Nationals’ outfielder Josh Willingham became the 13th – and so far the last — player to hit two grand slams in a game. He did it in consecutive at-bats in consecutive innings against the Brewers in Milwaukee.
The game was a highlight of Willingham’s career, but came during a lost season for the Nationals, already deep in last place at 30-68 when the n...
On Sept. 12, 1962, Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators struck out 21 Baltimore Orioles in a 16-inning game, a single-game mark never equaled and not very likely to be.
Three days later, a pitcher as obscure as Cheney broke a record set by Christy Mathewson in 1913 for the most consecutive innings pitched without walking a batter. On Sept. 15, Bill Fischer of...
The 2025 Nationals lost seven games in a row from July 29 through August 5, with their pitchers yielding 70 runs while their offense scored just 26.
Within that losing streak, the Nationals became the first team in MLB history to allow their opponents more than 80 hits, more than 50 runs and more than 10 home runs in a span of four games.
No other pitchin...