Nathan Fenno

NLDS Game 4: Ross Detwiler rises to the occasion

By the time Ross Detwiler returned to the Nationals' clubhouse Thursday night, 83 text messages were waiting.

October 11, 2012

Meet the Nationals’ ‘playoff barber’

A late-night phone call summoned the playoff barber.

October 11, 2012

Soldier’s healing boosted by crowd at Nationals game

In a quiet corner of the room covered with cherry wood walls and shiny floors under a sprawling buffet, Staff Sgt. Brian Keaton sank into a leather chair.

October 10, 2012

NLDS Game 2: Bryce Harper’s offensive woes persist

Cameras pressed Bryce Harper against his locker.

October 8, 2012

MLB Playoffs 2012: A wild day turned out OK for Gio Gonzalez

When a pitcher's control deserts him, the 18-foot diameter of the mound transforms into a lonely island. Gio Gonzalez understands the feeling.

October 7, 2012

MLB Playoffs 2012: Jayson Werth compensated for bat with glove

Jayson Werth knows better than any Washington Nationals player that your chances in the postseason are finite. A lot of times, there isn't a tomorrow if you don't come through today.

October 7, 2012

After 79 years, Nationals represent a ‘lifetime dream realized’

Under a cloudless sky that whipped cold wind into a sea of red, the end arrived at 2:08 p.m. local time.

October 7, 2012

Nationals-Cardinals notebook: Adam Wainwright feels Stephen Strasburg’s pain

Stephen Strasburg went through the Washington Nationals' workout Saturday afternoon much the way he has every day since Sept. 8. He was a part of it, but on the periphery. He is not on the Nationals' NLDS roster. He will not pitch for them in the playoffs.

October 6, 2012

Controversy follows infield fly rule to Nationals-Cardinals NLDS

Thirty hours earlier, a battered yellow taxi carried a question through mid-afternoon traffic in Atlanta. Why, the driver wondered, would Major League Baseball do this?

October 6, 2012

Cardinals outlast Braves, will face Nationals in NL division series

Strange things transpire on baseball fields on October. Even by the standards of the month that creates baseball's legends and goats, what occurred Friday night under a shower of bottles and profanity and garbage at Turner Field was unusual.

October 5, 2012

Kris Medlen, Braves ace, a quirk in progress

A slow clap greeted Fredi Gonzalez after the Atlanta Braves manager finished his news conference Thursday afternoon. The manager's confused eyes darted to the source: a man, 5-foot-10 in spikes, leaning in the white cinder-block hallway wearing a flat-brimmed Braves cap pulled to his eyebrows.

October 4, 2012

Nationals in wait-and-see mode on NL Division Series opponent

After 162 games that earned baseball's best record, the Washington Nationals have to wait. Their National League Division Series opponent hinges on the outcome of Friday's wild card game between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals.

October 4, 2012

D.C. was different place last time Washington played in postseason

On the last day, hope and desperation swirled through Washington like the October breeze that forced men to don double-breasted topcoats and tug down their fedoras under bright sun.

October 4, 2012

Nationals lock up home-field advantage throughout playoffs

And on the 182nd day, the Washington Nationals rested.

October 3, 2012

Teddy Roosevelt finally wins Nationals Presidents Race, ending 538-race drought

The seven-year streak of lost races by Teddy Roosevelt, the bobble-headed racing president known for his permanent smile and ability to lose in creative fashion, ended Wednesday afternoon at Nationals Park in the final game of the regular season. The streak was 538 games old.

October 3, 2012

RG3 absorbed fewer hits against Buccaneers

On an otherwise innocuous third down, Robert Griffin III slipped the football into running back Evan Royster's arms and backed away. The rookie quarterback thrust his arms in the air as he stood alone on the chewed-up turf at Raymond James Stadium in an exaggerated gesture to remind any defenders in the neighborhood he didn't have the football.

September 30, 2012