The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
The Nationals celebrate their 2019 World Series Championship. Since then, they havent made the playoffs and havent had a season over .500.

Reactions to the first month of the MLB season

Dylan Schmidt, Staff Writer
May 11, 2022
Rob Manfred has been the MLB commissioner since he was hired in 2014. Manfred has faced lots of criticism in his tenure so far and has been under fire lately for his handling of the lockout.

MLB Lockout: Owners vs Players

Luke DeZee, Staff Writer
February 23, 2022
Ace Cardinal pitcher Adam Wainwright pitched 3 complete games this season, the best in the best in the MLB. In the NL Wild Card game, he pitched only 5.1 innings.

MLB postseason isn’t the same with analytics

Alex Wolfson, Print Editor-in-Chief
October 26, 2021
Shortstop Dansby Swanson of the Atlanta Braves fields a ground ball. Swanson has played a key role in Atlantas surprise run to the NLCS this year both in the field and at the plate.

As October Cools Down, MLB Postseason Heats Up

Erik Rees, Staff Writer
October 21, 2021
The 2021 All-Star Game patch is still slightly visible on the sleeve of Braves manager Brian Snitkers jersey.

MLB All-Star game pulled from Atlanta amid voting law controversy

Joey Barke, Staff Writer
May 25, 2021
Commissioner Rob Manfred has been criticized harshly across the MLB and the wider sports world for not coming down on the Astros harder. On February 18, Lebron James tweeted, Listen I know I don’t play baseball but I am in Sports and I know if someone cheated me out of winning the title and I found out about it I would be [expletive] irate!”

Astros cheating scandal headlines MLB offseason

Alan Gahart, Staff Writer
February 20, 2020
The Nationals are looking to have an even better season in 2020 after winning it all in 2019 despite entering the postseason as a wild card. The Nationals kept World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg, but lost third baseman Anthony Rendon to the Angels.

MLB Spring training offfseason recap

Rafael Friedlander, Photo/Layout Editor
February 7, 2020
Washington Nationals route to first World Series

Washington Nationals route to first World Series

Zachary Meyers, Managing Editor
October 23, 2019
The Atlanta Braves logo. Stewart decided to not play for the Braves and play in Japan instead.

Carter Stewart’s decision to bypass MLB is risky, but it may pay off

Thomas Wolfson, Opinion Editor
June 12, 2019
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