As the official statistician of MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, and the WNBA the Elias Sports Bureau provides a look into sports that goes beyond the home run saving grabs, made-for-highlight-reel stiffarms, and ankle breaking crossovers. They sift through the streaks, trends, and numbers to often provide us with interesting and little known bits of information about our ... Read More

  At just 20-years old Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper is a pretty big deal. Among baseball's most highly touted prospects while in the minor leagues Harper lived up to the hype by putting together one of the best seasons by a teenager in MLB history in 2012, one that resulted ... Read More

  As the official statistician of MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, and the WNBA the Elias Sports Bureau provides a look into sports that goes beyond the home run saving grabs, made-for-highlight-reel stiffarms, and ankle breaking crossovers. They sift through the streaks, trends, and numbers to often provide us with interesting and little known bits of information about our ... Read More

  Unlike Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who hit a home run on opening day, Gio Gonzalez of the Washington Nationals had a home run to his credit coming into Wednesday. He now has two.   Gonzalez didn't pitch a complete game shutout like Kershaw but he did pick up the win, ... Read More

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper went into his rookie season as one of the most hyped prospects in almost a decade and backed it up with a solid rookie campaign. Harper appears to have picked up right where he left off, slamming a home run on each of his first at-bats ... Read More

  The Washington Nationals finished the 2012 regular season with 98 wins and made an appearance in the playoffs for the first time since 1981, when they were the Montreal Expos. Their pitching staff is one of Major League Baseball's best, including names like Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, Jordan Zimmermann, Dan ... Read More

  The Washington Nationals boast one of baseball's best starting rotations, one that includes Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, Jordan Zimmermann, Ross Detwiler, and Dan Haren. While the bullpen isn't exactly shabby, not with Rafael Soriano, Tyler Clippard, and Drew Storen present, it is light on left-handers. That's where Will Ohman comes in. ... Read More

  With spring training underway interesting (and usually lighthearted) stories from various team camps have begun to surface, like this assistant trainer of the Cleveland Indians who lost a bet and something else in the process. Then there was Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones having some fun with Kevin Gausman ... Read More