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Nicknamed "The Nats", the Washington Nationals are a Major League Baseball team first established in 1969 as the Canada-based Montreal Expos. The team crossed the border and moved to Washington, D.C. in 2005 to become the Nationals we know them to be today.
The Washington Nationals are 1 of 5 teams - along with the Atlanta Braves, the Florida Marlins, the New York Mets, and the Philadelphia Phillies - that play in the East Division of the 16-team National League. The Montreal Expos played their first game on April 8, 1969 at Shea Stadium against the New York Mets. Their first winning season came in 1979 when their record was 95-65. As Washington Nationals, on the other hand, they played their first game on April 4, 2005 against the Philadelphia Phillies, and won their first game 2 days later against the same team.
Since 2008, the Washington Nationals have been breaking in their new stadium, Nationals Park. They conduct Spring Training at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida as part of the Grapefruit League. The team uniform colors are red, white, and blue, with gold trim.
The Nats have an ongoing interleague rivalry known as the Beltway Series with the Baltimore Orioles.
In their career, the Washington Nationals have won no Wild Card Berths, Eastern Division titles, or National League pennants. They've competed in 1 playoff, in 1981, and they haven't appeared in any World Series. They are 1 of only 3 teams never to have competed in a World Series, the others being the Texas Rangers, and the Seattle Mariners.
Though the Washington Nationals may be too new to the scene to have given the game any legends, as the Expos the team has been quite a boon to the sport, with All-Star pitcher Pedro Martinez, multiple-time All-Stars Andre Dawson, Gary Carter, Tim Raines, Tim Wallach, Vladimir Guerrero, and Jose Vidro on past rosters.
In 2008, the Washington Nationals finished last in the division, posting 59 wins and 102 losses. So now more than ever is the time to get yourself some Washington Nationals tickets and cheer the team to a big fat turnaround!