May 8th 2008 4:30PM by Josh Alper
The niche of the blogosphere devoted to the Washington Nationals took a hit this week when closed up shop. The site started up in October 2004, six months before the Nats themselves played a game, but it posted its last on Tuesday.

Thankfully, one of the Nats themselves has stepped up to try and fill the void. Ryan Zimmerman’s got a blog and he isn’t afraid to use it! What insidery goodness did he churn up to entice us into reading more?
The new stadium is fantastic!!! If you have not been out there yet with the weather getting nicer, please come. It’s an incredible ballpark.

It’s been so nice to see good size crowds. It really is fun to play before a loud crowd that is into the game.

I hated to see Wizards lose in the playoffs. I went to a lot of games this past off season and it was so much fun.

On the plus side, Zimmerman’s certainly an upbeat sort. That’s nice. It would be nicer if that positivity were reflected in a more interesting, grownup way. Rome wasn’t built in a day so we’ll give Zimmerman time to give us something a bit juicier but my fingers will remain uncrossed.

As we learned ad nauseum last week, there’s a bit of a difference of opinion about blogging out there. I’m not sure which side Comcast, Zimmerman’s hosts, are on but it wouldn’t surprise me if this was an effort to stem their growth.

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