The Morning Briefing: Getting Bored Edition

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Good Tuesday Morning Washington Nationals Fans,

Here are the latest headlines and analyses around the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball for Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Thank you for starting your day with us.

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Hmm. Okay, I'm Bored: The holiday season is pretty slow without having a lockout. Well, this year we have a lockout and it's happening during the holiday season is a double whammy. We all but know that both Major League Baseball and the MLBPA aren't meeting day in and day out during the holiday season so it would make sense that there is nothing happening. To the surprise of many actually, MLB and the MLBPA did in fact meet recently. Last Thursday, according to ESPN's Jesse Rogers the two sides meet for the first time since the lockout began on December 1st. Let's hope that negotiations kick up after the start of the New Year in January.

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Spotted around Washington D.C. On Sunday night, Washington Nationals pitcher Josiah Gray was spotted at the Washington Capitals game enjoying his first hockey game. [Tweet via the Capitals]

OF Elijah Green: Washington Nationals 2022 Draft Candidate. With very little to no news coming out of Nationals Park because of the lockout we took a closer dive into a draft candidate that the Nationals should be taking a closer look at: OF Elijah Green.

You think that Umpires in the US are bad, wait until you see this Umpire in Mexico. An umpire in Mexico had to be removed from the game because the rest of the crew determined that he was drunk! Enjoy the video

Major League Baseball sued by 4 former affiliates over minor league cuts per Report. Four minor league teams lost their big league affiliations before the 2021 season according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. We have the details here.

Buck Showalter is the New York Met’s Manager, Mets Make it Official Yesterday, the New York Mets announced on Monday that they’ve hired veteran Baseball Manager Buck Showalter for a three-year deal. Today at 1:00 pm EST the team will hold a Zoom call officially introducing Showalter as the new head coach.

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