16th October 1881
Finally the nations capital can boast at being a member of the MLB organisation. The new team have moved into their new city and we are all excited here at the Statesman to bring you all the news from this club. The team has been named the Washington Nationals and will be playing at the Swampdoodle ground.
The new owner of the Nationals is Mr John Silver from Baltimore. Silver is an easy going chap who likes to have fun and friends around him. His employees enjoy his company as he doesn't ask for them to achieve the impossible and gives them the time they need to complete the tasks he does expect done. While they have the time they don't always have the resources to do these tasks as he likes to make the money work very hard for him.
The team is yet to hire a GM but has put the team's playing affairs into the hands of inexperienced manager Francis Cox. Cox has said he is looking forward to using this opportunity to further his career.
The players that the manager will be working with from the expansion draft include Second Baseman Joe Gerhardt and Left Fielder George Bechtel from the Brooklyn Altantics and Centre Fielder Joe Kernan from the Boston Red Caps. The full expansion draft selection can be seen below
The team will supplement these players with their selections from the first year player draft and we will bring you all the news of this once it is complete.