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Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman exults before the Nationals Park faithful Monday after Washington clinched the National League East title. Zimmerman, who made his major league debut in 2005, has stuck with the organization through a slew of losing seasons. “Losing all those games, you kind of learn why you were losing and what you did wrong,” Zimmerman said. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Zimmerman debuted for the Nationals in September 2005 as a baby-faced 20-year-old. Seven years later, he will finally make his playoff debut when Washington plays its postseason opener Sunday. (The Washington Times)
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Ryan Zimmerman celebrates after the Nationals clinched the National League East. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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SEPTEMBER 22: National League’s Gio Gonzalez of the Washington Nationals delivers during third inning of the MLB All-Star baseball game against the American League All-Stars, Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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OCTOBER 1: The party was on after a loss by Atlanta in Pittsburgh gave the Nats the NL East title. Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth (28), center, celebrates in the team’s locker room with his teammates as the Washington Nationals clinch the National League East at Nationals Park, Washington, D.C., Monday, October 1, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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MAY 6: Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth grimaced after breaking his left wrist in a Sunday night loss to Philadelphia. Werth would be sidelined for three months. The game also featured Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels intentionally hitting rookie Bryce Harper, and Harper subsequently stealing home. (Associated Press)
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APRIL 28: Injuries to the middle of the order forced general manager Mike Rizzo to call up outfielder Bryce Harper from Triple A Syracuse earlier than planned. The 19-year-old phenom went 1 for 3 in a 4-3 loss to the Dodgers in his debut and has never looked back.
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SEPTEMBER 22: Gio Gonzalez acknowledges the crowd at Nationals Park after beating the Brewers for his 20th ¿win of the eason.
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DC United goalkeeper Bill Hamid blocks the second of three penalty shots during the second half of their MLS soccer game against the Portland Timbers in Portland, Ore., Sunday, May, 29, 2011. Hamid stopped two of three penalty shots in regulation time as they beat the Timbers 3-2. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine watches his team play the New York Yankees during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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FILE - This Aug. 3, 2012 file photo shows former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling smiling after being introduced as a new member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame before the baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park in Boston. Schilling might have to sell the famed blood-stained sock he wore during the 2004 World Series to cover millions of dollars in loans he guaranteed to his failed video game company. Schilling, whose Providence-based 38 Studios filed for bankruptcy in June, listed the sock as collateral to a bank in a September filing with the Massachusetts Secretary of State. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)
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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) looks downfield for a receiver during an NFL game between the Redskins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Redskins defeated the Buccaneers 24-22 Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Margaret Bowles)
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TCU quarterback Casey Pachall (4) walks on the field after an NCAA college football game against Virginia, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU won 27-7, (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera waves to the crowd after being replaced during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Cabrera achieved baseball's first Triple Crown since 1967 by leading the league with a .330 average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs in the regular season. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
