2006 Washington Nationals season
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| Owner(s) | Lerner Enterprises |
| General manager(s) | Jim Bowden |
| Manager(s) | Frank Robinson |
| Local television |
MASN WDCA (My 20) (Bob Carpenter, Tom Paciorek) |
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WTWP/WWWT (Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler) |
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The Washington Nationals' 2006 season was the franchise's second season in Washington, D.C. and 38th season overall.
On November 4, 2005, the Nationals traded Vinny Castilla to the San Diego Padres for Brian Lawrence. On December 8, 2005, they traded Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge, and minor-leaguer Armando Galarraga to the Texas Rangers for Alfonso Soriano. On December 24, 2005, they signed Mike Stanton – who they had traded to the Boston Red Sox late the previous season – as a free agent. On February 11, 2006, the Nationals sold Jamey Carroll to the Colorado Rockies for $300,000, and on March 31, 2006, they sold Jim Crowell to the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Nationals' marketing slogan for the season was "Make It Your Pastime." The slogan was a reference to the common saying that baseball is "the national pastime" in the United States.
The Nationals held their 2006 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.
During spring training in 2006, the Nationals and Orioles played each other in Washington on March 31 and in Baltimore on April 1. The first match-up of the regular-season Beltway Series rivalry took place on May 19, 2006, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium; the Orioles won. This marked first time in 35 years that the Orioles played a regular-season game in Washington; previously, they had played the original Washington Senators of the American League annually from 1954 to 1960 and the expansion Washington Senators – which replaced the original Senators – each year from 1961 to 1971.
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