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The Washington Glory's Inaugural Season and Beyond:

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2009 Home Runs

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    Feb 26, Weekend Games to Start at 5 PM This Season

    The new WashingtonGlory.com website is slowly adding info, and the latest includes a link to a schedule. This schedule lists the start time as 7 PM for weeknight games, and 5 PM for Sat & Sun games. This is a change from last season, when all games started at 7 PM.The site also confirms tha... [More]
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    Posted by Jim on Friday, February 27, 2009 12:06 AM
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    Feb 19, Info on 2009 Glory Draftees

    Somebody's gotta post some info on our draftees, and it doesn't look like the Glory are going to do anything, so here's what I found...Our first pick of the draft (8th overall) was center-fielder Kim Waleszonia, from the University of Florida. She was third-team NFCA All-American in 2007... [More]
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    Posted by Jim on Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:08 AM
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    Feb 18, Every Team Except Glory Has Posted a Draft Story

    Our team's site is still a sad, sad place. If there is still nothing up tonight, I guess I'll try to find some info on our new draftees to post for everyone.Here is the Thunder story.Here is the Force story.Here is the Racers story.Here is the Bandits story.Here is the NPF story on the entir... [More]
    Categories: Glory News | NPF News
    Posted by Jim on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:13 PM
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    Feb 18, NPF Feature Story on Nichole Thompson

    Haven't finished reading this, but it looks good so far. Nice to see one of our own get some mention, and at least the NPF site is showing life. Here is the story.
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    Posted by Jim on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:09 PM
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    Feb 17, New Glory Ownership Finally Announced

    After months of swirling rumors, the new owners of the Washington Glory were finally announced at the conclusion of the NPF Draft.(Note: spellings are approximations.) Sada Algerod is the new owner of the team. Jeff Strahan was announced as the acting President, with Joe Amato as the new Chief ... [More]
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    Posted by Jim on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:33 PM
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    Feb 17, Glory Could Have Selected Kaitlin Cochran with First Pick in 2009 Draft

    I was following the draft via the Ultimate College Softball message board, which was slightly incorrect.  The broadcast is not working for me here.Thanks to Everett's comments, we now know that we traded away the pick we could have used on Cochran. Why? Good question. Giving up the number o... [More]
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    Posted by Jim on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:15 PM
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    Feb 6, Updated Glory Schedule

    The league schedule posted a new schedule, necessary due to New England dropping out. Here is the PDF file of the actual schedule. The only changes are the removal of the Riptide games.Things to note: No games against international teams. Instead, series will expand to 5 games, primarily W... [More]
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    Posted by Jim on Friday, February 06, 2009 5:59 PM
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    Feb 4, Will This be Monica Abbott's Last Season in the NPF?

    Monica Abbott has signed a contract to play in Japan. The contract will allow her to return for the final year of her contract with the Glory, although the article states that she will be here only two months.Japan pays a whole lot more than the US, so I have to think she won't be back after thi... [More]
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    Posted by Jim on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:07 PM
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    Feb 1, Nichole Thompson Named Director of Softball Operations at Diamond Elite

    Not much in the way of news lately, so this will have to suffice.I got an email from Diamond Elite announcing this, but there's no big announcement on their website. 
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    Posted by Jim on Sunday, February 01, 2009 5:11 PM
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    November 26, Glory add Mackenzie Vandergeest

    It's kinda sad that we have to get our Glory info from other teams in the league, but I guess it's better than nothing. According to this Rockford Thunder story, Mackenzie Vandergeest will join the Glory for 2009. This is HUGE news, as Vandergeest was an outstanding player for Rock... [More]
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    Posted by Jim on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:13 PM
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