Washington Nationals photo given Creative Commons license

October 13, 2025

Washington Nationals position players, standing for the national anthem, before playing the Chicago White Sox, 27 Sept. 2025. Photo: A. Kotok (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Alan Kotok. CEO, Technology News & Literature.

13 Oct. 2025. A photo I took of the eight position players on the Washington Nationals that started the game on 27 Sept. 2025 is now available on our Smugmug and Flickr pages under a Creative Commons license.

In baseball, position players are all those in the game except the pitchers. All position players are batters, and except for the designated hitter, all are fielders. The eight Nationals players are shown in our photo standing during the U.S. national anthem before the first pitch. They’re wearing the team’s City Connect uniforms, special gear worn by major league baseball, or MLB, teams at weekend home games that emphasize something special about their cities.

The Nationals had a rough 2025 season, with 66 wins and 96 losses, ending up in last place in the National League East division. In this game on 27 Sept., the Nats won 6-5, but lost the two other games with the Chicago White Sox, one of only two other MLB teams with a worse record.

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