Over Thanksgiving week, we were staying at the Wyndham Dominicus Beach resort, thinking about how to get through the holiday without a traditional Thanksgiving feast. A baseball photo in the local newspaper caught our attention.

Ryan Zimmerman succeeded boyhood friend David Wright as the National League’s Gold Glove third baseman on Wednesday. In high school, when Zimmerman was a shortstop, the two played together on a youth team.

The former Virginia standout has 200 after striking out four times on Wednesday, leaving him only a few swings and misses shy of the record he set last season (204).

A day later, former Virginia star Mark Reynolds had no regrets about unloading his frustration over the Arizona Diamondbacks’ lackluster play.

Ryan Zimmerman strolled into the home clubhouse at Nationals Park after Monday’s news conference announcing his $45 million, five-year contract and was greeted with a smile and a yell from a teammate sitting on a couch.

Longtime Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, who punctuated innumerable home runs with his “Outta here!“ call, died Monday after being found passed out in the broadcast booth before a game against the Washington Nationals. He was 73.

Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman and the Washington Nationals agreed to a $3,325,000, one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.

“This is a bright and shining moment,“ Mayor Michael Nutter said. “We’re going to have a great time.“

Jimmy Rollins got it started, Brad Lidge finished, and the losingest team in professional sports history was a winner.

Umpires will be allowed to check video on home run calls starting Thursday after Major League Baseball, guardian of America’s most traditional sport, reversed its decades-long opposition to instant replay.