It's been more than six months since he ruptured his right Achilles tendon on a fluke play in left field at Nationals Park, and Howie Kendrick is just now starting to run on an anti-gravity treadmill.

Ask someone to create a list of the best players in Nationals history, and you're going to find plenty of consensus. That's 12 players who have defined this franchise since it arrived in town 16 years ...

PITTSBURGH --Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Howie Kendrick left Sunday night's 13-6 loss to Pittsburgh with a strained left hamstring after beating out an infield single in the fifth inning.