The interlocking "DC" was removed from the star-spangled circle and moved to the left sleeve of both the home and away uniforms.
Finally, in a tribute to the former baseball teams in the District of Columbia, a script writing of the city name replaced the block lettering, emulating the Senators' script of the 1950s and 1960s – though as those teams used "Senators" on both their home and away uniforms, this marks the first time the "curly W" has actually appeared as part of the word "Washington" on an MLB jersey.
[3] The Nationals did not catch the error as they only checked the back of the shirts, not the front, but were able to assign to Dunn and Zimmerman the correct jerseys later in the game.
In March 2009, the Nationals introduced a new version of Screech, their bald eagle mascot who wears the home cap and jersey of the team.
The original Screech who "hatched" at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 2005 during the third home game in Nationals history and had appeared at the team's home games during its first four seasons in Washington, was chubby, but the new Screech was slim.
"[5] The Nationals held their 2009 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.
The future for the Nationals seemed to show promise in 2009 with their Gulf Coast League affiliate qualifying for the playoffs.