{"id":1107,"date":"2006-05-26T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-26T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/05\/nats-instant-tradition-contest-2.html"},"modified":"2006-05-26T16:49:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-26T16:49:00","slug":"nats-instant-tradition-contest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/05\/nats-instant-tradition-contest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats instant tradition contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.washingtonpost.com\/rawfisher\/2006\/05\/slowcooked_or_instant_planting.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Raw Fisher<\/span><\/a>, we learn that <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/NASApp\/mlb\/was\/fan_forum\/pastime.jsp\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">the Nationals are holding a contest to come up with an instant tradition<\/span><\/a> for the Nats. From the <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/NASApp\/mlb\/was\/fan_forum\/pastime_rules.jsp\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">official rules<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The object of The Washington Nationals Show us your Pastime Contest is to submit an original entry of one of the following but not limited to; essay, poem,video or audio clip on what makes you the biggest Washington Nationals Fan. Washington Nationals staff members will judge all essays based on criteria set forth in the Judging section below. Once submitted if your entry is chosen by the panel of Washington Nationals judges your entry will be posted online on nationals.com and you will participate in the fan vote during the period between June 6, 2006 at Noon ET and August 6, 2006 at 11:59 PM ET. The entry with the most number of votes bi-weekly will be a finalist. The finalists will also be voted on by the fans during the period of August 14, 2006 at Noon ET and September 8, 2006 at 5:00 PM ET to determine the grand prize winner. Each one of the finalists will be given two tickets and asked to attend the Washington Nationals game on October 1, 2006 and the finalist with the most fan votes will be awarded the grand prize of 2 season tickets to the 2007 Washington Nationals. During the voting period fans will be allowed to vote one time per day. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I already put in for \u201cHeart\u201d from Damn Yankees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of Raw Fisher, we learn that the Nationals are holding a contest to come up with an instant tradition for the Nats. 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