{"id":1206,"date":"2006-07-25T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-25T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/07\/no-game-means-a-slow-news-day-right.html"},"modified":"2006-07-25T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-25T10:06:00","slug":"no-game-means-a-slow-news-day-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/07\/no-game-means-a-slow-news-day-right\/","title":{"rendered":"No game means a slow news day, right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/24\/AR2006072401251.html\"><b>White Sox Show Strong Interest in Soriano<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Things are heating up in the <b>Alfonso Soriano<\/b> derby. <i>ESPN<\/i> broke the news yesterday that <a href=\"http:\/\/x.go.com\/cgi\/x.pl?goto=http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/news\/story?id=2528494&#038;name=FPT-2528494-072505&#038;srvc=sz\"><b>the White Sox were very close to making a trade<\/b><\/a>, something <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/NASApp\/mlb\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20060724&#038;content_id=1573579&#038;vkey=news_was&#038;fext=.jsp&#038;c_id=was\"><b>Jim Bowden denied<\/b><\/a> (<i>nationals.com<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p>More from <!--<i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"\"><b><\/b><\/a> &--> <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i>: <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-191300~Rick_Snider__Temporary_loss_nets_long_term_gain_____hopefully.html\"><b>Rick Snider: Temporary loss nets long-term gain &#8230; hopefully<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/24\/AR2006072400805.html\"><b>Injury Could End Guillen&#8217;s Tenure in D.C.<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Tough man <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jose Guillen<\/span> tore his ulnar collateral ligament in half and will be looking at up to 18 months of rehabilitation after surgery. His career could be over. <\/p>\n<p>I part ways with beat writers that he is done as a National though. After such a long rehab I think the only person who could possibly be interested in 006 is <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Bowden<\/span>, who has a soft spot for him, dawg.<\/p>\n<p>More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/sports\/20060725-121308-5289r.htm\"><b>Guillen out for season<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/24\/AR2006072400694.html\"><b>Lerners Make Team Ownership Official<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>663 days after it was announced D.C. was big league again, MLB finally sold the former Expos. <\/p>\n<p><b>PRESS RELEASE<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/NASApp\/mlb\/news\/press_releases\/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060724&#038;content_id=1572870&#038;vkey=pr_was&#038;fext=.jsp&#038;c_id=was\"><b>Lerner Group finalizes purchase of Washington Nationals<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>nationals.com<\/i><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/sports\/20060724-115600-3234r.htm\"><b>Comcast, MASN face FCC deadline<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>If Comcast and MASN do not settle their differences this week the dispute goes to binding arbitration. Here we are, over 250 games into the history of the Nationals and a major portion of their fanbase is not allowed to watch the games. The corrupt bargin that <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Bud Selig<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Peter Angelo$<\/span> brokered is a <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/NASApp\/mlb\/mlb\/history\/mlb_history_people.jsp?story=com_bio_9\"><b>national disgrace<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-191302~For_Escobar__step_forward__fall_back.html\"><b>For Escobar, step forward, fall back<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Alex Escobar&#8217;s<\/span> recent hot streak ended with a hamstring injury. He has never been able to stay healthy for long.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-191301~Phil_Wood__D_C__s__Hometown__disadvantage.html\"><b>Phil Wood: D.C.&#8217;s &#8220;Hometown&#8221; disadvantage<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/>MLB&#8217;s hometown heroes is flawed because ignores former Senators players and inlcudes former Expos who never played in D.C.<\/p>\n<p>More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/sports\/20060724-115552-1659r.htm\"><b>Hometown?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-191303~Kearns___I_m_absolutely_not_miserable_.html\"><b>Kearns: &#8216;I&#8217;m absolutely not miserable&#8217;<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/>A <i>ringing endorsement<\/i> of the trade that sent <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Austin Kearns<\/span> from his &#8220;hometown&#8221; team to Washington.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade>With Barry Bonds due to be indicted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/sports\/20060725-121301-3560r.htm\"><b>any<\/b><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/sports\/20060725-121308-4746r.htm\"><b>day<\/b><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/24\/AR2006072401113.html?nav=hcmodule\"><b>now<\/b><\/a>, every game he plays could be his last. If he is getting indicted, I hope it is tomorrow, because I am going to tonight&#8217;s game and would like to say I saw his last game.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, where our seats Fritz?<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade>Congratulations to <b>DC Sports Chick<\/b> for <a href=\"http:\/\/dcsportschick.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/holy-crap-has-it-been-year-already.html\"><b>a year online<\/b><\/a>. Check out the photo from her trip to Montreal, it looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/graphics\/senatorsmontreal.jpg\"><b>the kind of thing I might do<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White Sox Show Strong Interest in Soriano &#8211; The PostThings are heating up in the Alfonso Soriano derby. ESPN broke the news yesterday that the White Sox were very close to making a trade, something Jim Bowden denied (nationals.com). More from The Wash. Examiner: Rick Snider: Temporary loss nets long-term gain &#8230; hopefully Injury Could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2006"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No game means a slow news day, right? - William F. 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