{"id":12704,"date":"2011-03-21T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=12704"},"modified":"2011-03-21T09:00:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T13:00:22","slug":"who-is-this-pragmatic-columnist-and-what-has-he-done-with-tom-boswell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/03\/who-is-this-pragmatic-columnist-and-what-has-he-done-with-tom-boswell\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is this pragmatic columnist and what has he done with Tom Boswell?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THOMAS BOSWELL: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/as-spring-arrives-reality-dawns-for-nationals\/2011\/03\/20\/ABV2fB3_story.html\">As spring arrives, reality dawns for Nationals<\/a> &#8211; <em>The Post<\/em><br \/>\nThe headline for this column ought to be &#8220;Reality dawns for Tom Boswell.&#8221; Remember his earlier columns from the spring when he was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/02\/the-most-boswellian-boswell-column-ever-and-other-nats-spring-training-notes.html\">superhappyfoamfingeredfanboy<\/a>? Well, that is gone, because Boswell is seeing the Washington Nationals for what they are &#8212; a team with a poor starting rotation. Only <strong>Jordan Zimmermann<\/strong> has a huge upside and he&#8217;s still unproven, plus not that far removed from Tommy John surgery. <strong>John Lannan<\/strong>, <strong>Livan Hernandez<\/strong>, <strong>Jason Marquis<\/strong> and <strong>Tom Gorzelanny<\/strong> all career ERAs in the 4.00+ range. Help may be on the way from <strong>Ross Detwiler<\/strong> and eventually <strong>Stephen Strasburg<\/strong>, but until then, it isn&#8217;t pretty, but probably passable for a while.<\/p>\n<p>The Nats don&#8217;t have a centerfielder either and are apparently going with journeyman Rick Ankiel over Nyjer Morgan who is likely on his way out and Roger Bernadina, who is a 26 years old and still not an everyday player.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/live.washingtonpost.com\/ask-boswell-0321.html\">Boswell is chatting at 11 a.m.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THOMAS BOSWELL: As spring arrives, reality dawns for Nationals &#8211; The Post The headline for this column ought to be &#8220;Reality dawns for Tom Boswell.&#8221; Remember his earlier columns from the spring when he was superhappyfoamfingeredfanboy? 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