{"id":13684,"date":"2011-05-20T08:22:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T12:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=13684"},"modified":"2011-05-20T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T12:22:32","slug":"nats-what-we-would-have-never-seen-if-peter-angelos-got-his-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/05\/nats-what-we-would-have-never-seen-if-peter-angelos-got-his-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats: What we would have never seen if Peter Angelos got his way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s see, if Peter Angelos and the Baltimore had their way, the following would have never happened:<\/p>\n<ul>\nNationals debut in 2005 at the Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n<p>Brad Wilkerson hitting for the cylce in the team&#8217;s second game<\/p>\n<p>The President throwing out the first pitch at the first home opener at RFK Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The 3rd base stands boucing during a Nats rally<\/p>\n<p>Booing Lance Cormier for plunking Vinny Castilla when he was a single away from hitting for the cycle<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1LIVAN!<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s the Night<\/p>\n<p>Chad Cordero&#8217;s 128 saves (seemingly all of them facing more than 3 batters)<\/p>\n<p>Frank Robinson getting a Brian Jordan homer overturned on Memorial Day<\/p>\n<p>Robinson vs. Sciosa<\/p>\n<p>June 2005<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/distinguishedsenators.blogspot.com\/\">Distinguished Senators<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bang! 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Go the fireworks, a curly W is in the book!<\/p>\n<p>Yuda Gameday<\/p>\n<p>Barry Svrluga<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Zimmerman&#8217;s debut<\/p>\n<p>Alfonso Soriano 40-40 season<\/p>\n<p>Zimmerman&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day walk-off home run against the New York Yankees<\/p>\n<p>Zimmerman&#8217;s July 4 walk-off home run<\/p>\n<p>MissChatter&#8217;s Lot 8 tailgates<\/p>\n<p>MissChatter&#8217;s Baseball on the Barn!<\/p>\n<p>Bicycling to RFK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dcbb.blogspot.com\/\">Capital Punishment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking the 2006 series from the Phillies (I won a cheesesteak)<\/p>\n<p>Dmitri Young All-Star (try not to remember, Dmitri Young, overpaid benchsitter that came after)<\/p>\n<p>Manny Acta somehow getting the Nats to win 73 games<\/p>\n<p>Racing Presidents<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/11\/a-more-beautiful-farragut-square.html\">A more beautiful Farragut Square<\/a><\/p>\n<p>American hero, John Lannan<\/p>\n<p>Overcoming Mike Bacsik, Barry Bonds to beat the Giants on * night<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Sloews, Dave Jageler and the Jack of All Things<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdland.com\/\">JDLand.com: Near Southeast DC Redevelopment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Opening Night 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/category\/mr-walkoff\">Zimmerman becomes Mr. Walk-Off<\/a> on Opening Night<\/p>\n<p>Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl Half-Smokes at the ball game<\/p>\n<p>Killing the Mets 2008 season<\/p>\n<p>Willie Harris killing the Mets<\/p>\n<p>Adam Dunn&#8217;s homers<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Zimmermann dominating the Red Sox<\/p>\n<p>2009 Tony Plush<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1LIVAN! returns<\/p>\n<p>Bicycling to Nationals Park<\/p>\n<p>Olney, Md. native Justin Maxwell&#8217;s season-ending walk-off Grand Slam<\/p>\n<p>Zimmerman&#8217;s Gold Glove and Silver Slugger<\/p>\n<p>Deciding on a whim to go to a ball game<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsenquirer.com\/\">Nationals Enquirer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Josh Willingham beating the Orioles with a walk-off<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Strasburg<\/p>\n<p>Miss Iowa<\/p>\n<p>Dunn&#8217;s walk-off to beat the Phillies the penultimate home game of 2010<\/p>\n<p>The future: Bryce Harper, Strasburg and Zimmerman return<\/ul>\n<p>Again, if Peter Angelos and the Baltimore Orioles had their way, none of this would have happened. As it was, we couldn&#8217;t watch the Nats for almost 2 whole seasons because Angelos kept them off most area cable systems. Do you want to reward that by going up there and buying tickets?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s see, if Peter Angelos and the Baltimore had their way, the following would have never happened: Nationals debut in 2005 at the Philadelphia Phillies Brad Wilkerson hitting for the cylce in the team&#8217;s second game The President throwing out the first pitch at the first home opener at RFK Stadium. 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