{"id":1394,"date":"2006-10-02T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-02T09:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/10\/nats-2006-season-is-in-the-books.html"},"modified":"2006-10-02T09:37:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-02T09:37:00","slug":"nats-2006-season-is-in-the-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/10\/nats-2006-season-is-in-the-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats 2006 season is in the books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/10\/01\/AR2006100100483.html\"><b>Nats&#8217; Robinson Bids a Fond Farewell<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>Yesterday, the Nats ended their season much as they began it &#8212; losing to the Mets. They also lost the home opener to the Mets, with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ramon Oritz<\/span> on the hill that time too. This time, he gave up six runs in 1 1\/3 innings before giving way to the bullpen. The final was <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">6-2, Mets<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game of course was secondary to the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Frank Robinson<\/span> sendoff. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Charlie Slowes<\/span> led a ceremony before the game honoring Robinson. A video montage showed some of his great moments as a player and as a manager. My favorite was the shot of him arguing with Mike Scoisa from last season. The p.a. also blasted &#8220;Simply the Best&#8221; which struck me as an odd choice because if he was the best, why wasn&#8217;t he retained? Robinson then spoke for about 10 minutes before everybody began hugging each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a Chad Cordero (second at-bat of the season, I think) strikeout to end the game, &#8220;Sweet Caroline&#8221; was blasted over the p.a. which struck me as odd. That song HAS to go next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Also:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li type=\"square\">Nats finished with a 71-91 record, one game better than Bawlmer.<\/li><li type=\"square\">Teddy was robbed!<\/li><li type=\"square\">During the post-game, Robinson and Mayor Anthony Williams in a show of lame duck solidarity.<\/li><li type=\"square\">I rode my bike to and from the game, something that I will do more regularly next season.\n<p>More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/10\/01\/AR2006100100952.html\"><b>Respect comes full circle as Robinson says goodbye<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=261001120\"><b>Boxscore<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>ESPN<\/i><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" noshade=\"noshade\" align=\"center\"><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/10\/01\/AR2006100100952.html\"><b>Fans Applaud Soriano, Who Then Thanks His Manager<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br>I would be shocked if Alfonso Soriano comes back next year. My read of Stan Kasten is that he has no interest in spending $10+ million on someone how did not elevate the team above last place.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20061002-010722-2738r.htm\"><b>Soriano&#8217;s future still murky<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nats&#8217; Robinson Bids a Fond Farewell &#8211; The PostWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Yesterday, the Nats ended their season much as they began it &#8212; losing to the Mets. They also lost the home opener to the Mets, with Ramon Oritz on the hill that time too. 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