{"id":14088,"date":"2011-07-04T11:30:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T15:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=14088"},"modified":"2011-07-04T11:30:43","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T15:30:43","slug":"nats-at-home-on-july-4-why-arent-the-yankees-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/07\/nats-at-home-on-july-4-why-arent-the-yankees-phillies\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats at home on July 4, why aren&#8217;t the Yankees, Phillies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Washington Nationals host the Chicago Cubs at Nationals Park in the nation&#8217;s capital, Washington D.C. Hosting a day game on Independence Day makes perfect sense for the Nats and I believe they have been assured of regularly having the honor. They should also get Opening day and Memorial Day at home annually too, but I do not know if that will be the case. I had hoped the July 4 game would be a tradition for me, but so far I have only made it to the 2006 one. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/07\/four-in-a-row-on-the-fourth.html\">I saw Ryan Zimmerman&#8217;s second career walk-off that day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mlb\/schedule\/#date=07\/04\/2011\">Looking at today&#8217;s MLB schedule<\/a>, it strikes as odd, if not wrong, is that neither the New York Yankees or Philadelphia Phillies are at home today. New York City doesn&#8217;t have a single MLB game at all, since the Mets are in Los Angeles to play the Dodgers. The Yankees are called the Yankees after all, not too mention that<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gp3F51gtaZA\"> Lou Gehrig Day was on July 4, 1939<\/a>. The Phillies, well they play in the city the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/exhibits\/charters\/declaration_transcript.html\">Declaration of Independence<\/a> was written and signed, so it should be a no-brainer. I might even go along with Baltimore getting an annual July 4 game too, given the part that city played in the War of 1812. I&#8217;ll also argue that June 14, Flag Day, should always be an Orioles home game.<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox are at home today which they should be. They are hosting the Toronto Blue Jays, who should never host a home game on this date. They should always get Canada Day, July 1 at home though and I think they do.<\/p>\n<p>In other July 4 news, the following team owners were born on July 4 &#8212; <strong>George Steinbrenner<\/strong> of the Yankees, <strong>Al Davis<\/strong> of the Oakland\/Los Angeles\/Oakland Raiders and <strong>Peter Angelos<\/strong> of the Orioles. Apparently, having a team owner born on that day is a guarantee that said owner will be spiteful, vindictive, controversial, but also a champion.*<\/p>\n<p>*Not valid in Baltimore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Washington Nationals host the Chicago Cubs at Nationals Park in the nation&#8217;s capital, Washington D.C. Hosting a day game on Independence Day makes perfect sense for the Nats and I believe they have been assured of regularly having the honor. 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