{"id":14163,"date":"2011-07-20T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=14163"},"modified":"2011-07-20T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:45:56","slug":"nats-and-astros-at-205-today-i-think-minute-maid-park-would-be-fine-in-the-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/07\/nats-and-astros-at-205-today-i-think-minute-maid-park-would-be-fine-in-the-al\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats and Astros at 2:05 today; I think Minute Maid Park would be fine in the AL"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love day baseball. We get the rubber game between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros at 2:05 p.m. today. I’ll be listening on MLB Audio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today’s D.C. starter has been more \u00a1Navil! than \u00a1LIVAN! lately, so a day game and travel day, I am hoping for a rebound, but am wary about the unfriendly dimensions.<\/p>\n

I am not in favor of any realignment, but I suppose putting the Astros in the AL makes sense because Minute Maid Park is a joke of a ball field that would be at home in the junior circuit.<\/p>\n

Jordan Zimmermann got yelled Davey Johnson at for having a bad outing<\/a> (MissChatter), what’s the big deal? The Nats fell 7-6. Ryan Zimmerman almost fixed that, but it a ball just a few inches too far right<\/a> (Nats Enquirer<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Michael Morse should really be playing in the NL Central because he just crushes the ball indoors. Either the Astros or Milwaukee Brewers would be a good fit. I suppose either the Tampa Bay Rays or Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East would make sense too.<\/p>\n

Duffy’s Irish Pub has an interesting promotion based on underachieving free agent acquisition Jayson Werth<\/a> (NBC Washington<\/em>):<\/p>\n

\nDuring the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, you can order PBR tallboys, Buds and High Lifes for whatever Werth\u2019s batting average is at the time. For example, if the promotion started right now, at the time of publication, Werth\u2019s .211 batting average would mean $2.11 brewskies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If he gets a hit, folks in Nats gear get a few shot of Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey. This is cynical, but face it, better this than apathy of the not so distant past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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