{"id":178,"date":"2004-12-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2004\/12\/178.html"},"modified":"2004-12-17T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-17T11:00:00","slug":"178-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2004\/12\/178-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A FEW THOUGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the D.C. council vote has been horrible for our baseball dreams it has been great for our blogs. There have been a lot excellent posts out there; make sure you visit all of them. Start with Ryan Moore’s<\/b> Disgusted Senators<\/b><\/a> (formerly Distinguished), then head over to any of these:<\/p>\n

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  • Ball Wonk<\/b><\/a> (Nats at Code Orange)<\/li>\n

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  • Capitol Punishment<\/b><\/a> (The C-word)<\/li>\n

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  • The Nats Blog<\/b><\/a> (lots of good points and comments)<\/li>\n

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  • Washington Baseball Blog<\/b><\/a> (more insight)<\/li>\n

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  • And speaking of orange, check out the connard<\/b> link that has been left in the comments of every blog. It’s the view of this from a Washingtonian\/Northern Virginian over in the Ukraine on the D.C. baseball situation. Very interesting that with all that is going on over there this blogger took time to comment on the Nats. Also, I think they have these problems because they stop having “the” in front of the country’s name. Actually, that’s just a joke, what has happened there is something else, scary but inspiring as well. All I can say is go orange.<\/blockquote>\n

    LET’S GET TOGETHER<\/h2>\n

    When this is all said and done, after the new year, I propose all the bloggers get together for a happy hour or most likely, an Irish wake. Given the near-certainty of it all going up in flames, let’s do it in Maryland or Virginia. I am not real excited to be putting money into the D.C. economy since there are a number of people who do not seem to appreciate our economic contributions.<\/p>\n

    Also, I want to thank all those who have commented and contacted me over the last few days. Don’t worry, I am not despondent and thinking of jumping into the Potomac or anything. This is a big-time disappointment, but having grown up here, I knew to be very skeptical of it actually happening because it is after all, D.C. I was prepared for this sort of thing. This whole exercise has been a triumph of hope over experience. I think I have made it pretty clear throughout the process that this could blow up at any time. I would have preferred to have been wrong.<\/p>\n

    Oh, in my haste I said I had to scrap my windshield this a.m. I meant to say “scrape.” Self-editing at 5:45 is not always my strong suit.<\/p>\n

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    CODE BLUE<\/h2>\n

    I have been following the quest for D.C. baseball since I started the blog in March. I hate to say it, but D.C. baseball is dead<\/b>. We might get them in ’05, but not after that and even that is in jeopardy now. I am going to stick with this fool’s errand as one of my primary topics, as it has garnered the most attention. Having gone this long, I might as well see this thing through.<\/p>\n

    I expect that Linda Cropp<\/b> (D, at-large), now emboldened by her disingenuous politicking is not going to change her position — she’s a no from now on, that is a LOCK<\/b>. She will probably be elected mayor after all this because nothing stirs up the D.C. electorate like a politician who makes the entire city look bad to the rest of the region\/country\/world. Somehow, this sort of thing resonates with the D.C. public — which seems to prefer thinking of themselves as helpless martyrs in an unjust system. Symbolic victories over anyone that is not them (which includes residents of NW) mean more than actually fixing problems like schools, streets, etc. For these people, progress and improvement would mean no more victimization. Marion Barry<\/b> (file photo<\/b><\/a>) made a career on tapping into this feeling, or was it the other way around? Oh well, on January 1, I will go back to not caring about how my neighbors on the other side of the Potomac want to run (into the ground) the city they live in. People tend to get the government they deserve.<\/p>\n

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    THE LATEST<\/h2>\n

    Cropp Asks Baseball for More Time On Stadium<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
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    She says the deal stands, so does MLB. Rep. Tom Davis<\/b> (R-Va.), is getting involved too.
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    More from The Wash. Times<\/i>:     Cropp, baseball refuse to budge<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

    At Least on Web, D.C. Baseball Is Sure Bet<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
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    Good for the true believers out there.<\/p>\n
    Nationals, fans still optimistic<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
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    More true believers!<\/p>\n
    City offices flooded with financing offers<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
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    Lots of people are interested in getting in on the ballpark financing.<\/p>\n
    Tom Knott<\/b> –     Hypocrisy Cropps up on Council<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
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    Tom Knott wonders where is the outrage about a shopping center that the council wants to raze to build a big box store?<\/p>\n
    Dick Heller<\/b> –     Joyous gift turns into lump of coal<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
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    I’d say it is a whole strip mine, an abandoned one at that.<\/p>\n
    Las Vegas, Portland step to plate<\/b><\/a> – USA Today<\/i>
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    No surprise here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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