{"id":17843,"date":"2012-06-13T06:44:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=17843"},"modified":"2012-06-13T06:44:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T10:44:10","slug":"nats-take-blue-jays-series-go-for-sweep-at-1237-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/06\/nats-take-blue-jays-series-go-for-sweep-at-1237-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats take Blue Jays series, go for sweep at 12:37 today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Nationals won another series last night and look to sweep the Toronto Blue Jays with <strong>Stephen Strasburg<\/strong> on the mound. <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/media\/player\/mpa\/index.jsp?ymd=20120613#audioGrid to the series finale.\">I&#8217;ll be listening at work to the finale<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryce Harper <\/strong>crushed a home run at that was good enough to get the automatic MLB video embed:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=22221483&#038;width=400&#038;height=224&#038;property=mlb' width='400' height='224' frameborder='0'>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As I have said before, MLB&#8217;s refusal to allow embedding of all videos is strange, but the Nats have had the kind of highlights MLB lets us embed from the start. So, that&#8217;s good, I guess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny Espinosa<\/strong> also homered. <strong>Chein Ming Wang<\/strong> got the win with 5 innings of work, though the Tony Armas Jr. comparisons keep coming. Ouch. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/blog\/nationals-watch\/2012\/jun\/13\/jhonatan-solano-hits-first-mlb-home-run\/\">Jhonatan Solano hit his first MLB home run<\/a> (The Wash. Times) too.<\/p>\n<p>It is so weird watching this series &#8212; artificial turf and indoors. Ugh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I REALLY HOPE THERE ISN&#8217;T A GRANTLAND JINX<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grantland.com\/story\/_\/id\/8041110\/so-far-bryce-harper-living-ridiculous-hype\">The Great Bryce Hype <\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grantland.com\/blog\/the-triangle\/post\/_\/id\/29317\/break-up-the-washington-nationals-pitching-staff\">Break Up the Washington Nationals Pitching Staff<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>TWEETS OF NOTE<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Bryce Harper first 25 games: .267, 2 HR, 9 RBI, a very respectable .818 OPS. His last 15 games: .368, 5 homers, 10 RBI, 1.147 OPS.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Buster_ESPN\/status\/212825160754016257\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-13T08:34:07+00:00\">June 13, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s scary good.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Harper correctly stomped Canadian TV foof 4 asking about having a post-game beer since he&#8217;s legal here: &#8220;That&#8217;s a clown question, bro&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Harrington (@BNHarrington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNHarrington\/status\/212740319010234368\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-13T02:56:59+00:00\">June 13, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JzbhjzsyvGk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Well played young man, well played.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Nationals still cheered on by some Expos Fans: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/qqVjJnQn\" title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/M0s2R4\">bit.ly\/M0s2R4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; federalbaseball (@federalbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/federalbaseball\/status\/212756199953809408\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-13T04:00:05+00:00\">June 13, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If one of my teams moved away, I don&#8217;t see myself having any allegiance to the departed. That some Montreal fans still do is interesting. I still maintain that<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/07\/the-nats-dont-need-to-acknowledge-the-expos.html\"> the Nats don\u2019t need to acknowledge the Expos <\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Wow. on this date in 2011, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523nats\">#nats<\/a> were 30-36, last in the NL east, 10 games behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523phillies\">#phillies<\/a>. Now? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523FirstPlaceNats\">#FirstPlaceNats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523Juggernats\">#Juggernats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Luigi de Guzman (@ouij) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ouij\/status\/212774220256645120\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-13T05:11:41+00:00\">June 13, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not burying the Phillies yet. There is a lot of baseball yet to be played and if they can keep their head above water, they just need one timely streak and they make the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Nationals won another series last night and look to sweep the Toronto Blue Jays with Stephen Strasburg on the mound. I&#8217;ll be listening at work to the finale. Bryce Harper crushed a home run at that was good enough to get the automatic MLB video embed: Your browser does not support iframes. 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