{"id":17947,"date":"2012-06-22T07:18:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T11:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=17947"},"modified":"2012-06-22T07:18:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T11:18:58","slug":"nats-take-rays-series-as-robin-ficker-heckles-joe-maddon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/06\/nats-take-rays-series-as-robin-ficker-heckles-joe-maddon\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats take Rays series as Robin Ficker heckles Joe Maddon"},"content":{"rendered":"

I will admit that heading into the Washington Nationals vs. Tampa Bay Rays series I couldn’t find any “extra excitement” <\/a>like I do for Northeast Corridor rivals. It is safe to say that this
\nseries was way more fun than we could have anticipated after Joel Peralta’s pine tar ejection. Still, heading into last night, the series was split and the Nats really needed a win. Gio Gonzalez<\/strong> did not have his best stuff, but gutted out a win until the Nats bats could overwhelm estuary<\/em> pitching.
\nDanny Espinosa had a big night<\/a> (CSN Washington<\/em>) and made the Rays pay for walking Adam LaRoche<\/a>(MLB video) to get to him, doubling off of Peralta. Well done.
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\nIan Desmond also had an excellent evening<\/a>, including a great play up the middle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wow. Robin Ficker heckled Joe Maddon<\/a> (DC Sports Bog), who responded with a ball smeared with pine tar and “Stick up for those you care about” written on it. Everybody wins! I’ll say it, Maddon saved a little face there. He had taken the task of taking attention off of the player who got caught a bit far. See you in October!<\/p>\n

Joe Theismann was there too, talking to Bryce Harper<\/a>.<\/p>\n