{"id":1901,"date":"2007-03-10T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-10T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/03\/nats-lose-a-close-one.html"},"modified":"2007-03-10T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-10T12:01:00","slug":"nats-lose-a-close-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/03\/nats-lose-a-close-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats lose a close one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Matt Chico<\/span> had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/09\/AR2007030902176.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">rough<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070310-120000-7669r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">outing<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>) againist Balmer yesterday and the Nats lost a close one, 4-2 (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">ESPN<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=270309101\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Boxscore<\/span><\/a>). Three runs were charged to Chico in the 3rd inning. Another loss to Angelo$, even though it doesn&#8217;t count.<\/p>\n<p>The Nats <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/09\/AR2007030902180.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">biggest offseason acquisitions were scouts<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>). Thankfully, GM Jim Bowden has not said &#8220;scouting, scouting, scouting&#8221; yet.<\/p>\n<p>IF <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ronnie Belliard<\/span> was expecting a good contract in the offseason, but he had to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070310-123749-6420r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">settle for a minor league deal<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>) with the Nats. So far, he is a hit in the clubhouse. More from <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/sports\/sfl-nationals10mar10,0,3120497.story?coll=sfla-sports-headlines\"><b>Belliard lands spot in D.C.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">CityPaper<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/display.php?id=888\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">reports<\/span><\/a> that <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Baseball Prospectus<\/span> editors will be at <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Politics and Prose<\/span> in NW this evening at 6:00. If you are into that kind of thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Chico had a rough outing (The Post, The Wash. Times) againist Balmer yesterday and the Nats lost a close one, 4-2 (ESPN Boxscore). Three runs were charged to Chico in the 3rd inning. 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