{"id":1965,"date":"2007-03-29T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/03\/farewell-viera.html"},"modified":"2007-03-29T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-29T09:30:00","slug":"farewell-viera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/03\/farewell-viera\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell, Viera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nats are finished with the megalopolis that is Viera, Fla. for another 11 months. Spring training was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070329\/SPORTS\/703290339\/1002\/SPORTS\"><b>mostly positive<\/b><\/a> (<i>Florida Today<\/i>) for the young squad. They head to AAA Columbus today for an exhibition against the Orioles. The series continues with a trip to Norfolk on Friday and finally an exhibition at RFK on Saturday. Yesterday, they tied one split-squad game with Balmer (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">ESPN<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/scores.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=270328120\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Boxscore<\/span><\/a>)and lost the other to Florida (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">ESPN<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/scores.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=270328128\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Boxscore<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s encouraging&#8221; &#8212; that is what <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Manny Acta<\/span> said about his rotation, even though it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/28\/AR2007032802301.html?reload=true\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">accounted for 2 wins last season<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070329-125156-8341r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">More<\/span><\/a> from <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>. John Patterson is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2007\/032007\/03292007\/271186\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">presumed ace<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Free Lance-Star<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jesus Colome<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070329-125151-4156r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">found a spot in the bullpen<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>). Between that and CF <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Nook Logan<\/span> improving, OF <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Kory Casto<\/span> will probably be left off the MLB roster.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/28\/AR2007032802063.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">More<\/span><\/a> from <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070329-123130-8886r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Q&#038;A<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>) about the Nats present with a focus on the future, because it is theoretically less depressing. Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070329-125155-3781r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">another one<\/span><\/a> too.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Cristian Guzman<\/span> wants <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2007\/032007\/03292007\/271185\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">fans to forget the last two years<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Free Lance-Star<\/span>). If only we could.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Bowden<\/span> has another <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Examiner<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-645157~The_rights_of_spring.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">column<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nats are finished with the megalopolis that is Viera, Fla. for another 11 months. 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