{"id":1970,"date":"2007-03-30T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/03\/my-nats-predictions.html"},"modified":"2007-03-30T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-30T16:06:00","slug":"my-nats-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/03\/my-nats-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"My Nats predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ball-wonk.com\/archives\/2007\/03\/oh_its_on_1.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ball-wonk.com\/archives\/blognosticationlogo.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ball-wonk.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ball-Wonk<\/span><\/a> has issued <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ball-wonk.com\/archives\/2007\/03\/oh_its_on_1.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">The 2007 Nationals Progdown Blognostication Credibility Challenge<\/span><\/a>. Here are my predictions:<\/p>\n<p>1. Nationals season record. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">62-99<\/span> (What can I say, I am an optimist&#8230;)<br \/>2. Nationals NL East division place and games back (if any). <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">36<\/span><br \/>3. Date on which Nick Johnson first appears in a Nationals game. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">May 15<\/span><br \/>4. Date on which Nick Johnson suffers season-ending injury. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">August 18<\/span><br \/>5. Nationals team leader in pitching starts, with number of starts. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Hill, 29<\/span><br \/>6. Total number of starting pitchers used. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">10<\/span><br \/>7. Number of ejections for Manny Acta. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">2<\/span><br \/>8. Guzman&#8217;s batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging average. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">.265 .320 .380<\/span><br \/>9. Nationals home runs at RFK. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">110<\/span> (Oops, forgot to divide by 2)<br \/>10. Paid attendance for the July 21 game against Colorado at RFK (our only Fox national broadcast of 2007). <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">28,937<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Bonus prediction!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Felipe Lopez errors: <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">26<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ball-Wonk has issued The 2007 Nationals Progdown Blognostication Credibility Challenge. Here are my predictions: 1. Nationals season record. 62-99 (What can I say, I am an optimist&#8230;)2. Nationals NL East division place and games back (if any). 363. Date on which Nick Johnson first appears in a Nationals game. May 154. 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