{"id":2113,"date":"2007-05-25T02:38:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T02:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/05\/nats-take-series-move-out-of-30th-place.html"},"modified":"2007-05-25T02:38:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-25T02:38:00","slug":"nats-take-series-move-out-of-30th-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/05\/nats-take-series-move-out-of-30th-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats take series, move out of 30th place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington 4 CINCINNATI 3 (<i>ESPN<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/scores.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=270524117\"><b>Boxscore<\/b><\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get to see any of last night&#8217;s game because I was at the <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Bart Richards Award<\/span> a topic I&#8217;ll write about next week. When I got to my car and turned on the radio, I was quite pleased to learn that the Nats had taken the series over the Reds with a 4-3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>1B <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Dimitri Young<\/span> went 3 for 4 last night and drove in two runs. SS <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Cristian Guzman<\/span> hit his first home run of the season. P Mike Bacsik pitched 7 2\/3 innings for the win, his first since 2004. He has a 1.98 ERA in two starts with the Nationals this season. Last spring, the Nationals couldn&#8217;t find a spot for him and let him go. A 11-0 AAA season in the Diamondbacks organization made ssistant general managers Mike Rizzo and Bob Boone beg for him to sign with D.C. again. So far, it has paid off. His success and the success of other Nats pitchers can be traced to C <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Brian Schneider<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/24\/AR2007052402292.html?hpid=moreheadlines\"><b>Bacsik Keeps Nats Rolling<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070525-124026-2692r.htm\"><b>Bacsik finally breaks through<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Both broadsheets write about former Nat <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Gary Majewski<\/span>. He hasn&#8217;t been following the controversy over his trade to Cincy. &#8220;I don&#8217;t read the paper. Don&#8217;t look at the Internet &#8212; if it&#8217;s not about hunting or fishing.&#8221; He remains close with Chad Cordero who attended his wedding in the offseason. Majewski also lost his half-sister in an ATV accident recently &#8212; &#8220;People die every day, and it sucks it&#8217;s a family member. But you grieve a couple days, and then you just got to get back to what you&#8217;re doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/24\/AR2007052402484.html\"><b>Majewski Tries To Shake Off Tribulations<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070524-114710-1034r_page2.htm\"><b>Majewski&#8217;s career, life take a turn<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Cordero, he faced four batters in his save.<\/p>\n<p>3B <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Zimmerman<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-747327~Stadiums__fans_keep_Zim_on_his_toes.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">talks about his favorite ballparks<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Examiner<\/span>) and chooses Wrigley Field as #1. Petco Park and Minute Maid Park (he like the choo-choo) also get high marks. Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati has &#8220;nothing unique&#8221; about it is well lit.<\/p>\n<p>As noted in my Google Reader, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jacqueline Dupree<\/span> is now getting a <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Post<\/span> byline once a week in the District Extra. Her first article is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/23\/AR2007052300600.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Zoning Commission Hits Home Run for Parking Lots<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Wayne Krivsky, you are now the GM for <a href=\"http:\/\/news.enquirer.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/AB\/20070525\/SPT04\/705250408\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">the worst NL team<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Cincy Enquirer<\/span>)!<\/p>\n<p>It is on to St. Louis tonight to take on Dr. Calvert&#8217;s Cardinals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington 4 CINCINNATI 3 (ESPN Boxscore) I didn&#8217;t get to see any of last night&#8217;s game because I was at the Bart Richards Award a topic I&#8217;ll write about next week. 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