{"id":2138,"date":"2007-06-05T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/06\/nats-had-yesterday-off.html"},"modified":"2007-06-05T09:29:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T09:29:00","slug":"nats-had-yesterday-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/06\/nats-had-yesterday-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats had yesterday off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Dana Brown<\/span>, the long suffering scouting director of the Expos\/Nationals says &#8220;there&#8217;s joy with ownership&#8221; when it comes to draft preparation. The whole <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/06\/04\/AR2007060401755.html?hpid=moreheadlines\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">braintrust gets profiled<\/span><\/a> in today&#8217;s <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Post<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ray King<\/span> says that <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Randy St. Claire<\/span> &#8220;watches more video of us than my kid watches cartoons.&#8221; St. Claire needs to watch all that video because in the first 1\/3 of the season he has seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070605-010500-3364r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">nine different pitchers start<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>) for the Nats. When he isn&#8217;t watching video, St. Claire is supervising throwing sessions, playing centerfield in batting practice and throwing bunting practice. He doesn&#8217;t have any aspirations of becoming a manager because he would miss working with pitchers one on one.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Zimmerman<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Austin Kearns<\/span> are looking forward to the new ballpark next year with the hope that many of their deep drives will start hitting seats instead of leather. They have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/06\/04\/AR2007060401675.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">not changed their approach<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>) to hitting though.<\/p>\n<p>Am I the only one that thinks the Nationals should <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">file a grievance<\/span> with the Reds over Ryan Wagner? The reliever <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtopnews.com\/index.php?nid=398&#038;sid=1157947\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">is having arthroscopic surgery<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">AP<\/span>\/<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">WTOP<\/span>) performed by <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">James Andrews<\/span> today in Birmingham. After the surgery, a full diagnosis will be made.<\/p>\n<p>There is another &#8220;Jesus Colome learned how to pitch&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/baseball\/2007-06-04-2126458470_x.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">article<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">AP<\/span>\/<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">USA Today<\/span>) today.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">PRWeb<\/span> notes that a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2007\/6\/prweb530653.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">signing company has been selected<\/span><\/a> for the new ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight begins a three game series with the Pirates. Game on Sam!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana Brown, the long suffering scouting director of the Expos\/Nationals says &#8220;there&#8217;s joy with ownership&#8221; when it comes to draft preparation. The whole braintrust gets profiled in today&#8217;s Post. 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