{"id":22348,"date":"2013-09-13T12:44:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T16:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=22348"},"modified":"2013-09-13T12:44:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T16:44:39","slug":"coo-andy-feffer-is-leaving-nats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/09\/coo-andy-feffer-is-leaving-nats\/","title":{"rendered":"COO Andy Feffer is leaving Nats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Nationals chief operating officer <strong>Andy Feffer<\/strong> is leaving the franchise:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Just got off the phone with Nats COO Andy Feffer, who is leaving the organization to start a new sports venture at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcsportsbog\/statuses\/378555199830228992\">September 13, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He was the proponent of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/tag\/natitude\">Natitude<\/a> which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/10\/the-nats-players-and-coaches-really-bailed-out-andy-feffer-on-natitude.html\">worked out great last year<\/a> (even when it wasn&#8217;t spelled correctly:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcsportsbog\">@dcsportsbog<\/a> lol look at what we got in the store <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23nattitude&amp;src=hash\">#nattitude<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23natinals&amp;src=hash\">#natinals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23thelegendcontinues&amp;src=hash\">#thelegendcontinues<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/KtwxYojK\">pic.twitter.com\/KtwxYojK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Bobby (@KBobLife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KBobLife\/statuses\/253558172483207168\">October 3, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>but this year&#8230;not so much: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NL-standings-20130913.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NL-standings-20130913.png?resize=476%2C163\" alt=\"\" title=\"NL-standings-20130913\" width=\"476\" height=\"163\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take back the park kind of worked though.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the same problems that have long plagued the Nats &#8212; poor customer service in the park and high concession prices haven&#8217;t gone away. Whatever he said sounded like boilerplate text from marketing textbooks too &#8212; at least Stan Kasten knew and enjoyed his b.s.<\/p>\n<p>When more comes out, I&#8217;ll update this post with more information. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/dc-sports-bog\/wp\/2013\/09\/13\/andy-feffer-leaving-nationals-organization\/\">Andy Feffer leaving Nationals organization<\/a> &#8211; DC Sports Bog, <em>The Post<\/em><br \/>\nI had forgotten about &#8220;\u201csmart card\u201d season-ticket passes and virtual ticketing&#8221; because I am not a season ticket holder. Since I hadn&#8217;t heard about it in a while, that means it probably worked.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what direction the Nats will go, but I hope the next person in at least tries to sound like a baseball executive who knows Washington and not some generic suit. The Nats could do a lot more to embrace the city, its culture and the baseball history here, but that was never going to happen with Feffer around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LASTLY<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nationals\">@nationals<\/a>: Now that Mr. Feffer is leaving, please bring back fireworks so <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieSlowes\">@CharlieSlowes<\/a> gets his HR call back. Thanks. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcsportsbog\">@dcsportsbog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie &amp; Dave Army (@CharlieDaveArmy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieDaveArmy\/statuses\/378859537001746432\">September 14, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Nationals chief operating officer Andy Feffer is leaving the franchise: Just got off the phone with Nats COO Andy Feffer, who is leaving the organization to start a new sports venture at the end of the season. &mdash; Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) September 13, 2013 He was the proponent of Natitude which worked out great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,106],"tags":[181,1222,1224],"class_list":["post-22348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2013","category-washington-nationals","tag-andrew-feffer","tag-nats","tag-nats-front-office"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COO Andy Feffer is leaving Nats - William F. 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