{"id":23502,"date":"2014-03-31T06:52:51","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T10:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=23502"},"modified":"2014-03-31T06:52:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T10:52:51","slug":"happy-opening-day-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2014\/03\/happy-opening-day-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Opening Day 2014!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations everyone, we made it! Opening Day is finally here and the Washington Nationals begin their 10th 21st century season at 1:10 in the borough of Queens as they face the New York Mets. <strong>Stephen Strasbug<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/nationals-journal\/wp\/2014\/03\/30\/stephen-strasburg-i-think-the-sky-is-the-limit-with-this-club\/?clsrd\">gets his third consecutive Opening Day start for DC<\/a> (<em>The Post<\/em>), while <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mlb\/player\/batvspitch\/_\/id\/30139\/dillon-gee\">Nats killer Dillon Gee starts<\/a> (<em>ESPN<\/em>) for the Flushing Nine.<\/p>\n<p>Strasburg is the only Nats starter to win an Opening Day game which was last year against the Miami Marlins. Given that fact, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Washington_Nationals_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers\">the Nats Opening Day record isn&#8217;t spectacular<\/a>, going 3-8 since 2005. They have won their last two though. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/03\/sports\/baseball\/mets-are-baseballs-best-on-opening-day.html?_r=0\">Mets boast the best Opening Day record in all of baseball<\/a> <em>The Times<\/em>, an impressive feat given their 0-8 start in their early years. They actually won a World Series before they won on Opening Day. <\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2014\/03\/2014-nats-vs-mets-qa-with-eric-mcerlain.html\">2014 Nats vs. Mets Q&#038;A with Eric McErlain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The game should be in our nation&#8217;s capital, but MLB commissioner Bud Selig is more worried about coddling his friend Peter Angelos <a href=\"http:\/\/dcbaseballhistory.com\/2012\/03\/opening-day-in-washington-throwing-out-the-first-ball\/\">than respecting long-standing traditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, enough commentary, let&#8217;s focus on the joy that is this national holiday. Sadly, I have to work but I plan to take a late lunch and watch the first part of the game at a pub, then switch to over to the sweet sounds of Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My take &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2014\/03\/i-remembered-to-submit-my-dc-ibwa-2014-nats-predictions.html\">the Nats will win the NL East again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Post<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>The Post&#39;s 2014 Nats preview section is out. Eight pages of stories &amp; info. All the links: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/rTOS8lwZEp\">http:\/\/t.co\/rTOS8lwZEp<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/8YeYGpWcbc\">pic.twitter.com\/8YeYGpWcbc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Wagner (@JamesWagnerWP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesWagnerWP\/statuses\/450304508308885504\">March 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Wash. Times<\/em> has PDFs for much of their Opening Day coverage. Really. I&#8217;m no even going to link to that on account of it being 2014.<\/p>\n<p>CSN Washington doesn&#8217;t have a specific section, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnwashington.com\/nationals\">so here&#8217;s their whole coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, time to put up the flag &#8212; the rain\/sleet\/snow over the weekend kept from doing that or putting up the bunting earlier. Have a great Opening Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations everyone, we made it! Opening Day is finally here and the Washington Nationals begin their 10th 21st century season at 1:10 in the borough of Queens as they face the New York Mets. 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