{"id":2390,"date":"2007-09-07T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/09\/farm-system-looking-better-radio-negotiations.html"},"modified":"2007-09-07T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T09:46:00","slug":"farm-system-looking-better-radio-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/09\/farm-system-looking-better-radio-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm system looking better; radio negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070907\/SPORTS02\/109070105\/1005\/SPORTS\"><b>From worst to &#8230; not quite first<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Coming off of two strong drafts, the Nationals farm system is expected to leap out of last place in the <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Baseball America<\/span> rankings. While the franchise has been successful in acquiring exciting prospects, it still lacks depth.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/09\/06\/AR2007090602600.html\"><b>Team Trying to Keep Its Place on Radio Dial<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>The front office is in negoiations with Bonneville to keep the Nats on the 1500 AM, 107.7 FM and 820 AM frequencies that have been known as Washington Post Radio, but will become 3WT in a few weeks. They would probably have to buy the time and sell the advertising rather than get a rights fee. This is apparently fairly common these days and teh same kind of arrangement the Capitals have with Bonneville.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to see this deal happen, I also want to see <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Charlie Slowes<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Dave Jaegler<\/span> retained, the former has really grown on me. On the TV side, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Bob Carpenter&#8217;s<\/span> contract is up and I am pretty ambivalent about him. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Don Sutton<\/span> has a multi-year contract, so he will be around for a while.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">JIM BOWDEN<\/span> &#8211; <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-921151~Nats_have_shown_heart.html\"><b>Nats have shown heart<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/>For some reason, I actually read Bowden&#8217;s column today. He talks up the team for defying expectations of many in baseball.<\/p>\n<p><b>RYAN ZIMMERMAN<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-921154~Nats_have_chance_to_play_spoiler.html\"><b>Nats have chance to play spoiler<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/>The third baseman is looking forward to playing spoiler and the easier travel schedule (All NL East teams) in the last several weeks of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Nats open a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070907\/SPORTS02\/109070096\/1005\/SPORTS\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">three game series<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>) in Atlanta tonight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From worst to &#8230; not quite first &#8211; The Wash. TimesComing off of two strong drafts, the Nationals farm system is expected to leap out of last place in the Baseball America rankings. While the franchise has been successful in acquiring exciting prospects, it still lacks depth. 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