{"id":24250,"date":"2015-02-09T22:09:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T03:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=24250"},"modified":"2015-02-09T22:09:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T03:09:05","slug":"8-weeks-until-nats-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2015\/02\/8-weeks-until-nats-opening-day\/","title":{"rendered":"8 weeks until Nats Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-six days from now the Washington Nationals first game of the years should be in the record books. We&#8217;re closer to the start of baseball season than the end of it and it&#8217;s a good feeling, but not as good as when it&#8217;s actually here.<\/p>\n<p>I note that baseball is 8 weeks away because I need a convenient headline, but I&#8217;m not quite willing to celebrate &#8220;Truck Day.&#8221; As far as I can tell, &#8220;Truck Day&#8221; was something the Boston Red Sox created to celebrate the departure of team equipment to spring training. It&#8217;s just a little forced to me. I buy into the symbolism of &#8220;Pitchers &#038; Catchers Day&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2014\/02\/alexandria-va-pitchers-and-catchers-day-storm-snowfall-total-at-8-a-m-8-5-inches.html\">especially when it snows up here<\/a>) because it means we&#8217;re really close to wonderful things like daylight savings time and &#8220;best shape of his life&#8221; stories, but Truck Day is too far.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Way to block the bike lane there, ahole.&#10;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W73G4rz5Lh\">https:\/\/t.co\/W73G4rz5Lh<\/a>&#10;&#10;cc: DCBikeMafia<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Needham (@needham_chris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/needham_chris\/status\/564899210714030080\">February 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In other news, the Nats are outfitting DC Little League and adding Frank Robinson to the Ring of Honor, <a href=\"http:\/\/districtsportspage.com\/washington-nationals-mike-rizzo-season-ticket-holder-forum\/27677\">according to District Sports Page&#8217;s Tom Bridge<\/a>. The photo in this post is by him by the way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max Scherzer<\/strong> is overpaid, <a href=\"http:\/\/deadspin.com\/max-scherzers-contract-isnt-quite-as-impressive-as-it-s-1680429105\">his contract is weird<\/a> (<em>Deadspin<\/em>) and I&#8217;d rather they have locked up <strong>Jordan Zimmermann<\/strong>, but this should help them stay competitive. Of course, pitching wasn&#8217;t the problem in the 2014 NLDS was it? Still, hard to argue with making a strength stronger and Zimmermann is apparently ready to leave D.C. as soon as he can according to internet rumors which are verifiable 100% of the time.<\/p>\n<p>The 40% Detroit Tigers-based rotation has a Michigan friend of mine grumbling.<\/p>\n<p>So, nobody asked new MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred why the Nats need to subsidize Peter Angelos and the Baltimore Orioles while he was visiting the Dream Academy, but at least <strong>James Wagner<\/strong> of <em>The Post<\/em> asked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/nationals-journal\/wp\/2015\/02\/04\/rob-manfred-visits-nationals-youth-baseball-academy\/\">what&#8217;s going on with the TV rights fight<\/a>. The question that I would have liked him to ask is why the Nats their own television rights at all &#8212; why are they less of a team than the 29 others? Why does MLB think we&#8217;re less of a fanbase? I don&#8217;t know how many opportunities will present themselves to ask him point blank.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/community\/the-importance-of-the-30-minute-population-radius-on-mlb-attendance\/\">Nats and White Sox have a big differential in weeknight and weekend attendance<\/a> (<em>Fangraphs<\/em>). The obvious answer is because so many fans are coming from Northern Virginia (so, in a way, it&#8217;s a a commuter tax!) and the obvious solution is more targeted marketing to people who live in the District and close-in suburbs. Will it work? Maybe. It&#8217;s a good idea either way.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/nationals-journal\/wp\/2015\/02\/03\/nationals-astros-take-another-step-toward-west-palm-beach-spring-training-site\/\">Nats spring training home appears to be moving down I-95 as West Palm Beach is courting them and the Houston Astros for a complex<\/a> (<em>The Post<\/em>). This would have been really handy circa 1990 when I used to visit grandparents down that way. That being said, I&#8217;m more inclined to visit spring training at a location on the I-95 corridor rather than I-75.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jayson Werth<\/strong> is doing time on the weekends for driving too fast. I thought he&#8217;d get out of it, but instead he got his sentence reduce to 5 days and that&#8217;s good, he&#8217;s being held responsible for being stupid and dangerous. It will be interesting to see how he addresses this publicly given that he wouldn&#8217;t talk to reports following his NLDS performance he hit .059. Either way, who cares what John Feinstein says? Odds that the @bravesorganist plays &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Drive 55&#8221; &#8212; 1:1. I&#8217;ll laugh. He might too.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nRyan Zimmerman<\/strong>, first baseman, will be weird, but makes a lot of sense. Let&#8217;s hope nobody on the infield gets hurt though. Or the outfield or catcher. If history is a guide, there will be lots of injuries from running the bases.<\/p>\n<p>Parking lot P is gone,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdland.com\/dc\/index.cfm\/4136\/Tuesday-Tidbits-News-from-The-Navy-Yard-Blood-Drive-Nats-Par\"> according to JDLand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryce Harper<\/strong> &#8212; now available, ladies. It&#8217;s always said when things don&#8217;t work out. Nice job on the golf course though:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"4\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/yz_NXYAIYP\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">340 yards! Why not? What&#39;s up Happy Gilmore #leftygolf @aaronkurcz @chasenshreve61 @bryanharper45 @sportscenter @ionmellc @underarmour @taylormadegolf<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A video posted by Bryce Harper (@bharper3407) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-02-07T19:50:19+00:00\">Feb 7, 2015 at 11:50am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tickets go sale on February 19. Would somebody please help me pick up an Opening Day ticket? I&#8217;ll get you a local beer too.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re ten years into the Nats. That was really fast and we&#8217;ve come a long way as a fanbase, but the franchise has come even farther. I&#8217;m so glad my sons get to grow up with a big league baseball team. I think I&#8217;ll be tweeting out my inaugural season coverage 10 years after it happened to commemorate a decade of DC baseball.<\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s 56 days until Opening Day<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-six days from now the Washington Nationals first game of the years should be in the record books. We&#8217;re closer to the start of baseball season than the end of it and it&#8217;s a good feeling, but not as good as when it&#8217;s actually here. 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