{"id":2494,"date":"2007-10-02T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/10\/nats-offseason-begins.html"},"modified":"2007-10-02T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-02T10:10:00","slug":"nats-offseason-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/10\/nats-offseason-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats offseason begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/10\/01\/AR2007100101651.html\"><b>Summer&#8217;s Over, So It&#8217;s Back to School<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>For some minor leaugers, it is off to the Instructional League in Viera. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Justin Maxwell<\/span> will be headed to Arizona with players like <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Kory Casto<\/span> and pitchers <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Adam Carr<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Garrett Mock<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Alexis Morales<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Zechry Zinicola<\/span>.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20071002\/SPORTS02\/110020075\/1005\/SPORTS\"><b>A successful season \u2014 for now<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Building up the farm system and winning 73 games have led many to call this past season a success.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/10\/01\/AR2007100101511.html\"><b>Goals Unmet on Stadium Construction Jobs for D.C. Workers<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Old news &#8212; the <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">CityPaper<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/display.php?id=2528\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">broke this story<\/span><\/a> a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20071002\/SPORTS02\/110020073\/1005\/SPORTS\"><b>What&#8217;s next for Nats?<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Four things to look for in the offseason: improving the offense, bolstering the pitching staff, sorting out logjams, and moving to the new ballpark.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/\"><b>Nats Report Card<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Position by position breakdown of the roster.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">HARRY JAFFE<\/span> &#8211; <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-966746~City_s_lies_about_parking_threaten_Opening_Day.html\"><b>City\u2019s lies about parking threaten Opening Day<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/>Jaffe says the District lied about parking at the new ballpark. He warns that &#8220;unless the city, the Metro and the local landowners start cooperating, we might have to hike to the field \u2014 or watch opening night on TV.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><b>RICK SNIDER<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-964812~Will_Nats_find_playoffs_next_year_.html\"><b>Will Nats find playoffs next year?<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/>Probably not. Snider also thinks the start time of games should be 7:35.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><b>PHIL WOOD<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-966748~Expect_Bowden__Nats_to_make_significant_noise_in_the_offseason.html\"><b>Expect Bowden, Nats to make significant noise in the offseason<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inrich.com\/cva\/ric\/sports.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-10-02-0054.html\"><b>Looking for new motivation<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Times-Dispatch<\/i><br \/>Not being historically awful seemed to motivate the Nats, but what about next year when expectations are higher?<\/p>\n<p><!--<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wfy\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/\" rel=\"tag\"><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/\" rel=\"tag\"><\/a>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer&#8217;s Over, So It&#8217;s Back to School &#8211; The PostFor some minor leaugers, it is off to the Instructional League in Viera. 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