{"id":25115,"date":"2016-08-25T09:55:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=25115"},"modified":"2016-08-25T09:55:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:55:58","slug":"for-posterity-katie-ledecky-and-the-nats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2016\/08\/for-posterity-katie-ledecky-and-the-nats\/","title":{"rendered":"For posterity, Katie Ledecky and the Nats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swimmer <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> visited Nationals Park last night for the Washington Nationals home game since she returned from her 5 medal (4 gold) performance at the Rio Olympics. The Bethesda-native threw out the ceremonial first pitch with Bryce Harper standing by her side, holding her medals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great time at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nationals\">@Nationals<\/a> game tonight! Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bharper3407\">@Bharper3407<\/a> for the hand! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9slpK6YC0g\">https:\/\/t.co\/9slpK6YC0g<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dw3Be5pDvJ\">pic.twitter.com\/dw3Be5pDvJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katieledecky\/status\/768650888349093889\">August 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=1092671183&#038;topic_id=6479266&#038;width=400&#038;height=224&#038;property=mlb' width='400' height='224' frameborder='0'>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ledecky joined the TV booth in the third inning to talk about it as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=1091211783&#038;topic_id=21753540&#038;width=400&#038;height=224&#038;property=mlb' width='400' height='224' frameborder='0'>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t her visit to Nationals Park. In 2014, she threw out the first pitch before NLDS Game 1.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=36745301&#038;topic_id=6479266&#038;width=400&#038;height=224&#038;property=mlb' width='400' height='224' frameborder='0'>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so the results of those games haven&#8217;t been great, but that&#8217;s not on her. Last night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2016\/08\/25\/how-katie-ledeckys-first-pitch-ranks-among-historys-best-and-worst\/\">she do throw a strike<\/a> (<em>The Post<\/em>) or at least close enough for Dave Jageler to have a strong opinion.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012 though, she threw out the first pitch and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/09\/nationals-beat-cubs-to-clinch-first-winning-baseball-season-in-d-c-since-69-senators.html\">the Nats went on to clinch the first winning season for D.C. baseball since 1969<\/a> with a win over the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AbBMb3MLBGg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ledecky also played in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/dc-sports-bog\/wp\/2013\/09\/09\/nats-wives-prepare-for-wounded-warrior-softball-game\/\">celebrity vs. Wounded Warriors softball game<\/a> in 2013 (DC Sports Bog, <em>The Post<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Noted DC Sports <em>sentimentalist<\/em> @bogcommenter made another observation:<\/p>\n<blockquoteclass=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone pointed this out: she was 8 when team came here. A first generation Natskid. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lYIrrCRxPt\">https:\/\/t.co\/lYIrrCRxPt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; InternetContrarian(@bogcommenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bogcommenter\/status\/768577617939357701\">August 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script asyncsrc=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ah, the passage of time. This is the 12th season since baseball returned to the District and we&#8217;re to the point where people old enough to vote don&#8217;t remember life before them. <\/p>\n<p>Ledecky&#8217;s also known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/ted-leonsis-fan-friend-of-katie-ledecky\/c-281321182\">her Capitals and Wizards fandom<\/a> (<em>NHL.com<\/em>) , but she&#8217;s apparently got split allegiances now with <a href=\"http:\/\/islanders.nhl.com\/club\/news.htm?id=891408\">her uncle owning the New York Islanders<\/a> (<em>NHL.com<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d rather watch her swim than throw out ceremonial first pitches, <a href=\"http:\/\/results.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=ledecky-katie\/index.html\">go right ahead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further reading<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/thenatsblog.com\/2016\/08\/katie-ledeckys-first-pitch-ruled\/'>Katie Ledecky\u2019s First Pitch Ruled<\/a> \u2013 <em>The Nats Blog<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic swimming gold medalist Katie Ledecky is a big Washington Nationals fan and has thrown out several ceremonial first pitches.<\/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":[20,57,100,104,106],"tags":[343,977,1220,1222,1318],"class_list":["post-25115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capitalsnhl","category-natsmlb-2016","category-video","category-washington-capitals","category-washington-nationals","tag-bryce-harper","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-nationals-park","tag-nats","tag-olympics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>For posterity, Katie Ledecky and the Nats - William F. 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