{"id":25194,"date":"2016-09-26T09:29:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T13:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=25194"},"modified":"2016-09-26T09:29:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T13:29:36","slug":"dc-division-champions-nats-win-third-nl-east-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2016\/09\/dc-division-champions-nats-win-third-nl-east-title\/","title":{"rendered":"DC = Division Champions &#8211; Nats win third NL East title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a lot of news in sports since Saturday night and aside from a DC <em>bifecta<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doubleuefwhy\/status\/780050248412434435\">burgundy football pants<\/a> on Sunday, it&#8217;s been really bad. Let&#8217;s cheer up a little and remember that the Washington Nationals have won the National League East for the third time in three seasons.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=1187064583&#038;topic_id=8877508&#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>Kind of nice to clinch in Pittsburgh too, even though <a href=\"http:\/\/m.nationals.mlb.com\/wsh\/video\/v1187492883\/?game_pk=449200\">they didn&#8217;t take it well<\/a> on Sunday. On Saturday night though, Nats fans who made the trip had a good time:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcsportsbog\">@dcsportsbog<\/a> Nats fans at PNC at the moment we clinched!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MKRjR3jW2Q\">pic.twitter.com\/MKRjR3jW2Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon B (@Phiask0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phiask0\/status\/779882324595007488\">September 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In happier times, <a href=\"http:\/\/wtop.com\/washington-nationals\/2016\/09\/nats-harper-wears-ledecky-swim-cap-nl-east-title-win-celebration\/\">Bryce Harper celebrated in Katie Ledecky&#8217;s swim cap<\/a> (<em>WTOP<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The Nats will face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS and are 1.5 games up on home field advantage. Two more series, both at Nationals Park remain for the Nats, starting the Arizona Diamondbacks, followed by the grieving Miami Marlins. The Dodgers will be on the road, finishing in San Francisco in Vin Scully&#8217;s much-discussed final game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Nationals clinched a third NL East title in five seasons and head to the 2016 NLDS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25195,"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":[57,100,106],"tags":[1222,1479],"class_list":["post-25194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-natsmlb-2016","category-video","category-washington-nationals","tag-nats","tag-pittsburgh-pirates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DC = Division Champions - Nats win third NL East title - William F. 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