{"id":27514,"date":"2019-10-20T22:21:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T02:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=27514"},"modified":"2019-10-20T22:21:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T02:21:49","slug":"while-we-wait-for-the-world-series-to-begin-nats-news-and-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2019\/10\/while-we-wait-for-the-world-series-to-begin-nats-news-and-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"While we wait for the World Series to begin: Nats news and comment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the interregnum between Washington Nationals winning the pennant and the start of the World Series on Tuesday, the stories have been piling up. Lots of good stuff here &#8212; my 5 year old enjoyed me reading some of these to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Boswell sets the scene<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Post<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/the-world-series-is-back-in-dc-after-86-years-enjoy-the-ride-because-anything-can-happen\/2019\/10\/21\/6856483a-f376-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html\"><strong>The World Series is back in D.C. after 86 years. Enjoy the ride, because anything can happen. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tom Boswell<\/strong> has waited his whole career to write this column. It&#8217;s a good first pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The beginning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>CityPaper<\/em>: Getting to First Base &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/sports\/article\/21092892\/the-riveting-story-of-how-the-washington-nationals-arrived-in-dc\"><strong>How the deal to bring baseball to D.C. nearly fell apart <\/strong><\/a><br><strong>Tom Sherwood<\/strong> recaps the tumultuous several months after Bud Selig said &#8220;<a href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/2004\/09\/mayor-tony-williams-holds-up-html.html\"><strong>Baseball is back in Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/a>&#8220;<br><br>Of course, I was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/category\/natsexpos-2004\">providing contemporary coverage as well<\/a>,<\/strong> in this blog&#8217;s early days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh and who should throw out the first pitch for Game 3? Mayor <strong>Anthony Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/09\/victory.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/09\/victory.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/09\/victory.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>September 29, 2004 was a very good day\/ I wish I still had the raw photo so this could be bigger.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nonagenarians are excited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/56\/140235308_2bd45640b5_b.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>A youthful Ted Lerner shakes hands with a city councilman in 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Post<\/em>: We all know Ted Lerner has been waiting a long time &#8211; he was born during the 1925 World Series and the Nats clinched the pennant on his birthday.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/nationals\/for-owner-ted-lerner-nationals-world-series-berth-is-a-family-celebration\/2019\/10\/19\/b8e8e694-f28c-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html\"><strong> It&#8217;s all family affair to him<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/44\/140235306_2ed46681a8_b.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>This was all Mark&#8217;s idea (2006)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charlie Brotman the former Stadium announcer for the Washington Senators reacts to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nationals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Nationals<\/a> winning a spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldSeries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldSeries<\/a>. His thoughts about the past and the future of Washington baseball on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/News4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#News4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcwashington?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nbcwashington<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DjLP4By1sI\">pic.twitter.com\/DjLP4By1sI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chris Gordon (@ChrisGordonNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisGordonNews\/status\/1184655230471954433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Charlie Brotman<\/strong>&#8216;s a legend for a lot of reasons. He&#8217;s a great guy who has always been kind to me, including <a href=\"https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/2005\/04\/327.html\"><strong>a 2005 profile<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NBC Washington<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/sports\/Lorenzo-Crowe-98-Year-Old-Superfan-Will-Finally-See-the-World-Series-563455061.html\"><strong>98-year old Lorenzo Crowe<\/strong><\/a>, former Negro League shortstop, attends most Nats game among other area teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaking of the Negro Leagues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3573\/3441348698_f2ccc72041_b.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Josh Gibson statue in its former Nationals Park location<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>WTOP<\/em>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/sports-columns\/2019\/10\/column-in-celebrating-the-nationals-world-series-remember-the-grays\/\">Column: In celebrating the Nationals\u2019 World Series, remember the Grays<\/a><\/strong><br>The Homestead Grays made Griffith Stadium their second home in the 1940s, playing in several  Negro League World Series and winning the final edition in 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mr. Walkoff has seen some things<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/7241292086\/sizes\/l\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/8149\/7241292086_d93366cf4f.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ryan Zimmerman, Bryce Harper\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Ryan Zimmerman taking batting practice in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/if-its-happened-to-the-nationals-ryan-zimmerman-has-lived-it-11571236225\"><strong>If It\u2019s Happened to the Nationals, Ryan Zimmerman Has Lived It<\/strong><\/a><br>5,164 days (that&#8217;s 14 years 1 month 21 days) and <br>1,689 regular season and 28 postseason games, #11 is arriving at his first World Series. He&#8217;s <a href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/category\/mr-walkoff\"><strong>Mr. Walkoff<\/strong><\/a> you know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This is Howie do it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Post<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2019\/10\/20\/how-howie-kendrick-went-undersized-unrecruited-nationals-nlcs-mvp\/\"><strong>How Howie Kendrick went from undersized and unrecruited to the Nationals\u2019 NLCS MVP<\/strong><\/a> <br>Kendrick&#8217;s time in D.C. has had some swings and since Game 5 of the NLDS, it&#8217;s been an upswing. New to me &#8212; he introduces himself as Howard.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PVi8bJFIac8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former Nats across generations are happy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/39\/85829037_96666f0cc5_b.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>After the last game of 2005<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Post<\/em>:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/nationals\/fourteen-years-after-baseballs-return-to-dc-the-original-nats-love-what-theyre-seeing\/2019\/10\/17\/d9e0f4a0-f10a-11e9-b648-76bcf86eb67e_story.html\"><strong>Fourteen years after baseball\u2019s return to D.C., the original Nats love what they\u2019re seeing<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><br>Svrluga shares with us that 2005 players are excited (just don&#8217;t look at their twitter feeds).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/rays\/2019\/10\/19\/before-nats-reached-series-senators-reached-new-depths\/?fbclid=IwAR3RTr3xzngw4FBcCGEokLXWBuJRTT3xlZ1NxqPENBNKhDObtZieS-IXdM4\"><strong>Before Nats reached Series, Senators reached new depths<\/strong><\/a><br>I would not have guessed a Florida paper for some old Washington Senators recollections, but sure enough <strong>Frank Howard<\/strong> and <strong>Dick Bosman<\/strong> spoke with columnist <strong>Martin Fennelly<\/strong>. It&#8217;s quite good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/1062\/1027628640_9376509dd2_b.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Frank Howard in 2007<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, speaking of Frank Howard, that photo is from a bottle signing at a DC liquor store in 2007. My bottle was opened when my Penn State Nittany Lions beat Howard&#8217;s Ohio State buckeyes in 2008 for the BigTen title. However, former Nats blogger R. Scott Rogers waited longer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/rscottrogers\/status\/1184450696629891073\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The credit goes to the man(ager) in the arena<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3619\/3440566781_30c01118e3_b.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>That&#8217;s what he said, right?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Wash. Times<\/em>:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/oct\/17\/dave-martinezs-message-style-have-not-changed-day-\/ \"><strong>Martinez&#8217;s message, style have not changed since day he took Nationals job<\/strong><\/a><br><strong>Davey Martinez<\/strong> would not have been my guess for the skipper that won the first modern pennant, nor my first choice, but he got it done.<br><br>As I said in my <a href=\"https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/2019\/10\/flags-fly-forever-nationals-win-nl-pennant-dc-gets-first-world-series-since-1933.html\"><strong>Flags Fly Forever<\/strong><\/a> post, I credit Martinez for letting the team find its own culture instead of trying to impose it on them  ?  ?  .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/doubleuefwhy\/status\/991298214501462016\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media recollections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Post<\/em>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/for-the-33-years-before-the-nats-arrival-dc-didnt-have-a-team-much-less-a-winner\/2019\/10\/19\/ba610654-f120-11e9-89eb-ec56cd414732_story.html\">For the 33 years before the Nats\u2019 arrival, D.C. didn\u2019t have a team, much less a winner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Solomon was sports editor during the no-baseball editor. As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericfingerhut\/status\/1185674315720744960\"><strong>@ericfingerhut noted<\/strong><\/a>, Solomon was fairy quiet on his collaboration on treating Baltimore as the home team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Post<\/em>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2019\/10\/20\/beat-goes\/?arc404=true\">Do you want to get Barry Svrluga and Adam Kilgore&#8217;s take on all of this?<\/a><\/strong> I bet you do! Chelsea Janes and <a href=\"https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/2009\/03\/nats-beat-writer-chico-harlan-does-not-like-his-job.html\"><strong>Chico Harlan<\/strong><\/a>? Maybe, probably oh no, don&#8217;t even&#8230;something, something failing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh and that hobbit&#8217;s decided he&#8217;s a Nats fan now?! Dude, we know where you&#8217;re from.<br><br>Wags? <em>Wags?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washingtonian<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/2019\/10\/16\/maury-povich-who-was-a-senators-bat-boy-in-the-40s-on-what-the-nats-win-means-to-him\/\"><strong>Maury Povich, Who Was a Senators Bat Boy in the \u201940s, on What the Nats Win Means to Him<\/strong><\/a><br>Prior to whatever it is that he does now, Shirley Povich&#8217;s son was a bat boy and DC sportscaster. He&#8217;s very happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planet Houston<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Houston Astros defeated the Yankees on<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E8HRUTUxKw0\"> Jose Altuve bottom of the 9th walk-off home run off of Aroldis Chapman<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/jessespector\/status\/1185775060847607809\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/em_dash01\/status\/1185777835035762689\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up until 2013, Houston was in the National League and it&#8217;s still weird thinking of them in the American League. It&#8217;s worked out for them though they removed that gimmicky left field when then switched. That nonsense belonged in the AL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Astros came a long way in a short period of time. This happened against the Nats in 2012:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iMh1Zp8ETPc\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years ago, they won their first World Series.<br><br>I also remember a <a href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/2005\/07\/515.html\"><strong>2005 bloodbath<\/strong><\/a> in the hottest baseball game I think I ever attended at RFK Stadium. I think that&#8217;s the game that had me realize the Nats weren&#8217;t going to win the division.<br><br>In 2009, there was <a href=\"https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/2009\/05\/an-odd-sixth-inning-in-an-odd-nats-vs-astros-game.html\"><strong>Cinco de Furlough<\/strong><\/a>, a day game that went ham in the sixth inning before a storm forced the ending to be played months later in Houston and <a href=\"https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/2009\/07\/pirates-joel-hanrahan-finally-gets-his-first-nats-win-of-2009.html\"><strong>won by a pitcher that had been traded to Pittsburgh<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <em>The Post<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2019\/sports\/amp-stories\/matchups-nationals-astros-world-series\/\"><strong>A Closer look  at the Nationals and Astros&#8217; star-studded lineups<\/strong><\/a> <br>The Astros are scary &#8211; Gerit Cole, Justin Verlander and Zach Greinke as starters match up very well with Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin. Plus Altuve and not the worst bullpen in the postseason. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalbaseball.com\/2010\/12\/20\/1886490\/washington-nationals-wanted-zack-greinke-d-c-gm-mike-rizzo-would-have\">I&#8217;m very on-board with the Nats beating Greinke<\/a><\/strong> though (<em>Federal Baseball<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Post<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2019\/10\/21\/astros-could-force-nationals-ditch-their-navy-blue-uniforms-world-series\/\"><strong>Astros could force the Nationals to ditch their navy blue uniforms in World Series<\/strong><\/a><br>The Nats are 8-0 this postseason in blue. The Astros went 7-1 in blue in the regular season, but have stuck with traditional white and gray at home and away, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Cheer up, New Yorkers&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;you&#8217;ve been spared all those tired columns from expatriate Washingtonians talking about how you cannot get a good half-smoke or mambo sauce in Manhattan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finally<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nso_musicians\/status\/1186007127325839360?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Post<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2019\/10\/21\/how-baby-shark-became-anthem-nationals-season-world-series-run\/\"><strong>How \u2018Baby Shark\u2019 became the anthem of the Nationals\u2019 2019 season and World Series run<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gerardo Parra, the hero we needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>P.S. 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