{"id":3268,"date":"2008-05-17T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-17T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/05\/evil-triumphs-over-nats-this-time.html"},"modified":"2008-05-17T13:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-17T13:43:00","slug":"evil-triumphs-over-nats-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/05\/evil-triumphs-over-nats-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil triumphs over Nats &#8212; this time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/16\/AR2008051603911.html\"><b>Nats&#8217; Outfielders Miss Their Chances<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080517\/SPORTS02\/335093448\/1005\/SPORTS\"><b>Blown leads seal Nats&#8217; fate in loss<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2008\/052008\/05172008\/380238\"><b>Nats&#8217; Hill can&#8217;t get over his struggles<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Free Lance-Star<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/baseball\/bal-sp.orioles17may17,0,6104323.story\"><b>&#8220;It&#8217;s Orioles magic&#8221;<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Sun<\/i><br \/>The Nats did not get good fielding, pitching and the hitting wasn&#8217;t clutch, so they feel to the forces of evil in Baltimore. Last year, they lost the first two of the Battle of the Beltways before storming back and winning the season series.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/16\/AR2008051603737.html?sid=ST2008051700274\"><b>Slumping Kearns Gets A Day Off<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2008\/052008\/05172008\/380239\"><b>Kearns on the bench<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Free Lance-Star<\/i><br \/>RF <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Austin Kearns<\/span> was benched last night. He needs to get his act together, he is playing well below hi s abilities.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">THOM LOVERRO &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080517\/SPORTS07\/621906570\/1005\/SPORTS\"><b>Palmer, Sutton renew rivalry in MASN booth<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>The combined booth &#8212; announcers from both teams, a likely cost-cutting maneuver for MASN, was not as bad as I expected. It was very odd hearing <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Gary Thorne<\/span> and not <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Bill Clement<\/span> though.<\/p>\n<p>The real problem was the home plate camera was crooked. Could MASN be as incompetent for Baltimore broadcasts as it is for D.C.?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">THOMAS BOSWELL &#8211;  <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/16\/AR2008051604320_3.html?sid=ST2008051700274\"><b>Mystery Game<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>The surprisingly solid rotation has kept the Nats afloat despite the surprisingly awful offense.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080517\/SPORTS02\/650740443\/1005\/SPORTS\"><b>Young returns to the lineup sans Johnson<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Dmitri Young returned to the lineup, as a DH, last night. He went 1 for 4 and expects to be in the lineup everyday during NL games.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/BaltimoreOrioles\" rel=\"tag\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/MASN\" rel=\"tag\">MASN<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nats&#8217; Outfielders Miss Their Chances &#8211; The PostBlown leads seal Nats&#8217; fate in loss &#8211; The Wash. 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