{"id":335,"date":"2005-04-08T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-08T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/335.html"},"modified":"2005-04-08T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-08T09:59:00","slug":"335-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/335-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NATS WIN FIRST SERIES; MORE TV ON THE WAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A34699-2005Apr7.html\"><b>Nationals&#8217; Vidro Turns On the Power<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><b>10th-Inning Homer Lifts Team to 2-1: Nationals 5, Phillies 4<\/b><br \/>First place! The first series in franchise history has been won by the Nationals. To make it even sweeter, it is against Cliff&#8217;s Phillies. We are off to a good start. Bring on the Marlins!<\/p>\n<p>More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050408-123021-8194r.htm\"><b>Guess who&#8217;s tied for first place?<\/b><\/a> and <i>The Inqy<\/i>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/mld\/philly\/sports\/11338327.htm\"><b>Phils&#8217; pen runs dry again; Nats rally and win in 10th<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A35042-2005Apr7.html\"><b>Nats&#8217; TV Coverage Gets Upgrade<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><b>Next Nine Games Will Be Shown on Channel 20<\/b><br \/>This is great news for fans. The city council played a little hardball on this one and MLB is working out some over the air arrangements. <i>The Wash. Times<\/i> reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050408-123031-2553r.htm\"><b>120 Nats games due for local TV<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.upn20dc.com\/whatson\/nationals\/\"><b>WDCA 2005 Nationals Broadcast Schedule<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><b>Mike Wise<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A35493-2005Apr7.html\"><b>Will the Real Loaiza Please Stand Up?<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Is Wise going to write a column about the Nats every day? Do we really want that? Anyhow, he writes about something that we already know &#8212; Loaiza is inconsistent.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A34114-2005Apr7.html\"><b>Subway Series<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Tips from the Weekend section for pregame activities along Metro.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A34085-2005Apr7.html\"><b>Hungry? You&#8217;ll Do Okay at the Ballpark<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dcexaminer.com\/articles\/2005\/04\/08\/top_news\/03newsdc08metro.txt\"><b>Fans, trains and automobiles<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/><b>Metro, Nats at odds over costs of keeping trains running late on game day<\/b><br \/>They will work this out, pretty quickly too, methinks.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dcexaminer.com\/articles\/2005\/04\/08\/news\/d_c_news\/04anews08vote.txt\"><b>Politics to reign at RFK opener<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/>It is interesting how the Nats are becoming a <i>cause celebre<\/i> for the voting rights crowd. Does it bother me? 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