{"id":3425,"date":"2008-07-14T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/07\/finally-the-all-star-break.html"},"modified":"2008-07-14T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T16:24:00","slug":"finally-the-all-star-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/07\/finally-the-all-star-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, the All-Star break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That was an awful week for the Washington Nationals, easily the worst that the franchise has had since arriving in the capital if not since being formed in 1969 in Montreal. A few days of not playing is desperately needed. Hopefully, the front office will evaluate all of the issues facing them and make some progress addressing them in a meaningful way. They need good PR more than the president right now &#8212; hey Kasten, give us a reason why we should care about this team this season.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to recap all that went wrong, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/07\/13\/AR2008071301996.html?sid=ST2008071301957&#038;pos=list\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Thomas Boswell&#8217;s column<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>) is a start, as is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/discussion\/2008\/07\/02\/DI2008070202737.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">his chat<\/span><\/a> from Friday.<\/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><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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