{"id":347,"date":"2005-04-14T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-14T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/347.html"},"modified":"2005-04-14T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-14T09:59:00","slug":"347-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/347-2\/","title":{"rendered":"OPENING NIGHT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No time for commentary on this momentous day, so it is just headlines today.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Post<\/i><\/p>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A51510-2005Apr13.html\"><b>The Old Ballgame in a New City<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A51285-2005Apr13.html\"><b>Finally, Nationals Call Themselves Homeowners<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A51286-2005Apr13.html\"><b>RFK Schedule<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A51389-2005Apr13.html\"><b>Nationals Draw Another Bid Group<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A51287-2005Apr13.html\"><b>RFK&#8217;s Field May Be Named For Military<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><b>Editorial<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A51657-2005Apr13.html\"><b>Baseball Tonight<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><b>Anthony A. Williams and Jack Evans<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A51672-2005Apr13.html\"><b>A Good TV Deal for the Nats<\/b><\/a>\n<p><i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/national\/20050414-122700-6701r.htm\"><b>Welcome home, Nationals<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050414-120342-6377r.htm\"><b>Finally, our time has come<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050414-120326-5463r.htm\"><b>First pitches frequently wind up imperfect<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050414-120343-3468r.htm\"><b>Nationals&#8217; Guillen slugs Braves into submission<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050413-115701-7954r.htm\"><b>Ohka survives lack of control<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050413-115708-8521r.htm\"><b>Stadium sponsor enlisted for today<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><b>Editorial<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/op-ed\/20050413-093810-8953r.htm\"><b>Opening day<\/b><\/a>\n<p><i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><\/p>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dcexaminer.com\/articles\/2005\/04\/14\/top_news\/04enewsdc14announce.txt\"><b>RFK Opener! How to get there, what we&#8217;ll see<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dcexaminer.com\/articles\/2005\/04\/14\/news\/d_c_news\/04anewsdc14survival.txt\"><b>Opening Day survival guide<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dcexaminer.com\/articles\/2005\/04\/14\/news\/maryland_news\/01cnewsdc14rfkcomm.txt\"><b>Commentary &#8211; A sneak peek at RFK<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dcexaminer.com\/articles\/2005\/04\/14\/news\/n_virginia_news\/001_col_media.txt\"><b>Nats on verge of media blitz<\/b><\/a>\n<p><i>USA Today<\/i><\/p>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/baseball\/nl\/nationals\/2005-04-13-baseball-back-in-washington_x.htm\"><b>Baseball: A capital idea, again<\/b><\/a>\n<li type=\"square\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/gallery\/2005\/brotman\/flash.htm\" onClick=\"window.open('','popup927','width=637,height=460,left=100,top=100,resizable,scrollbars=no')\" target=\"popup927\"><b>Hear <br \/>      legendary voice of the Senators<\/b><\/a> (Flash feature on Charlie Brotman)<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No time for commentary on this momentous day, so it is just headlines today. 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