{"id":371,"date":"2005-04-27T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-27T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/371.html"},"modified":"2005-04-27T09:38:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-27T09:38:00","slug":"371-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/371-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HERSHEY OFFICIALLY A CAPS AFFILIATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050426-114754-6354r.htm\"><b>A sweet deal for Caps: Minor league affiliation with Hershey<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>The legendary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hersheybears.com\"><b>Hershey Bears<\/b><\/a> are now part of the Washington Capitals system, making Pennsylvania&#8217;s Capital region home of two D.C. farm teams.<\/p>\n<p>This makes a lot of sense for the Capitals, since Hershey is a lot closer to D.C. than Portland, Maine. This also gives  the Caps a foothold in southern Pennsylvania, which means that their market could (in theory) be from Richmond to Harrisburg, though I hardly expect folks up there to dump the Pengyunz and Flyers right away. I might have to catch a game up there sometime.<\/p>\n<p>Also, with the Caps market now being Richmond to Harrisburg, it includes three state capitals (Richmond, Annapolis, and Harrisburg) and one nation&#8217;s capital &#8212; very appropriate given the team name.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if we can only get the NHL playing again and keep the Nats in D.C., we will really be on to something.<\/p>\n<p>More from the <i>Patriot-News<\/i>: <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/patriotnews\/index.ssf?\/base\/sports\/1114593735159220.xml\"><b>Bears, Capitals join forces<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previously on <i>WWN<\/i>: <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/harrisburg-d.html\"><b>HARRISBURG &#8212; D.C. JUNIOR? 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