{"id":3770,"date":"2008-12-08T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/12\/13-days-before-the-solstice-winter-meetings-begin.html"},"modified":"2008-12-08T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T17:01:00","slug":"13-days-before-the-solstice-winter-meetings-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/12\/13-days-before-the-solstice-winter-meetings-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"13 days before the solstice, &quot;winter&quot; meetings begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/07\/AR2008120702709.html\"><b>Time for Nats to Show Their Hand in Teixeira Derby<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/dec\/05\/nats-look-to-gamble-at-winter-meetings\/\"><b>Nats look to gamble at winter meetings<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>How serious are the Nationals about landing <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mark Teixeira<\/span>? Is he even interested? Then there is <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Adam Dunn<\/span>, thought by some to be the second prize in free agency this year, would he put on a curly W? These questions frame the MLB meetings that started today in Las Vegas.<\/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\/MarkTeixeira\" rel=\"tag\">Mark Teixeira<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/AdamDunn\" rel=\"tag\">Adam Dunn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/wintermeetings\" rel=\"tag\">winter meetings<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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