{"id":378,"date":"2005-04-30T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-30T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/378.html"},"modified":"2005-04-30T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-30T19:30:00","slug":"378-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/378-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I DON&#8217;T GET TIRED OF SINGING &#8220;BEAT THE METS, BEAT THE METS&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>NOTA BENE:<\/b> Blogger was down this morning, which is why I updated so late.<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a1LIVAN!  goes yard, pitches eight innings; D.C. 5 &#8211; Queens 1<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/04\/29\/AR2005042901823.html\"><b>Hernandez Pitches, Slugs Nats to Victory<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>After a rough first inning, <b>\u00a1LIVAN!<\/b> pitched the next seven. He gave up one run in the opening inning, but he got it back by hitting a 2-out solo shot in the 5th. Two other Nats, <b>Jose Guillen<\/b> and <b>Brian Schneider<\/b>, hit solo shots.<\/p>\n<p>The Nats scored five despite the top two spots in the order not getting hits. <b>Nick Johnson&#8217;s<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050430-120318-8162r.htm\"><b>returned from his bruised left thigh<\/b><\/a> (<i>The Wash. Times<\/i>), but his hitting streak ended at 16 games. <b>Brad Wilkerson<\/b> did not get a hit either.<\/p>\n<p>More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050430-124704-6541r.htm\"><b>Livan tees off<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050430-120318-8377r.htm\"><b>MASN makes debut on DirecTV<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Direct TV picked up MASN and put it on channel 626. Dish owners can now see every Nats game this season. <i>The Post<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/04\/29\/AR2005042901367.html\"><b>has more<\/b><\/a> too.<\/p>\n<p><b>Chris Needham<\/b> at <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/dcbb.blogspot.com\/2005\/04\/masn-messn.html\"><b>Capitol Punishment<\/b><\/a> had a lot to say about the TV situation the other day.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><b>Thom Loverro<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050430-121600-5209r.htm\"><b>Why would anyone buy Peter Angelos&#8217; Nationals?<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Loverro wonders out loud why anyone would want to buy the Nats because <b>Peter Angelo$<\/b> will be their &#8220;daddy.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>It turns out that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/04\/29\/AR2005042901692.html\"><b>another group is interested<\/b><\/a> (<i>The Post<\/i>), raising the total to nine. I thought they stopped taking applications months ago.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050430-120321-1707r.htm\"><b>Bowden locks up Guillen for 2006<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>To celebrate, Guillen hit a homer last night.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><b>Dick Heller<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050430-121604-4014r.htm\"><b>RFK banner flunks name game<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Oops &#8212; <b>Eddie LeBaron&#8217;s<\/b> name is spelled incorrectly on the Hall of Stars banner. The former Redskins QB took it well though.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade>\n<h2>STUFF FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS<\/h2>\n<p>It looks like it will be a rainy Saturday, so since you are going to be indoors, catch up on a few things from earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/NASApp\/mlb\/news\/article_perspectives.jsp?ymd=20050428&#038;content_id=1031751&#038;vkey=perspectives&#038;fext=.jsp\"><b>Wilkerson diary: Off to best start<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>nationals.com<\/i><br \/><b>Brad Wilkerson<\/b> on the first month of the season, as told to <b>Bill Ladson<\/b>.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><i>Post<\/i> chats, err Live Discussions:<\/p>\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/discussion\/2005\/04\/23\/DI2005042301023.html\"><b>Thomas Boswell<\/b><\/a> &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;m off to poison Screech&#8217;s eagle baby food.&#8221;\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/discussion\/2005\/04\/23\/DI2005042300648.html\"><b>Barry Svrluga<\/b><\/a> &#8211; Newlywed <b>Ryan Moore<\/b> (congratulations) <a href=\"http:\/\/distinguishedsenators.blogspot.com\/2005\/04\/in-which-i-unhappily-take-issue-with.html\"><b>unhappily takes issue with a question in the chat<\/b><\/a>.\n<li type=\"square\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/discussion\/2005\/04\/27\/DI2005042701381.html\"><b>&#8220;Screech&#8221; on &#8220;Screech&#8221;<\/b><\/a> &#8211; I thought this was hysterical, but to be fair, <b>Dustin Diamond&#8217;s<\/b> chat <a href=\"http:\/\/dcbb.blogspot.com\/2005\/04\/dumbest-chat-ever.html\"><b>was not without it&#8217;s detractors<\/b><\/a>.<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTA BENE: Blogger was down this morning, which is why I updated so late. \u00a1LIVAN! goes yard, pitches eight innings; D.C. 5 &#8211; Queens 1 Hernandez Pitches, Slugs Nats to Victory &#8211; The PostAfter a rough first inning, \u00a1LIVAN! pitched the next seven. 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