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Nationals set to begin advertising campaign<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
A month and a half into the season, we will finally see some advertising and promotion from our baseball team. I for one cannot wait to grab a couple of pocket schedules. Apparently, there will be promotions too. Wow, how novel.<\/p>\n

Apparently, the club wanted to see how things would shake out in April before beginning their push. I don’t really agree with that logic, but thankfully, D.C. is a great baseball market<\/b> full of die-hard fans, unlike that other city on all of those I-95 NORTH signs. Baltimore had 17,000 for yesterday’s game. Maybe what Peter Angelo$<\/b> meant to say was that there are no baseball fans in Baltimore! More likely, it supports Tom Friends’s argument from last year<\/b><\/a> (ESPN.com<\/i>):<\/p>\n

But what he’s actually saying is: Baltimore can’t support one team. <\/p>\n

Trust me, Baltimore is not a great sports town, never has been. And we’re supposed to pay for that? D.C.’s been bailing out Baltimore for years, and it’s time to stop, time for them to have a go of it on their own. Let us have our team, you can have yours, and we’ll see you next June during Interleague.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But wait, there’s more. The Sun<\/i> ran this AP<\/i> article about attendance woes in Baltimore: Orioles have empty feeling at Camden Yards<\/b><\/a>. Natuarally, the Nats are blamed (though not be Angelo$ himself…yet) for the tiny crowds Baltimore has had. I suppose it would be easier to blame the Nats than be a little introspective and look at the ineptitude and corrupt business practices of the owner as a source of fan apathy. The only reason they drew well at all this year was because Yankee and Red Sox fans showed up.<\/p>\n

Robinson Will Turn Phone Off<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
Last year, ESPN caught Frank Robinson dozing off in the dugout. This year, they caught him on a cell phone. ESPN sure does like catching him doing something wrong, but that is not the point. How can you “manage from your gut” when you are yakking away during the game? He says he was talking to Jim Bowden<\/b>, but who knows if that is true.<\/p>\n
Nationals’ Robinson is epitome of the conscience of baseball<\/b><\/a> – The S.F. Chronicle<\/i>
I have to assuem Ratto wrote this before Robby got caught using a cell phone in the dugout. He makes some good points though. Naturally, he bad mouths the franchise a little bit and is critical of the name. Just out of curiosity, what kind of “civic emotion” does Giants bring for people in the Bay Area?<\/p>\n
Thomas Boswell<\/b> – A TV Fight That’s Tough to Watch<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
MLB is slowly waking up, albeit barely, to the terrible Nats TV situation.<\/p>\n

According to sources in baseball, heads may get banged in the merry month of May and our TV gloom may lighten. We’ll see. Given the sport’s track record, probably not enough heads. And probably not hard enough. But anything would be a start.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He is right on that one. He also suggests that if MLB does not get it fixed or tell us when it will be, there will be mischief from the D.C. council, another excellent point<\/p>\n

Also, Bos is chatting at 11 a.m.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Plucky Nats keep on fighting<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
I love it when “plucky” is used to describe a team. These guys are resilient, nothing seems to get them off their game for long. If you had told me they would have been 15 – 13, I would have called you a big homer so enamored with our team that you cannot view them objectively. A month in, they have a better record than the Yankees and have already been in first place longer than the expansion Senators ever were. <\/p>\n

Speaking of the my Yankees, good thing the Nats are here, because they are too depressing for words. They got swept by Tampa Bay<\/b><\/a> (The Times<\/i>).<\/p>\n

Nats’ Guzman Is Quietly Putting Things Together<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
Shockingly, Cristian Guzman<\/b> had an 11 game hitting streak going. With a .238 batting average, he is well past the Mendoza Line and maybe even the Alavaro Espinoza Line.<\/p>\n

I have not watched the games lately, so I do not know if he has been taking more pitches. I can only hope so. Even with him on a tear, I like him batting eighth.<\/p>\n

Sledge, Osuna to have surgery<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
Terrmel Sledge<\/b> will miss at least eight weeks, but possibly twelve. No word on how long Antonio “Mr. 42.42” Osuna<\/b> will be out. There is also mention of D.C Council financing issues.<\/p>\n
Wins, Attendance Encouraging for Nats<\/b><\/a> – AP\/The Wash. Examiner<\/i>
Wire service story about how much life has improved for the franchise since moving here.<\/p>\n
With move south, his numbers head north<\/b><\/a> – The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times<\/i>
An article from one of “my” newspapers about Brad Wilkerson. It would have been a little more timely before he went on a 1 – 25 (or whatever it is) skid, but it is good to see some ink for the Nats in “subsidized-birds” country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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