{"id":4083,"date":"2009-03-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/03\/thomas-boswell-chat-03-26-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-03-26T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T15:00:00","slug":"thomas-boswell-chat-03-26-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/03\/thomas-boswell-chat-03-26-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Boswell chat 03.26.2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/discussion\/2009\/03\/25\/DI2009032502510.html\"><b>Ask Boswell<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>&#8220;Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell will be online Thursday, March 26 at noon ET to take your questions about the Nationals spring training, the World Baseball Classic, the latest sports news and his recent columns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The question I submitted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ted Lerner is worth $3,500,000,000. If the MLB draft were held today, the best player available would be Stephen Strasburg. I can see no justification for not drafting and signing him, even at Boras&#8217; inflated terms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What say you?<\/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\/ThomasBoswell\" rel=\"tag\">Thomas Boswell<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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