{"id":4136,"date":"2009-04-09T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/off-day-for-nats-recaps-and-columns-about-kasten-and-howard.html"},"modified":"2009-04-09T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T09:36:00","slug":"off-day-for-nats-recaps-and-columns-about-kasten-and-howard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/off-day-for-nats-recaps-and-columns-about-kasten-and-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"Off day for Nats; recaps and columns about Kasten and Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/08\/AR2009040802771.html?hpid=moreheadlines\"><b>Nationals Are Swept Away by Marlins<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/09\/nationals39-rally-takes-a-dive\/\"><b>Nationals&#8217; rally takes a dive<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>In case you have not read about yesterday&#8217;s 6-4 loss to the Florida Marlins.<\/p>\n<p><b>THOMAS BOSWELL<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/08\/AR2009040803902.html?sid=ST2009040804120\"><b>Kasten Shows Some Ill-Advised Brotherly Love<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Boswell scolds <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stan Kasten<\/span> for going on Philadelphia radio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/stan-kasten-should-know-better.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">hawking Opening Day tickets to Phillies fans<\/span><\/a>. Boswell suggests that Kasten &#8220;doesn&#8217;t get the D.C.-Philly dynamic&#8221; and that he was unsuccessful in building the fanbase for Nationals Park. How about going on D.C. radio to sell tickets Stan?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for going after someone while they are still employed with the team Bos, instead of waiting until they are gone like you did with <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Bowden<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, there are apparently 35,000 tickets sold for Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/09\/howard-now-truly-larger-than-life\/\">Dick Heller: Howard now truly larger than life<b><\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Frank Howard may not have a job with the Nationals (yet) but he is forever immortalized in bronze. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9605378@N03\/sets\/72157616511514698\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">We&#8217;ve Got Heart&#8217;s flickrstream<\/span><\/a> for photos of the Howard statue as well as the Josh Gibson and Walter Johnson ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nationals Are Swept Away by Marlins &#8211; The PostNationals&#8217; rally takes a dive &#8211; The Wash. TimesIn case you have not read about yesterday&#8217;s 6-4 loss to the Florida Marlins. 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