{"id":4156,"date":"2009-04-15T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/nats-demote-lastings-milledge-to-aaa-syracuse.html"},"modified":"2009-04-15T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T09:48:00","slug":"nats-demote-lastings-milledge-to-aaa-syracuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/nats-demote-lastings-milledge-to-aaa-syracuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats demote Lastings Milledge to AAA Syracuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milledge Sent to Minors After Slow Start<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
Struggling Milledge demoted to minors<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
Nats send slumping Milledge to minors<\/b><\/a> – The Free Lance-Star<\/i>
On the one hand, sending Lastings Milledge<\/span> down to AAA is satisfying because of how poorly he has been playing centerfield (better on Monday though) and batting leadoff. This means we’ll see a better outfield for awhile and Josh Willingham<\/span> and Austin Kearns<\/span> will get to play more frequently and Elijah Dukes<\/span> will be the starter in center. On the other hand, Milledge was out of position in centerfield and in the batting order — Manny Acta<\/span>‘s decision to give him those spots without earning them has not made it easier.<\/p>\n

Washington’s Young Starters Struggling Out of the Gate<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
The pitching is still pretty rotten. How said that Daniel “DC Cab” Cabrera<\/span>‘s 4 runs (only one earned) over five innings the other day was the best performance of the season.<\/p>\n

EDITORIAL – <\/span>Better Days<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
A bold<\/span> editorial — the Nats won’t go 0-162! I wonder how this is going go over in the Natmosphere:<\/p>\n

What’s more certain is that the well-being of a city’s ball team depends on a solid core of followers who appreciate the game for what it is in its essence: a game of moments rather than pennants, a collection of individual experiences that last just a moment on the late-night news but a lifetime in the recollections of those who witnessed them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I kind of agree with it, but then again I’m still too much in the “bad baseball is better than no baseball” crowd.<\/p>\n

Washington Nationals<\/a>, Nats<\/a>, Lastings Milledge<\/a><\/p>\n

©MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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