{"id":4254,"date":"2009-05-21T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/are-the-nats-trying-to-get-the-pirates-back-to-500.html"},"modified":"2009-05-21T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T09:40:00","slug":"are-the-nats-trying-to-get-the-pirates-back-to-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/are-the-nats-trying-to-get-the-pirates-back-to-500\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Are the Nats trying to get the Pirates back to .500?&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That is what The Maryland Bureau Chief, a Pittsburgh area native (but now in Columbia, for a while too it seems) asked me on Facebook last night. To answer his question, well sort of. The Nats are trying to get every losing team back to .500, while they are trying to get wining teams up to .800.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/\/article\/2009\/05\/20\/AR2009052004047.html\"><b>Nats Can&#8217;t Stop Bleeding, Lose to the Pirates Again<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/may\/21\/wild-pitch-in-ninth-means-familiar-loss\/\"><b>Wild pitch in ninth means familiar loss<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Joel Hanrahan<\/span> destroys a tense 1-1 game with a bases loaded wild pitch in the ninth. Seven innings of one-run ball from <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">John Lannan<\/span> and another scoreless inning from <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ron Villone<\/span> go to waste.<\/p>\n<p>So, how long does bullpen coach <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Randy Knorr<\/span> have left? <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Manny Acta<\/span>? I&#8217;m thinking Sunday is their last appearance in Washington uniforms.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">JOHN FEINSTEIN &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/05\/18\/AR2009051801344.html?wprss=rss_sports\/nationals\"><b>Nationals Might Have Better Days Ahead of Them<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>I missed this earlier in the week. Of course they might have better days ahead of them &#8212; how could they be worse?!<\/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\/PittsburghPirates\" rel=\"tag\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is what The Maryland Bureau Chief, a Pittsburgh area native (but now in Columbia, for a while too it seems) asked me on Facebook last night. To answer his question, well sort of. 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