{"id":4263,"date":"2009-05-26T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/some-much-for-that-nats-personal-rivalry-homestand-nats-lose-to-mets-on-road-too.html"},"modified":"2009-05-26T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T09:05:00","slug":"some-much-for-that-nats-personal-rivalry-homestand-nats-lose-to-mets-on-road-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/some-much-for-that-nats-personal-rivalry-homestand-nats-lose-to-mets-on-road-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Some much for that Nats personal rivalry homestand; Nats lose to Mets on road too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember at the beginning of the past homestand where I detailed that it was an important one for me with series against the Phillies, Pirates and Orioles? That really worked out for me, didn&#8217;t it? Philadelphia swept Washington in 4 games over 3 days, Pittsburgh picked up the first three of a four game series and the hated Orioles took the first two inside the Capital Beltway. Bang up job guys! I am now behind 7-2 in the Cheesesteak\/Half-Smoke Challenge with Cliff\/the Ombudsman\/Matthew and down 3-1 to the Maryland Bureau Chief\/Sam. I don&#8217;t have a wager with any Baltimore fans because I simply do not associate with that type. Actually, none of my friends are Orioles fans which must prove Peter Angelo$ was wrong about greater D.C. being &#8220;his territory.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I did not make it out to any games either, but I filled the void with other fun things. The two games I had in mind were both wins, so maybe I just need to think about going to a game for the Nats to win.  Along that line of thinking, I am considering checking out <strike>Ebbetts<\/strike> <strike>Citi<\/strike> Bailout Field over the next two nights. <\/p>\n<p>So, back on the road, what do the Nats do? They in a Memorial Day night game (?) to the Mets in Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/05\/25\/AR2009052502514.html\"><b>Video Replay Brings a Familiar Ending<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/may\/26\/nats-fall-following-disputed-hr-call\/\"><b>Nats fall following disputed HR call<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Gary Sheffield<\/span> was credited with a 3-run homer that the Nationals thought was a 1-run double. They could not make up the difference either way and lost 5-2. They wore red Memorial Day hats with their road uniforms which may prove they should wear red hats all the time. I still like the blue though.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Boswell is not as depressed in his latest two columns:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/05\/24\/AR2009052402135.html\"><b>Young Pitchers Offer Glimmer of Hope in Well of Disappointment<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/05\/24\/AR2009052402135.html\"><b>A Paul Bunyan in Their Midst<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/may\/26\/bullpen-starts-to-demonstrate-improvement\/\"><b>Bullpen starts to demonstrate improvement<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Can the bullpen actually be getting better?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/dcsportsbog\/2009\/05\/nationals_bobblehead_fail.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Nats probably need to find a new spellchecker<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">DC Sports Bog<\/span>), as the previous one has almost surely committed sepuku.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I still don&#8217;t know what to make of <a href=\"http:\/\/misterirrelevant.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/24\/fashion-fail-the-os-colored-nats-hat\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">a black and orange curly W cap<\/span><\/a>. A Baltimorean who digs the Nats? A bad Washingtonian?<\/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\/Mets\" rel=\"tag\">Mets<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember at the beginning of the past homestand where I detailed that it was an important one for me with series against the Phillies, Pirates and Orioles? That really worked out for me, didn&#8217;t it? 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