{"id":4340,"date":"2009-06-23T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/06\/natstown-is-a-happier-place-right-now.html"},"modified":"2009-06-23T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T09:44:00","slug":"natstown-is-a-happier-place-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/06\/natstown-is-a-happier-place-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"NatsTown is a happier place right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/jun\/23\/nats-surge-back-to-life\/\"><b>Nats surge back to life<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Winning four out of six, including two series against AL East teams, has made the oval clubhouse at Nationals Park a lot happier place. The Nationals showed progress for the first time in months. Manager Manny Acta may be staying in Washington a while longer. More on that at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>There are not too many headlines worth posting this morning &#8212; do we really care about the Red Sox &#8220;nation&#8221; bandwagon? Of course not! I&#8217;m not interested in the Boston media&#8217;s take on the Nats situation either, are you?<\/p>\n<p>It looks like I blew it with Thursday&#8217;s game too, I did not pounce in time after &#8220;getting the night off.&#8221; Of course, if somebody has an extra ticket to spare&#8230;<\/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>,<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nats surge back to life &#8211; The Wash. 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