{"id":4680,"date":"2009-11-05T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/11\/baseball-bigamy-cheering-for-the-yankees-nats-means-cheering-for-the-best-and-worst.html"},"modified":"2009-11-05T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T17:30:00","slug":"baseball-bigamy-cheering-for-the-yankees-nats-means-cheering-for-the-best-and-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/11\/baseball-bigamy-cheering-for-the-yankees-nats-means-cheering-for-the-best-and-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball bigamy: Cheering for the Yankees &amp; Nats means cheering for the best and worst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/3630346357\/\" title=\"Nats, Yanks fight for my love by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3606\/3630346357_c18a4c3583.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Nats, Yanks fight for my love\" \/><\/a><br \/>Let&#8217;s see my American League team, the New York Yankees, the one that I have deep family ties to, is the best in baseball after winning the World Series again. Meanwhile, the hometown team, that I waited a generation for, the Washington Nationals, is the absolute worst. On the one hand, one team is the most hated (but maybe most loved too) and the other is the most maligned. Head to head, the Nats beat the Yankees 2 out of 3 times in the Bronx, including a shutout. Of course, I was neutral as a Swiss.<\/p>\n<p>Such is life as a baseball bigamist.<\/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\/NewYorkYankees\" rel=\"tag\">New York Yankees<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WorldSeries\" rel=\"tag\">World Series<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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