{"id":4897,"date":"2010-03-05T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/03\/nats-dont-need-a-captain-zimmerman-guzman-though.html"},"modified":"2010-03-05T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T17:04:00","slug":"nats-dont-need-a-captain-zimmerman-guzman-though","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/03\/nats-dont-need-a-captain-zimmerman-guzman-though\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats don&#8217;t need a captain Zimmerman; Guzman though?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/washingnats\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">@washingnats<\/span><\/a>, aka nationals.com beat writer <b>Bill Ladson<\/b>, asked if the Washington Nationals should name Ryan Zimmerman captain of the team. While Zimmerman seems to be doing quite well as a quiet team leader on and off the field, I don&#8217;t feel its necessary to make anything official. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dcsportsbog\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">@dcsportsbog<\/span><\/a> tweeted this by the way:<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/uploaded_images\/Dan-Steinberg-%28dcsportsbog%29-731544.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 229px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/uploaded_images\/Dan-Steinberg-%28dcsportsbog%29-731542.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Yikes, <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/dcsportsbog\/2010\/03\/a_new_day_for_dc_sports.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">all of those players are not playing in D.C. anymore<\/span><\/a>. Let&#8217;s definitely not name Zimmerman captain. Actually, I think the Nats would do well to formalize <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Cristian Guzman<\/span>&#8216;s leadership role, don&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>Captaincy seems to be working out <i>ok<\/i> for <a href=\"http:\/\/capitals.nhl.com\/club\/player.htm?id=8471214\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">one fellow<\/span><\/a> and his team though.<\/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\/\" rel=\"tag\"><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/\" rel=\"tag\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@washingnats, aka nationals.com beat writer Bill Ladson, asked if the Washington Nationals should name Ryan Zimmerman captain of the team. While Zimmerman seems to be doing quite well as a quiet team leader on and off the field, I don&#8217;t feel its necessary to make anything official. @dcsportsbog tweeted this by the way:Yikes, all of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,106],"tags":[493,1222,1595],"class_list":["post-4897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2010","category-washington-nationals","tag-cristian-guzman","tag-nats","tag-ryan-zimmerman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nats don&#039;t need a captain Zimmerman; Guzman though? - William F. 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