{"id":548,"date":"2005-08-15T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-15T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548.html"},"modified":"2005-08-15T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-15T09:54:00","slug":"548-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Foggy Bottom Ale 9 Coors Light 2<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/08\/14\/AR2005081400737.html\"><b>Nats Giddy After Clean Sweep<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Facing the worst team in the NL turned out to be just the tonic the Nats needed for their recent woes. The took all three games of their first series in the Mile High City by a combined score of 21 &#8211; 4. <b>Esteban Loaiza<\/b>, <b>Tony Armas, Jr.<\/b> and <b>John Patterson<\/b> all got some well deserved wins in the least friendly pitchers park in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Now it is on to the city of brotherly love for a big series aganist the <i>WWN<\/i> <b>Ombudsman&#8217;s<\/b> beloved Fleas. <strike>Both teams are tied<\/strike> Washington is 1\/2 game behind Philadelphia in the NL East and 1 1\/2 games behind Houston for the Wild Card, thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/pg\/05227\/554160.stm\"><b>Pirates victory over the Astros<\/b><\/a> (<i>Post-Gazette<\/i>). These four games might make or break either team.<\/p>\n<p>We can only hope the Nats are as effective in the land of the eastern I-76 as they were around the western I-76. It is $1 dog night up there, so if you needed an extra incentive to head up I-95, there you have it. Both Philly papers have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/mld\/philly\/sports\/baseball\/12384623.htm\"><b>previews<\/b><\/a> (<i>The Inky<\/i>) of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/mld\/philly\/sports\/baseball\/12385919.htm\"><b>series starting tonight<\/b><\/a> (<i>Philly Daily News<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p>More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050815-122347-5604r.htm\"><b>Nats complete sweep of Rockies<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=250814127\"><b>Boxscore<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>ESPN.com<\/i><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/08\/14\/AR2005081401204.html\"><b>A Transformed Neighborhood Awaits Stadium<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Around the neighborhood of the proposed ballpark, change is coming quicker than residents  and landowners may like.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><b>NATIONALS NOTEBOOK<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/08\/14\/AR2005081401155.html\"><b>Robinson Gets Steamed After Wilson Is Hit<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Colorado was stupid enough to hit <b>Preston &#8220;nothin&#8217; from nothin'&#8221; Wilson<\/b>, batting .216, with a pitch and Frank Robinson did not appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>Also, C <b>Brian Schneider<\/b> is still on a tear; <b>Barry Larkin<\/b> is sitting in the dugout these days; <b>Mike Stanton<\/b> and <b>Joey Eischen<\/b> are having trouble with lefties.<\/p>\n<p>More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050815-122344-1321r.htm\"><b>Robinson questions Acevedo<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/08\/12\/AR2005081201635.html\"><b>Nationals, O&#8217;s Make A Date for &#8217;06 Season<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>It is official that the Nats will have a home and home with Baltimore next year. It will be fun. Don&#8217;t count on <b>Peter Angelo$<\/b> showing up at RFK though.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com\/sports\/20050814-125200-3184r.htm\"><b>Discontent continues among five outfielders<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>An article from yesterday about the surplus of outfielders and Robinson&#8217;s refusal to take &#8220;Nothin&#8217; From Nothin'&#8221; out of the lineup. <b>Brad Wilkerson<\/b> was not terribly pleased sitting out the first two games of the series.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/msnbc.msn.com\/id\/8956543\/\"><b>Bygones aren&#8217;t bygones for MLB<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>MSNBC<\/i><br \/>Remember that company that claims it has the rights to the name Washington Nationals? They are looking for some $ from MLB in a lawsuit.<!--\n\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"\"><b><\/b><\/a> - <i><\/i>--><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade>Special thanks to Deputy Editor <b>Fritz Hamme<\/b> for keeping the blog going over the last two publishing days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foggy Bottom Ale 9 Coors Light 2 Nats Giddy After Clean Sweep &#8211; The PostFacing the worst team in the NL turned out to be just the tonic the Nats needed for their recent woes. The took all three games of their first series in the Mile High City by a combined score of 21 [&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":[46,47,106],"tags":[472,1222,1474],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2005","category-natsmlb-2006","category-washington-nationals","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-nats","tag-phillies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY - William F. Yurasko<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY - William F. Yurasko\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Foggy Bottom Ale 9 Coors Light 2 Nats Giddy After Clean Sweep &#8211; The PostFacing the worst team in the NL turned out to be just the tonic the Nats needed for their recent woes. The took all three games of their first series in the Mile High City by a combined score of 21 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"William F. Yurasko\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-08-15T09:54:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"wfyurasko\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"wfyurasko\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/548-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/548-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"wfyurasko\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773\"},\"headline\":\"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-08-15T09:54:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/548-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":455,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Colorado Rockies\",\"Nats\",\"Phillies\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Nats\\\/MLB 2005\",\"Nats\\\/MLB 2006\",\"Washington Nationals\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/548-2\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/548-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/548-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY - William F. Yurasko\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2005-08-15T09:54:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/548-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/548-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/548-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/\",\"name\":\"William F. Yurasko\",\"description\":\"Yet another Washingtonian pushing the ubiquitous Nats\\\/DC sports, Penn State, commuting, bicycling, kayaking, broomball, skiing, gin &amp; tonic agenda.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773\",\"name\":\"wfyurasko\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"wfyurasko\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\\\/website_3c1e0e40\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/author\\\/wfyurasko\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY - William F. Yurasko","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY - William F. Yurasko","og_description":"Foggy Bottom Ale 9 Coors Light 2 Nats Giddy After Clean Sweep &#8211; The PostFacing the worst team in the NL turned out to be just the tonic the Nats needed for their recent woes. The took all three games of their first series in the Mile High City by a combined score of 21 [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/","og_site_name":"William F. Yurasko","article_published_time":"2005-08-15T09:54:00+00:00","author":"wfyurasko","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"wfyurasko","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/"},"author":{"name":"wfyurasko","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#\/schema\/person\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773"},"headline":"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY","datePublished":"2005-08-15T09:54:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/"},"wordCount":455,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Colorado Rockies","Nats","Phillies"],"articleSection":["Nats\/MLB 2005","Nats\/MLB 2006","Washington Nationals"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/","url":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/","name":"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY - William F. Yurasko","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#website"},"datePublished":"2005-08-15T09:54:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#\/schema\/person\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/548-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NATS SWEEP ROX, PULL WITHIN ONE OF WILDCARD HEADING INTO PHILLY"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#website","url":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/","name":"William F. Yurasko","description":"Yet another Washingtonian pushing the ubiquitous Nats\/DC sports, Penn State, commuting, bicycling, kayaking, broomball, skiing, gin &amp; tonic agenda.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#\/schema\/person\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773","name":"wfyurasko","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"wfyurasko"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40"],"url":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/author\/wfyurasko\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}