{"id":577,"date":"2005-09-01T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-01T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/09\/577.html"},"modified":"2005-09-01T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-01T09:59:00","slug":"577-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/09\/577-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NATS SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/08\/31\/AR2005083102239.html\"><b>Nats Steal Second for a Split<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>The Nats could not get the job done early, but picked up the second game. They are now 2 games back in the Wild Card on Sepetemer 1. Who saw this coming?<\/p>\n<p>More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050901-123024-9922r.htm\"><b>Nats split to stay put<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=250831215\"><b>Game 1 Boxscore<\/b><\/a> &#038; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=250831315\"><b>Game 2 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\/09\/01\/AR2005090100003.html\"><b>Nats Hope To Upgrade At Shortstop With Cruz<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>I do not have much doubt that <b>Devi Cruz<\/b> would be an upgrade over <b>Cristian Guzman<\/b> at short, but I have to wonder if Cruz has caught a flight yet. In <i>The Wash. Times<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050831-115600-7013r.htm\"><b>notebook<\/b><\/a>, they report that he missed two.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050831-115600-7013r.htm\"><b>Top draft pick to join club<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Enter <b>Dutch Zimmerman<\/b>.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/08\/31\/AR2005083102670.html\"><b>Bergmann Is Thinking of New Orleans<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Tuesday&#8217;s hero, <b>Jason Bergmann<\/b> has already been demoted to AAA New Orleans, but he is more concerned about the devastation that likely destroyed his apartment.<\/p>\n<p>More from <i>The Times<\/i>: <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/09\/01\/sports\/baseball\/01bergman.html\"><b>Rookie Realizes a Dream While Coping With a Nightmare<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><b>DICK HELLER<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20050831-115606-6458r.htm\"><b>More evidence that Nats need local ownership<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Heller says that MLB&#8217;s decision to not give D.C. opening day at home every year is an indication of how out of touch MLB is and why they need someone from here in charge.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><b>JIM LITKE<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/sports\/20050831-0119-bbm-jimlitke.html\"><b>&#8216;I hope baseball finally gives him back what he deserves&#8217;<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>AP\/San Diego Union-Tribune<\/i><br \/>I think Nats fans are in complete agreement with Litke about <b>Rick Short<\/b>. Add this to another column that shows <b>Jim Bowden<\/b> is an idiot for leaving him down in AAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nats Steal Second for a Split &#8211; The PostThe Nats could not get the job done early, but picked up the second game. They are now 2 games back in the Wild Card on Sepetemer 1. Who saw this coming? More from The Wash. 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