{"id":689,"date":"2005-10-29T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-29T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/10\/689.html"},"modified":"2005-10-29T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-29T09:47:00","slug":"689-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/10\/689-2\/","title":{"rendered":"4 NATS FILE FOR FREE AGENCY; MANN: SMULYAN WON&#8217;T MOVE TEAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/10\/28\/AR2005102802042.html\"><b>Four More Nationals Elect to Become Free Agents<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Four free agents filed yesterday: P <b>Esteban Loaiza<\/b> (sign him now!), P <b>Tony Armas Jr.<\/b> (do not return any of his calls), IF <b>Carlos Baerga<\/b> (send him a gold watch), OF <b>Preston Wilson<\/b> (send him a really large glove), P <b>Joey Eischen<\/b> (sign him too), and <b>Deivi Cruz<\/b> (uhhhhhhhh).<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wtopnews.com\/index.php?sid=606503&#038;nid=25\"><b>Potential Owner Vows to Never Move Nationals <\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>AP\/WTOP<\/i><br \/><b>Jeff Smulyan<\/b> explains that his local investors (to the tune of $100 million) could veto any move out of D.C. <b>Charles &#8220;Hungry&#8221; Mann<\/b>, one of several former Redskins in the Smulyan bid added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Why are people getting on that tangent? I don&#8217;t understand that. People threaten to move if you don&#8217;t build them a new stadium. Well, guess what? The stadium&#8217;s being built. So let&#8217;s just stop with that. That&#8217;s a smoke screen by somebody that doesn&#8217;t make any sense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mann makes a good point, but how many people are worried about Smulyan moving the team? 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