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What a weekend for our Nationals! So many things happened with the biggest being MLB’s acceptance of the ballpark lease<\/b><\/a> (The Post<\/i>), with conditions of course, but surprisingly reasonable ones it would appear. The council needs to vote tomorrow to support the lease as is, and that is expected to happen; but as we all know, D.C. can always find a way to screw it up, just ask Marc Fisher<\/b><\/a>. If they do botch it, hello arbitration. <\/p>\n

A big picutre of Jack Evans is on The Wash. Times’<\/i> article<\/b><\/a>. Balmer’s spin<\/b><\/a> is covered by The Sun<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The MLB news<\/b><\/a>” on the lease. The press release is not on nationals.com yet though.<\/p>\n

Other news:<\/p>\n

  • Finally, a Grapefruit League win<\/b><\/a> (The Post<\/i>), over Baltimore, no less. More from<\/b><\/a> The Wash. Times<\/i>\n
  • \u00a1Dutch!<\/b> hit two homers\n
  • Jose Guillen<\/b> to miss three months<\/strike> only a few weeks<\/b><\/a> with a wrist injury – The Post<\/i>\n
  • Tickets went on sale, see you Opening Day\n
  • The new TV announcers were named<\/b><\/a> (The Post<\/i>), say hello to Bob Carpenter<\/b> and Tom “Wimpy” Paciorek<\/b>. The former comes from St. Louis, while the latter comes from Atlanta, but spent time with the White Sox. The Wash. Times<\/i> has more<\/b><\/a>, but both papers do not discuss a very noteworthy event in Paciorek’s life.\n
  • Seen and heard at spring training<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>\n
  • It’s mailbag day, mailbag day, we hope you’ll enjoy mailbag day<\/b><\/a> (The. Wash Times<\/i>).
    \n
    In the end, the Nats appear to be safe…but for how long?
    <\/p>\n
    ©MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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