William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Redskins, Capitals, D.C. life, transportation, not so much Penn State anymore,

NATS 8 CARDINALS 3Nats Start Fast, Stop Their Slide At Five – The PostThe Nationals reversed their typical start of late, by going up by a handful of runs instead of giving up a handful of runs. Nick Johnson get a two run shot and so did ¡Dutch!, both in the first inning. Everything after [...]

Rookie Gets No Support – The PostThe Nats must be the worst first inning team in all of baseball. They went down 3 and never recovered, losing 6-2 in St. Louis. Mike O’Conner gave up three runs in five innings in his MLB debut.
More from The Wash. Times: Nats’ skid reaches five games
Boxscore – ESPN
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Nats Go Quietly As Reds Sweep – The PostThe Nats wore those stupid red jerseys for another day game. Ugh, no wonder they only got a single hit. Fix the uniforms, boys!
More from The Wash. Times: Arroyo finishes off sweep at RFK
Boxscore – ESPN
The big news yesterday was Brett Haber of W*USA-TV [...]

Somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming!
New Nationals Owner To Be Named – WUSA9.comLadies and gentlemen, to paraphrase former president Gerald Ford, I think our long Nationals nightmare may soon be over! If I read correctly, Cadillac Bud may declare the Lerner group as the new owners of our Washington Nationals!!! Bud, of course, is [...]

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Traber Digs a Hole And the Nats Fall In – The PostP Billy Traber gave up four runs in the first and did not make it through the second. For the most part, the bullpen kept the Nats in it, but Felix Rodriguez’s allowed two runs and that was the difference. The [...]

Student exorcises O’s demon in film – The SunRemember Jeffrey Maier, the kid who caught a fly ball in game 1 of the ‘96 ALCS? Baltimore does. So do Yankees fans, but they remember him only as a footnote. Fans in Balmer blame him for costing the O’s the pennant, which of course is nonsense. [...]

Just a reminder, today is free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s. I have a post on Metroblogging DC about it.
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Poor Start Dooms Nats – The PostUntil further notice, the Nats former ace will be known as Livan Hernandez, not that other name with the “¡” and the “!” He gave up three runs in the first and another in the second, and that was it for the Nationals. Thomas Boswell has [...]

I’m going to be really quick today – I’m exhausted from the weekend. Don’t forget Barry Svrluga will be signing copies of National Pastime at Olsson’s Lansburgh location tonight.
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Nationals’ Fortunes Change Quickly – The PostP Gary Majewski blew the game last night. P Tony Armas, Jr. had another solid start.
More from The [...]

For those attending the Blue White Game you can find us tailgating from about 11 a.m. in one of the Park Ave. lots, 11-13. Contact either Erica or myself for tomorrow’s specifics. We will be going the burgers and beer dogs route along with tasty beverages.
“Kickoff” is at 2 p.m.
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