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

Nationals Journal (The Post) Nothing happened, again. They didn’t have anybody to trade (like Alfonso Soriano) last year though since went on a $24 million spending spree on fat.
Are their any vets they would even waive-for-a-trade like they did with ¡LIVAN! last year?

I’m still sorting out the vacation induced cobwebs, so I probably won’t be full speed until tomorrow morning. I’m still baffled by the Dimitri Young-at-$5 million-a-year signing (The Post). Sure, he is hitting this year, but it is downright naive to think he can continue at this pace over the life of his contract. I [...]

This could have been a big weekend for the Nats, what with a double header Saturday—but sadly, it didn’t come to fruition. We only took one against the Mets that day, and then lost Sunday’s game after a long rain delay.
(CBS Sportsline Boxscore: Saturday Game 1, Saturday Game 2, Sunday)
UPDATE 8:10 p.m.
In the meantime, Cal [...]

Washington 6 NEW YORK 2 (CBS Sportsline Boxscore)
Bacsik Delivers For Nats – The PostI missed the game last night, what with me being out to see The Simpsons Movie, but it was still wonderful to come home and discover that the Nats enjoyed a glorious victory.
More from the The Wash. Times.
This morning’s (brief) posting done [...]

Erica and I are taking a long weekend down the Shore, but don’t worry WWN Pentagon City bureau chief Fritz will keep the Nats coverage going in my absence.
If I were in town, I might go to the Arena Stage garage sale (Baseball on the barn too) and see if they were selling any [...]

Hall of Famer Don Sutton disagrees with you, Hunter Wendlestedt.
Thanks to Rocket1124 of NastyNats (hey, he updated it!) for putting this video up.

Traffic to go up and away – The SunNow that the Springfield Interchange is completed in Virginia, Maryland is playing catch-up when it comes to complicated interchanges between I-95 and a beltway. North of the city, the I-95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway)/I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) interchange is being rebuilt with “skyramps” to carry High Occupancy [...]

I posted most of my thoughts on yesterday’s triumph already, so today is mostly links.
(CBS Sportsline Boxscore)
Nationals Have the Final Say – The Post
Nationals avoid sweep despite ejections – The Wash. Times
Utley breaks right hand – The InkyChase Utley suffered a broken hand when he was hit by a John Lannan pitch. The Phillies All [...]

Washington 7 PHILADELPHIA 6 (CBS Sportsline Boxscore)
Another day, another Nats comeback, another 9th inning loss…wait, they held on? Chad Cordero only gave up one run in the ninth with a two run lead?! Sweet.
It appears a crazy game. I only got to hear the 1st and 9th innings because I’m in that demographic Lee D’Elia [...]

Dimitri Young may be close to signing a two-year extension (nationals.com) with the Nats. Nationals Journal says it would be in the neighborhood of $2 million a year. At that price, I think it is a decent decision. Still, I am skeptical of a few things:

I’m not a SABR guy, but until this year his [...]