tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post7851510105361312554..comments2023-10-20T04:28:04.547-04:00Comments on Nats320 -- A Washington Nationals Blog: ReminiscingScreech's Best Friendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094199653375184305noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-35497058698343535642007-09-28T16:37:00.000-04:002007-09-28T16:37:00.000-04:00FWI for anyone interested.I was a manager for FMI ...FWI for anyone interested.<BR/>I was a manager for FMI for the last three years. Found out today after an interview with Centerplate that the main store at the new ballpark will NOT be a Nationals store, but will be a Modells.<BR/><BR/>nats6909@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-77839001763049815862007-09-22T22:16:00.000-04:002007-09-22T22:16:00.000-04:00SBF,I wrote the following at the Ballparkguys webs...SBF,<BR/><BR/>I wrote the following at the Ballparkguys website, and it's apropos to what you've just written, so I thought I'd share it here, as well:<BR/><BR/>Like many others here who read and contribute to BPG, I was one of those kids [who missed out on growing up with a baseball team after Bob Short took the Senators away from us]. I turned 10 years old during the summer of 1971, not having any idea that the Senators were never coming back at the end of that season until they actually left. That was the year that I really started to follow professional sports, particularly the Redskins since the Nats had been taken away. I often describe to people the feeling I had in 2005 when the Nationals opened up in Philadelphia was one of finally being invited to join a party that had been going on for the past 33 years, but which I had to observe by peeking in through the window. I tell my nephews, who are just a year or two older than I was when the Senators left, that I envy them in a way that they will probably never truly understand or appreciate. They will grow up with baseball being played in their home town. In a few years, when they're a bit older, they will be able to get together with a couple of buddies on a slow summer night and head on over to the park on S. Capitol Street to watch their beloved Nats play. They won't spend their springs and summers counting the days until the Redskins' first preseason game, just so they'll have a game to watch that involves a team that they care about. I'm thrilled that the Nationals came now, while I'm still young enough to expect to enjoy watching them for another 30 years or more, but I can't say that I'm not still a little sad and bitter about 33 summers that came and went without a baseball team to call my own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-34891489311311488912007-09-22T21:27:00.000-04:002007-09-22T21:27:00.000-04:00Thanks for making this a great year!Thanks for making this a great year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-77316441119278984232007-09-22T19:56:00.000-04:002007-09-22T19:56:00.000-04:00SBF-Thanks for all the writing you've done and pic...SBF-<BR/>Thanks for all the writing you've done and pictures you've taken this season, all the effort and dedication you've shown and also for a very nice post. Nats320 should make the Nats appreciate having you, your wife and friends as fans-and you've handled any negative comments directed towards you on your blog with class. I look forward to the game posts next year at the new park, keep up the good work, and enjoy the offseason.<BR/><BR/>And while you're at it, i hope you don't change the name of the blog when you get into your new seats next year...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-74646192850522752362007-09-22T16:41:00.000-04:002007-09-22T16:41:00.000-04:00SBF, you must have enjoyed Boswell's column on his...SBF, you must have enjoyed Boswell's column on his RFK memories. Here it is for anyone who missed it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/<BR/>wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/19/<BR/>AR2007091902502.html<BR/><BR/>I had to insert page breaks, so take care in cutting and pasting.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683734720896529408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-67907539757134868952007-09-22T03:20:00.000-04:002007-09-22T03:20:00.000-04:00No apologies needed, SBF. Your dedication and pass...No apologies needed, SBF. Your dedication and passion to this team has been evident from day one.<BR/><BR/>Now I fear that in Shawn Hill, we have another John Patterson. Obviously talented, I wonder if Hill's not hurt. (I know his non-pitching shoulder is in bad shape, but I'm speaking to the "good" arm.) He mentioned in an interview the other day that his elbow and forearm were still bothering him.<BR/><BR/>Hill has not been healthy for anything resembling a long, consistent stretch. <BR/><BR/>In the past, when we've seen such declining performances, it's been revealed that injuries were there...but the pitcher was desparate to deny it.<BR/><BR/>I hope Hill is healthy.Jim Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389688524746052643noreply@blogger.com