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The Night The Lights Went Out in Southeast
Published 5/3/2008 by Nate at Nats Triple Play
... To recap: Best pitcher of the young season implodes, brand new $611M stadium felled by two 50 cent fuses. No wonder Barry Svrluga is bailing on this beat.

Cool Papa Mottram Is Stalking Li’l Dmitri
Published 5/6/2008 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... and John Lannan won’t continue pitching lights out either. So their mark of 14-18 (a 71-win pace) is about right for a team that would surprise with a 75-win season. • Yahoo! Sports led with Jeff Passan’s look at the poor attendance at Nats Park yesterday. Interesting stuff about how new lobbying laws, in concert with crazy pricing — may be the reason for empty seats behind home plate — seats that Big League Stew has ideas to fill. • Chico Harlan is taking over The Post’s Nats beat. Meanwhile, Barry Svrluga ...

Off-Day Open Thread
Published 6/23/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts
... One of my favorite baseball writers, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post, recently left the Nationals beat to cover the Olympics.  (This happened more than a month ago, which shows how much attention I've been paying lately.)  Which baseball writers do you enjoy?   ...