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Extra inning win in Miami for DC over Marlins! Hoping for a series sweep and breaking up the Florida karma over us....

Keep him in! You have some opportunities for your batters to tie and go ahead! Lee had an even better game against us Nationals than Halladay did, and that is saying a lot.

Thanks for posting that story on Werth. It was fun to watch.

DC takes 3 of 4 with the Giants! Strong outing by Gorzelanny, and 6th save for Drew Storen. We have such a poor defense that it makes news when we go 4 straight games without an error.

Good win over the Giants today! Wish we had had the timely hitting yesterday! Bad news about Ryan Zimmerman being out for surgery for at least 6 weeks. Ivan Rodriguez is on some sort of defensive streak right now. It's almost foolish to try stealing bases against him.

Unable to hit Giants pitching today or capitalize on so many walks and hit batters, DC falls to Saint Francisville. Saw Brian Wilson close against the Nationals and strike out our batter for the final out with the bases loaded. Enjoyable outing but disappointing outcome on a gorgeous spring day at the ballpark.

One company has in fact done this so far in the United States: the Edison Company. Edit: I appear to be mistaken about this. Edison did bequeath its recordings to the National Park Service, but it is disputed that this constituted a relinquishing of copyright. http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2008/07/the-messy-messy.html So the musicians of the 20s, 30s, and 40s performed and recorded (mostly) with the understanding that they would not even be copyrighted, much less copyrighted for so long, yet somehow it is fair for their recording companies' descendants and heirs to assert monopoly for well nigh 90 years? Because that's what we're talking about. We are not talking about the descendants of side men getting checks for music from so long ago. In some genres, all a musician got was a work for hire fee at the time of recording or payment from his bandleader. And if we in 2011 cannot somehow correct injustices that these musicians faced in the 20s, 30s,and 40s, then NO ONE MAY HEAR the music? That sounds like the deal to me.

Thanks for the update. Looking at the comments section, some don't seem to understand or care what the waste of orphan works does to the culture.

Hazel Dickens, bluegrass pioneer who sang of miners and downtrodden, dies at 75 There will never be another like her.

MLB needs to step up and help with vaccinations for recruits from poor countries. Death of Dominican Prospect Sparks Changes

It's a sorry man who cannot make up an Oscar Wilde quote to fit any occasion. -- Uncyclopedia.

Up 7-2 over St. Louis in the bottom of the sixth. A doubleheader today because of last night's rain out.

I remember the Mom and Dads! They used to play on those syndicated country-western TV shows like Porter Waggonner or Del Reeves in the early 70s.

His remarks in the interview about pretending on Twitter and Facebook, to me, were spot on, i.e., on the spot. He knocked it kisser in, i.e., in the kisser.

3 outs away from a 3-game sweep of the Brewers and an 8-7 record! Great doubleheader for Danny Espinosa. He was already leading all rookies in the NL in runs batted in, had 6 RsBI today!

Week late here. Heard Marcia Ball last Saturday at State Theater in Falls Church, Virginia. She's still got it! Really good boogie woogie piano in the mix. Together with the stuff she's famous for.

It's going to be hard to compete in the division when Lee's game is even better than Halladay's the night before! We might do better against some second-tier teams. Glad to see we're competitive, but the whole team is saying they don't want moral victories, they want real wins!

Enjoying F.P. Santangelo as our new TV color commentator! I know a lot of DC fans miss Dibble, but not me. This guy has a lot more charm and finesse. Haven't caught him contradicting his own commentary simply for the sake of having the last word, the way Dibble often did.

Just lost a pitchers' game to Philadelphia, time 2:06. That time is almost unheard of these days. Cliff Lee was awesome tonight.

Whoa! I didn't realize he directed The Hill (1965)! What an amazing movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059274/

Fats Waller too, but not to me.

Separated at birth?

Nice to have Jayson Werth homering AGAINST the Phillies tonight, instead of against us Internats.

Ryan Zimmerman was put on the 15-day disabled list with a strained abdominal muscle, aggravating a spring training injury. He may be out longer than that. We'll have to use Hairston and Cora, and maybe call up Brian Bixler who impressed this spring. Werth moves back to hitting in the number 3 spot. Here's hoping he gets hot and carries us a while.

Nice 11-inning victory for Wash over NY! Continued good relief pitching, better defense than yesterday (Hairston's error), and clutch hitting by Rodriguez and Nix. We were 3-10 last year in extra innings, so here's hoping for improvement.