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visiting bet-Q.com. We say good morning to Chelsea James National Baseball

writer for the Washington Post. Good morning Chelsea how are you? I'm doing great how are you guys?

We are doing well so I'm perusing your Twitter at Chelsea underscore Janes your last tweet I would say tonight is the closest this series is felt to a rivalry since I've been around.

I'm assuming you're talking about the Nats Orioles at Nationals Park.

I heard Grant Paulson, our station colleague, he went to I think yesterday or the day before his game and he said it was a really good crowd, but there wasn't a lot of animosity between the fan bases is that kind of what you

experienced to out at Nat's Park you know I wasn't there last night but I think in

terms of rivalry I I just find it more on the field right now I don't sense that much animosity but you know I also at the same time

See emails from readers and the tweets in response to my tweets and you know there's there's some tension I would say it's not like outright hatred but I don't think that there's a lot of I don't know there seems to be less kind of hope for mutual success than there was even you know 10 years ago or

something so I don't know I think it's changing but I think for me that the

rivalry part is on the field where you know it just seems like they're playing

really good games with a lot of young talent and that's kind of where

long time rivalries begin I think.

Well it was super exciting last night even though they lost and I know at one point as I follow you you

you tweeted wow that Abrams hit feels like it might be kind of like

it I don't know an important hit for this team for the season like almost like a tone

setter like this team is maybe for real in terms of being competitive and you know around 500 at least sort of all

year is that the vibe you're getting? Yeah I it feels ridiculous to say that but it was one of those moments where, you know, a young player who he's been kind of waiting to be a star sort of took things into his own hands and, you know know did exactly what you need him to do in

those moments and you know they just seem like they're on the right track I you know I

don't think necessarily you're gonna see them push for a wild card spot this year but that was the first moment where I kind of thought to myself like they might they might have something here whether it's this year or next year whatever you know there's there's some talent there and some talent that has little grit to it so I think

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