I wrote the other day about a yahoosports.com article by Jeff Passan entitled, "Weak attendance could be a National Emergency", which took a look at the early returns on the Nationals' new ballpark, and wondered why it was half full most nights.

Now Dave at Bottomfeeder Baseball has written a FANPOST here at federalbaseball.com entitled, "In Addition to the Yahoo piece re: Nats Park", which features Dave's response to an article by Eric Knopsnyder, from The Tribune Democrat newspaper out  of Johnstown, PA, entitled, "Hardly a Nationals treasure", about Mr. Knopsnyder's trip to Washington, DC and the new Nationals Park. 

The two paragraphs from Mr. Knopsnyder's article that caught my own and Dave at Bottomfeeder Baseball's attention:

"What’s left is a shiny new ballpark that is home to bad baseball and seemingly uneducated fans. Maybe it’s unfair to judge a city’s baseball IQ on a few games with the Pirates – after all even the most ardent baseball cities often need big promotions to draw fans when the Bucs are in town – but that’s all I have to go on so far.

"Although many cities might have already turned on third baseman Ryan Zimmerman for his slow start, it’s understandable – some might even say admirable – that Washington fans still give him the biggest cheers. What’s harder to imagine is why they are so quick to applaud Wily Mo Pena and his Mendoza Line batting average, other than the fact that he’s the one other name in the lineup that they recognize."

Wow, "uneducated fans" huh? Dave at Bottom Feeder Baseball let's you know what he thinks of Mr. Knopsnyder's opinion in his FANPOST, here's your chance to voice your own...Why do you still cheer for a struggling Zimmerman? Does Mr. Knopsnyder know Wily Mo Pena's recovering from a lengthy DL stint? Should anyone from Pennsylvania, home of the Phillies' fan ever question another city's baseball intelligence? (ed. note - "Why aren't they booing Burrell now?") 

Voice your opinion, that's what Federalbaseball.com is here for...