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Wire Taps: Washington Nationals exploring alternatives to Nationals Park due to D.C.’s coronavirus restrictions? For reals? + more Nats news...

Is it all a bluff as some have suggested since Washington Post writer Jesse Dougherty wrote that the defending World Series champion Washington Nationals are, “unsure whether they will begin this season playing at Nationals Park because of municipal coronavirus protocols ...and the team is actively exploring alternative sites — with Opening Day only a week away.”

Wait, what? The city’s protocol for people who come into contact with those who who have tested positive for COVID-19 requires they do a two-week quarantine, as we saw with Howie Kendrick, Juan Soto, and Victor Robles recently, and, “The District is unwilling to bend that requirement for the Nationals, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, and the team is wary of its ability to compete under those guidelines.