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Just a few quick things to start the morning. First of all, thanks for a great, lively discussion yesterday. Today's off day feature comes in the form of a Boz column -- link is here -- that crystallizes the stakes for Elijah Dukes. Writes Boz: "Dukes has to grow up. Not totally, but enough." Also, backed by (moderate? popular?) demand, here's your P-Nats update. The Potomac Nationals -- Washington's Class A affiliate in the Carolina...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. (link)

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