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baseballmusings.com - 10 hours ago
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Tracee Hamilton sits down with Roy Clark ,
the Nationals new VP for player personnel. He gives
a generally rosy review of the best of the Nats system, but it’s nice to see what he considers the positives of these players. On shorststop Danny Espinosa, for example: “I hadn’t ...
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voices.washingtonpost.com - 10 hours ago
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I had a great talk Friday afternoon with
Roy Clark, the Nats' new vice president of player
personnel. He went to Arizona last Monday to see the Baby Nats; all four pitchers plus Espinosa and Marrero had good outings that day. Here are his thoughts ...
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Talking with Nats Veep Roy Clark
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nationalsenquirer.com - 10 hours ago
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(AP Photo. The Austin Kearns Era is effectively
over in D.C. Unless he comes back for really
cheap.) Ted Lerner says: I'll take the $1 million buyout, thank you very much! And just like that, the only remaining character from the ...
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Can you believe the Nats declined that $10 million ...
federalbaseball.com - 11 hours ago
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More photos » by Lori Shepler - AP
Browse more photos » In early 2007, when then-DC
GM Jim Bowden signed right fielder Austin Kearns to a 3-year/$17.5 ...
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Washington Nationals Buy Out Austin Kearns...5 Others ...
freep.com - 13 hours ago
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Kirk Gibson wants to be a major league
manager. "I love challenges," said Gibson, 52. "It seems
like the ultimate challenge." Gibson, bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks, has six years of major league coaching experience: his Tigers homecoming in ...
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Kirk Gibson has the tools to be a manager
msn.foxsports.com - 47 hours ago
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San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has an
agreement with a prosecutor in his home state of
Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge, The Columbian reported Friday. The Vancouver, Wash., newspaper said Clark County prosecutors ...
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Report: Lincecum reaches deal on drug charge
google.com - 2 days ago
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(AP) 1 day ago SEATTLE San Francisco Giants
ace Tim Lincecum has an agreement with a prosecutor
in his home state of Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge, The Columbian reported Friday. The Vancouver, Wash., newspaper said ...
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The Associated Press: Report: Lincecum has agreement on ...
maurybrown.com - 2 days ago
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The job market is tough these days. Reuters
just reported that the national jobless rate is at
10.2 percent, a 16 and 1/2 year high. And while MLB attendance was down less than expected (the 2009 regular season ended with 73,418,529 in total attendance a decline of 6.58 percent. See Inside ...
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Nationals Front Office Latest to See Pink Slips
sports.espn.go.com - 2 days ago
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A newspaper says San Francisco Giants ace Tim
Lincecum has an agreement with a prosecutor in his
home state of Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge.
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Report: San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has deal ...
bleachernation.com - 2 days ago
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One of the worst kept secrets of Jim
Hendry’s tenure as the general manager of the Chicago
Cubs is his lust for outfielder Austin Kearns. Hendry repeatedly - and publicly - tried to acquire the then young stud from the Cincinnati Reds, only to be rebuffed by outrageous return demands. ...
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Has Jim Hendry’s Passion for Austin Kearns Abated? We’ll ...
natsfarm.com - 2 days ago
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All five of the free agent eligible players
on the Nationals 40-man roster filed for free agency.
CA Josh Bard, DH Dmitri Young, OF Austin Kearns, RHSP Livan Hernandez, and LHRP Ron Villone are all off of the Nationals 40-man roster. Additionally, the Nationals outrighted IF Pete Orr and RHPR ...
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More Roster Clean Up
washington.nationals.mlb.com - 2 days ago
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By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com 11/06/09 8:11 PM
EST Austin Kearns, Ron Villone and Dmitri Young all
filed for free agency on Friday, thus taking care of the entire slate of eligible players for the Nationals. Big league players with expiring contracts ...
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Nats pass on Kearns' option
tireball.com - 2 days ago
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The Washington Nationals made it official today, yet
we’ve known this since 2008 ended. Austin Kearns has
been let go, the team opted to pay him a $1 million buyout instead of the $10 million he would have accounted against their payroll in 2010.
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When did Austin Kearns’ career go sour?
sports.espn.go.com - 2 days ago
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WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals have declined their
$10 million option on outfielder Austin Kearns and are
paying a $1 million buyout, presumably ending his disappointing tenure with the team. The 29-year-old Kearns hit only .195 with three ...
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Washington Nationals decline $10 million option on ...
natsfarm.com - 3 days ago
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I just received word the RHRP Josh Wilkie
will be participating in tomorrow’s AFL Rising Stars Game.
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Wilkie Added to Rising Stars Game
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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hardballtimes.com —
ESPN plagiarised -- and then un-plagiarised and apologized
for plagiarising -- a story on my NBC colleague
Mike Florio's Pro Football Talk blog. Best part of it is the first comment on ESPN's article after the correction was made: Jesus... at least plagiarize a legitimate site... you're now ...
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Great Moments in Plagiarization
voices.washingtonpost.com - 3 days ago
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Stephen Strasburg, the Nationals number-one overall draft pick
this June, was scratched from Saturday's scheduled start in
the Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game due to a strained muscle in his neck, the team said Friday. According to a Nationals ...
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Strasburg scratched with neck muscle strain
hardballtimes.com - 3 days ago
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hardballtimes.com —
From Washington Business Journal : The Washington Nationals,
which finished its 2009 season with the worst record
in baseball, recently laid off several people in the team's executive offices, according to sources close to the team. Two former employees, who asked not to be identified, ...
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The Nats lay people off
dodgerdivorce.com - 3 days ago
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dodgerdivorce.com —
--- The LA Times this morning confirmed reports
I'd heard yesterday that the Dodgers axed a few
employees with heavy ties to Jamie McCourt. Per the Times: Six front-office employees who were hired by former Dodgers vice president Charles Steinberg ...
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Six with Jamie ties shown the door.
voices.washingtonpost.com - 3 days ago
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You might recall that during my frustrating trip
in mid-October, it was difficult to get scouts to
discuss players because they hadn't had enough opportunities to see them. I called a scout this week to see if I could get some feedback. This scout, by ...
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A Scout's Take on the Desert Dog Nats
natsfarm.com - 3 days ago
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Just out from the Nationals Nationals RHP Stephen
Strasburg has been scratched for precautionary reasons from his
scheduled start in Sat.’s Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game due to a muscle strain in his neck. He is listed as day-to-day and when we get confirmation on the date of his next ...
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Strasburg Scratched for Saturday
baseballmusings.com - 3 days ago
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Tim Lincecum gets cited for the possesion of
a small amount of marijuana : Washington State Patrol
spokesman Steve Schatzel said Thursday that the 2008 Cy Young Award winner and former University of Washington star was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 5 in the town of Hazel Dell, about ...
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Maybe He was being Coached by Puffer and Bong
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 days ago
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Tim Lincecum is facing misdemeanor drug possession charges
after being found with 3.3 grams of marijuana during
a routine traffic stop last week. According to police, Lincecum was stopped for going 74 miles per hour in a 60-mph zone in...
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Tim Lincecum cited for marijuana possession following ...
sportsrubbish.com - 4 days ago
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A long-haired, laid-back, goofy-looking guy who lives in
San Francisco getting caught with weed might be the
least surprising news story in the world. Nevertheless, Cy Young award winner and apparent marijuana-enthusiast Tim Lincecum is in a bit of trouble after getting pulled over for ...
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Tim Lincecum caught with pot after traffic stop in ...
nats320.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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Not 15 seconds after Mark Teixeira recorded the
final out of Game 6 of the 2009 World
Series, Major League Baseball Officials and Staff were all over the field getting in the way of The New York Yankees celebrating their victory. Do you think MLB ...
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Please Let The Celebration Breath
natsfarm.com - 4 days ago
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MiLB.com has the news today that Topps and
MiLB named their top players for each league and
the Nationals had one representative and one huge omission (in my opinion). OF Eury Perez was named the top player for the Gulf Coast League. The 19-year old Perez led the GCL with a 0.381 BA during a ...
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Topps/MiLB Name Players of the Year
digitalsportsdaily.com - 4 days ago
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digitalsportsdaily.com —
The Washington Nationals have claimed left-handed reliever Doug
Slaten off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nationals General
Manager Mike Rizzo, the former director of scouting for Arizona (2000-06), made the announcement. Slaten, who stands 6-foot-5, is 3-5 with 13 holds and a 3.68 ...
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Nationals Claim Slaten
natsfarm.com - 4 days ago
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natsfarm.com —
This morning, I had the opportunity to speak
with the Nationals new Director of Player Development Doug
Harris. Harris joined the Nationals on October 15 in a role overseeing the Nationals minor league affiliates. First a little bit of background … Harris started his professional ...
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Conversation with Doug Harris
federalbaseball.com - 4 days ago
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More photos » by Pablo Martinez Monsivais -
AP Any day now...JIm Riggleman awaits the Nationals' decision
on who will be named the next full-time Skipper. (AP ...
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Jim Riggleman Alone Amongst Candidates For Next ...
waitingfornextyear.com - 4 days ago
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While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning
gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have
something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email in the sidebar. Your must-read article of the day: “There are no best practices or guides for dealing with an ...
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While We’re Waiting… Delonte and the Media, Dirty Hines ...
natsfarm.com - 4 days ago
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The Nationals claimed LHRP Doug Slaten off of
waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 29-year old Slaten
has pitched in parts of four seasons for the Diamondbacks as a lefty specialist out of the bullpen. He has appeared in 126 major league games (80 2/3IP) with a 1.46 WHIP, 3.68 ERA, and ...
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Nationals Claim Slaten
washingtontimes.com - 4 days ago
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washingtontimes.com —
Ben Goessling and Mark Zuckerman The Washington Nationals
are expected to name their manager in the next
week, and after Don Mattingly removed himself from consideration, it appears Jim Riggleman has an inside track toward retaining the job he held on ...
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Riggleman could stay with Nationals
firejimbowden.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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firejimbowden.blogspot.com —
Brian and Steven discuss the off-season outlook for
Nationals starting pitching, including our picks among the (underwhelming)
free agent class. Download the podcast here , and while you're there, subscribe on I-Tunes or whatever podcatcher you use.
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New Podcast at "Natmoshere in your Ear"
hardballtimes.com - 5 days ago
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With perks like these , you'd think the
folks in Congress wouldn't beat baseball up over steroids
and stuff as often as they do. I mean really, isn't a bribe worth anything in Washington anymore? Tickets for Wednesday's World Series game are nearly impossible to come by at face value. But ...
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Viva Democracy
natsfarm.com - 5 days ago
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Bill Ladson has the news that 2009 Nats
bullpen coach Randy Knorr will manage Double-A Harrisburg in
2010. Knorr had previously managed in High-A Potomac before taking on the bullpen coach role. In other news, former major leaguer Rick Schu was named the organization’s minor league ...
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Knorr to Manage Harrisburg
bases.nbcsports.com - 5 days ago
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Donnie Baseball was invited to come to D.C.
to interview for the Nats job, but declined, says
Alden Gonzalez at MLB.com. The theory: that the Dodgers are working to formalize Mattingly's heir-apparent status in Los Angeles, officially making him ...
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Don Mattingly says no thanks to the Nationals. And he ...
sonsofstevegarvey.com - 5 days ago
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From "Mattingly not interviewing with Nationals" at Dodgers.com
: Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly has declined to
interview for the Nationals' opening for manager, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti confirmed through a team spokesperson on Tuesday. The move could be an indication ...
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Mattingly One Step Closer to Succeeding Torre
dcprosportsreport.com - 5 days ago
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Phoenix Desert Dogs took a 6-5 loss yesterday
to Surprise. They remain in first place at 12-7.
Danny Espinosa went 2-6 with his 3rd double of winter ball and scored a run. He is batting a nice .321 on the season. His fellow Nat prospect Chris Marrero also went 2-6 and is batting an impressive ...
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Nats Update: Marrero, Espinosa keep hitting, Mattingly ...
firejimbowden.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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As soon as the World Series is over,
the real off-season starts for teams like the Scats,
and I'll start posting again. For now, enjoy this from the Daily Show if you haven't seen it. The reason why we so loathe the invaders at Scats Park from NY and Philly.
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Clash of the Cretins
mlb.mlb.com - 5 days ago
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By Alden Gonzalez and Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
11/03/09 8:25 PM EST Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly
has declined to interview for the Nationals' opening for manager, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti confirmed through a team spokesperson on ...
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Mattingly not interviewing with Nationals
washingtontimes.com - 5 days ago
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washingtontimes.com —
The Nationals are expected to name their manager
in the next week, and after Don Mattingly removed
himself from consideration, it appears Jim Riggleman has an inside track toward retaining the job he held on an interim basis during the second half of ...
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Mattingly out of the running
natsfarm.com - 6 days ago
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natsfarm.com —
Just out from the Nationals The Washington Nationals
today named Ron Schueler Special Advisor to the General
Manager. The Nationals also promoted Bill Singer to Director of Professional Scouting. Nationals Senior Vice President and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. A 42-year ...
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More Front Office Hirings
novafantasysports.com - 6 days ago
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Update: So far, so good for No.1 overall
pick Stephen Strasburg in the Arizona fall League. Even
with an ERA over 6 ( one bad inning), Strasburg seems to be right in line as far as his developement. His stuff is electric, averaging 98mph on his fastball. His sinker clocks in around the upper ...
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Strasburg Living Up To Hype
mlbnotebook.com - 6 days ago
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In the second installment in the Free Agent
Fantasy Impact series, I look at Billy's Wagner value
at how it ties in with where he goes in free agency. Next installment will be up on Thursday, so be sure to tune in then for even more fantasy fun! Check it out: If ...
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RotoGraphs: FAFI – Billy Wagner
federalbaseball.com - 6 days ago
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More photos » by Charles Dharapak - AP
4 months ago: Washington Nationals pitcher Ross Detwiler throws
in the first inning of a baseball game against ...
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2010 Rotation Candidates - In House Options
star-telegram.com - 6 days ago
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star-telegram.com —
The replacement for Rudy Jaramillo will come from
a field of four finalists.
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Rangers might hire hitting coach today
hardballtimes.com - 6 days ago
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hardballtimes.com —
Was it the pitcher or the park? Click
the title to read more. Read more great baseball
stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Stephen Strasburg’s AFL Surprise
nybaseballdigest.com - 7 days ago
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Mets 1B prospect Ike Davis is the lone
Met to be named to the AFL’s Rising Stars
Game. This game is essentially the All Star Game of All Star Games when it comes to prospects. The AFL is where the best prospects tend to play their off-season ball, though some do go to Venezuela,the ...
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Ike Davis makes AFL Rising Stars Game
natsfarm.com - 7 days ago
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I finally got around to cleaning up the
Big Board. The Nationals have made a series of
procedural moves over the last month and change. Terrell Young was returned to the Cincinnati Reds. This is part of Rule 5, players selected in the R5 draft must spend a minimum of 90 days on the 25-man ...
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Big Board Clean Up
thecollegebaseballblog.com - 7 days ago
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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE The Washington baseball team
recently wrapped up its four-week fall practice... Visit The
College Baseball Blog for the Full Story
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GoHuskies.com talks with Lindsay Meggs about Fall Practice
