A 1,030-word speech from Paul Lo Duca

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Game Thread: Baltimore Orioles at Washington Nationals- 2008 Game 81 of 162. "'Opening Night' Odalis Perez Returns To Face The Orioles."
Published 6/27/2008 by e chigliak at Federal Baseball: Front Page Posts
... Washington Post writer Chico Harlan's article, "A 1,030-word speech from Paul Lo Duca", makes for some, uh, interesting reading...among the quotes all of Lo Duca's fans in DC might find, uh, "interesting": ...

Not in a million years did I think I'd side with Paul Lo Duca, but...
Published 6/27/2008 by ck at The Nationals Enquirer
... (Manny Acta, via Washington Post, 6/27/2008) Sadly, the NAAAAts will have to settle for a broken down 36 yr old hitting .190 with 4 RBI. "Like I said, I don't know if I'm going to be here the rest of the year. I don't know. I don't know if I'm going to be with another team or what's gonna happen. But like I said, I'm still here at 2 o'clock ready to play in the game." (Paul Lo Duca, via Nationals Journal, 6/26/2008) Sure, he was probably the wrong guy ...

WaPo: A 1,030 Word Speech from Paul Lo Duca
Published 6/27/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
WaPo: A 1,030 Word Speech from Paul Lo Duca Before the regular BBTF contingent piles on, I’ll just point out that I think what Lo Duca says here is quite well put and heartfelt. Selected excerpts: I just felt, take pride, take pride in the game. You know, I’m in a situation here where I’m on the bench now, and I can’t pout about it. The kid, Flores, has played well. I’m in a situation where, if I go to another team, I go to another team. But I’m still a National [for now]… When you are a losing team or last-place team, a lot of things get magnified; when you don’t ...

Paul Lo Duca Is Passionate, Wordy
Published 6/27/2008 by Eamonn Brennan at FanHouse
Filed under: Washington, DC, Nationals, NL EastPaul Lo Duca is a fiery man. This you know. That fire has not always been endearing. More often than not, it's been incredibly annoying, and Lo Duca's proponents -- the kind that believe you need to have "passion" and "swagger" to succeed at baseball -- don't help. Also, dude did steroids. Not cool. Still, this prolonged outburst is impressive. After the Nationals' Thursday night game, Lo Duca soliloquized the Nationals' situation: I hope [people listened to my message]. I'm ...

“I was wrong, mmmm I took too long I got caught in the rush hour, a fellow started to shower, you with love and affection, now you won’t look in my direction……
Published 6/27/2008 by kranepool at Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog
... All you Captain Red Ass fans, checkout this post of P-Lo’s post game rant that shows that Paulie still has a passion to play the game but is frustrated with the attitude and mistakes that his young teammates in D.C. have shown. Carry on old solider. ...