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Dear Lastings: As you rounded third base tonight after your Home Run in the bottom of the fifth--your very first at New Nationals Park--you pretended to take a football handoff from Third Base Coach Tim Tolman. Then, after you crossed home plate--and pointed to the sky--you proceeded to move your way to Our Washington Nationals Dugout. Whereupon--you proceeded to FLAP YOUR WINGS IN GREAT ... [link]

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Is It Lastings Or Ladell?
Published 5/25/2008 by Metstradamus (noreply@blogger.com) at The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus
... , who made me aware of this new craze (thanks), write this letter to Lastings in response. So much for getting his " ...

Morning Look: The Miggy Move
Published 6/18/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... , a bit of creative joy which prompted a "Dear Lastings" letter from at least one local blogger. Yeesh. What happened to those simpler days three years ago, when ball players could "do this hand-slap thing - palms up, palms down, palms sideways" without causing excessive worry lines? Anyhow, nice to see what appears to be Roberts and Tejada doing The Miggy last night, in this photo from Reuters's Joe Giza . Maybe three years from now, Milledge and Dukes can relive their happy 2008 in some bucolic pre-game scene. By Dan Steinberg | June 18, 2008; 8:34 AM ET | Category: ...

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