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John Patterson
Published 3/20/2008 by Screech's Best Friend at Nats320 -- A Washington Nationals Blog
... went under the knife--once again. Finally stating, it was the right thing to do. A few months later--supposedly healthy, happy and newly married--John Patterson came to Spring Training in 2008 ready to reclaim his lost glory. But, the magic didn't return--at least not yet--in 2008. Today, Our Washington Nationals had seen and experienced enough. Patterson's much slower 85 MPH Fastball and mixed results at Florida Camp, led to a most stunning development. Our Washington Nationals released John Patterson. Our Now Former Number 22--free to sign on with any other team in ...

John Patterson...RELEASED? (whispers)...CHICO!! CHICO!!! CHICO!!!
Published 3/21/2008 by e chigliak <info@federalbaseball.com> at Federal Baseball: Front Page Posts
... resulted in the repeated injuries and surgeries that led to his release. Patterson debuted in Montreal in 2004, posting a (4-7) record in 19 starts with a 5.03 ERA in 98.1 IP, over which he accumulated 99 K's, but it was the '05 season, the Nationals' first in DC, for which Patterson will be remembered in Washington, as the lanky righty went (9-7) with a 3.13 ERA in 31 starts and recorded 185 K's in 198.1 innings. Nationals' Manager Manny Acta told Washington Post sports writer Barry Svrluga in another post on washingtonpost.com's "Nationals Journal", entitled, ...

John long gone; long time coming
Published 3/21/2008 by ck at The Nationals Enquirer
... "...We'd rather let the younger kids go out there and develop. This had nothing to do with one particular start or outing. It was the whole spring training." (Manny Acta, via Nationals Journal, 3/20/2008) ...

More on Patterson’s release
Published 3/21/2008 by Spence at DC Pro Sports Report -- Sports news, stats and analysis from the capital of the free world
It’s a shocking development for John Patterson to be released by the Nationals, but clearly management believed he hadn’t recovered his velocity, wasn’t likely to recover his velocity any time soon, and didn’t have the command of pitches they wanted to see. Basically, the team picked John Lannan and Matt Chico over John Patterson. Chico will take Patterson’s place in the rotation against the Mets on Friday. GM Jim Bowden: “We made the judgment we don’t think he’s coming back [to his old ...

I work on Good Friday, John Patterson though…
Published 3/21/2008 by Harper Gordek at Oleanders and Morning Glories
WOW!  Didn’t see that coming. If you were busy watching basketball all day long, John Patterson got the ol’ axe yesterday.  Yes, the presumptive favorite to be the (in-name) #1 starter.  The guy pencilled in for the 2nd game of the year is no longer with the team. WP stories here.   And then here. Plenty of quotes and stories there, but the whole thing seems to boil down to one singular issue.   This is Bowden saying it but Acta said virtually the same thing: We made the judgment we don’t think ...