Nelson doesn't like the Nationals

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Kevin Devaney back with one final update. Here's what Nelson Figueroa said after tonight's 10-4 loss to Washington, in response to what he said was "singing" and "chanting" from the Nationals dugout in the third inning: "They were cheerleading in the dugout like a bunch softball girls. I'm a professional just like anybody else, so I take huge offense to that. If that's what a last-place ... [link]

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Classless Nats
Published 5/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Vazzano) at The 'Ropolitans :: New York Mets Baseball Blog
I'm usually not one to put a whole lot of stock into quotes as they are usually that same darn thing every time. "We just didn't hit." "Great pitching performance beat us." "I really felt it tonight." And so on and so forth. Once in a while though, someone comes out and really says how then feel. I present to you, Nelson Figueroa on the Nationals dugout antics, via Kevin Devaney: “They were cheerleading in the dugout like a bunch softball girls. I’m a professional just like anybody else, so I take huge offense to that. If that’s what ...

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