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Send the Washington Nationals Back to the Hell from Whence They Came
bleacherreport.com - 12/12/2008
Send the Washington Nationals Back to the Hell from Whence They Came
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The Washington Nationals are the worst franchise in professional sports. As a creature with origins in the D.C. suburbs, I say this with equal parts sincerity and scorn. What kind of team loses 102 games and then sees fit to offer a free agent first baseman $160 million? Is anyone at this organization paying attention to anything? Apropos of anything else, why would Mark Teixeira have any interest in playing for this piece of shit team? But let’s forget that side of the equation; this is ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/10/2008
Mark Teixeira negotiations heating up
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — LAS VEGAS -- The Yankees' imminent signing of free-agent left-hander CC Sabathia to a seven-year, $160-million deal... would seem to take them out of the running for Mark Teixeira, but that will hardly ease the competition the Angels face in... (more) Mark Teixeira negotiations heating up

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sports.espn.go.com - 12/15/2008
Buster Olney Blog
— sports.espn.go.com — Posted by Buster Olney We saw the damage that Mark Teixeira could do with the Angels in... his 54 games with the team down the stretch. Batting in front of Vladimir Guerrero in the lineup, the switch-hitting first baseman mashed to a .358 batting average ... (more) Buster Olney Blog

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Nats make eight-year offer to Teixeira | MLB.com: News
mlb.mlb.com - 12/11/2008
Nats make eight-year offer to Teixeira | MLB.com: News
— mlb.mlb.com — LAS VEGAS -- The Nationals are showing how serious they are when it comes to bringing Maryland... native Mark Teixeira to Washington, D.C. According to a Major League source, the club has offered the switch-hitting first baseman an eight-year, $160 ... (more) Nats make eight-year offer to Teixeira | MLB.com: News

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Rake Blog — ... I recently started contributing to a sports website called Bleacher Report, where a user named Dave had this to say about an article I wrote about the Washington Nationals’ hilarious futility: ...

Dunn Decides To Waste Two Years In Washington
Rake Blog — ... Let’s throw it out there right off the bat, the Washington Nationals can do no right. We’ve been over this organization’s hilariously poor management over and over again, sometimes with ...

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