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| Report: Nats' Bowden target of FBI probe |
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07/12/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden and one of his assistants are at the center of an FBI probe examining the illegal signing practices of international players, especially those from the Dominican Republic. Bowden told the Washington Post that he recently met in person with representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of a probe. Bowden, according to a report from ESPN.com, is the highest-ranking baseball official involved in the investigation, whi |
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| Nationals' Young leaves game |
MLB Baseball |
07/12/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Washington Nationals first baseman Dmitri Young left in the third inning of Friday's 10-0 win over Houston with lower back tightness. In the bottom of the third, Young fouled off a pitch and was replaced by pinch-hitter Pete Orr, who stayed in the game playing third base. Ronnie Belliard moved over from third to play first base. Young is batting .280 with four home runs and 10 runs batted in for Washington this season. |
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| Nationals recall Langerhans |
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07/11/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - The Washington Nationals recalled outfielder Ryan Langerhans from Triple-A Columbus on Friday, and optioned outfielder Roger Bernadina to Columbus. Langerhans, 28, has appeared in 23 games with the Nationals this season, and singled six times in 30 at-bats. Most of his playing time came at Columbus, where he hit .310 with three homers, drove in 31 runs and stole 12 bases in 62 games. Bernadina, 24, batted .125 in 10 games for the Nationals this season. |
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| Astros make first trip to Nationals Park |
MLB Baseball |
07/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of last-place teams start up a three-game series tonight at Nationals Park, where the Houston Astros make their first appearance at the new venue to take on the struggling Washington Nationals. Houston enters the nation's capital with a 42-50 overall record, the worst among National League Central clubs, and has lost seven of nine games to begin the month of July. Washington is in even worse shape, having compiled a poor 35-58 mark thus far, and heads into this set having dropped seven of |
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| Astros getting left in the dust |
MLB Baseball |
07/11/2008 |
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| l for much of the season -- until now. June wasn't much better, either. This time last month, the Astros were in the midst of a stretch in which they lost eight straight, and 12 of 14. With the team in the nation's capital this weekend taking on the Washington Nationals, it will be a battle between last-place teams. Got your tickets? The real question facing this team is, where exactly are they headed? General manager Ed Wade has his work cut out for him to address that one. After all, the nucleus of the team, with |
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| Struggling D'Backs, Phils meet at Citizens Bank Park |
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07/11/2008 |
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| s on Saturday against the San Diego Padres, as he allowed three runs and seven hits in eight innings. Davis has faced the Phillies six times in his career and is 2-1 with a 2.93 ERA. Arizona comes into this series after winning two of three from the Washington Nationals. The D'Backs won Thursday's rubber match, as Stephen Drew went 3- for-6 with two doubles and the go-ahead RBI in the top of the 11th inning, lifting Arizona to a 7-5 win at Nationals Park. After blowing a two-run lead in the ninth and a three-run le |
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| Nats place INF Boone on DL |
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07/10/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - The Washington Nationals placed infielder Aaron Boone on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 7, with a left calf strain. Boone suffered the injury while pinch-running in Saturday's 3-2 loss at Cincinnati. He is batting .258 with five home runs and 17 RBI in 71 games this season. In a corresponding move, the club recalled infielder Pete Orr from Triple-A Columbus. |
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| A National disgrace in Washington |
MLB Baseball |
07/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - In the National League East, four of the five teams in the division can still see the top of the standings, save for the Washington Nationals. The Nats now have the worst record in all of baseball (34-57) and while Florida and the Mets are within 1 1/2 games of the first-place Phillies and Atlanta is just five games out despite a rough 10-game stretch, Washington can barely get out of its own way these days. On Tuesday night the Nationals opened a three-game homestand with Arizona by failing to |
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| Owings, Diamondbacks continue series with Nats |
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07/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Micah Owings returns to the starting rotation tonight after a nearly two-week absence when the Arizona Diamondbacks visit the Washington Nationals for game two of a three-game series at Nationals Park. Owings, a third-round pick of the Diamondbacks in 2005, last started on June 27 before missing a turn in the rotation with a sore gluteus muscle. He made his first relief appearance of the season on July 4 against San Diego and got two outs in the ninth inning of Arizona's 5-1 loss. H |
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| Nats' Cordero, Dukes scheduled for surgery |
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07/08/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Washington Nationals reliever Chad Cordero and outfielder Elijah Dukes will have surgery this week. Cordero, 26, will have surgery in California Tuesday with Dr. Lewis Yocum performing the operation. Dukes, 24, is scheduled for arthroscopic knee surgery on Wednesday in Tampa, Florida, with Dr. Koco Eaton performing the procedure. Cordero is expected to be sidelined for 9-to-12 months recovering from a torn right labrum while Dukes is expected to be out until late August or early S |
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