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A year after the “Natinals” lost a general manager to scandal, Chris Needham looks on the bright side.

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With all the focus on the big free agents and trades this offseason, here’s a look at what teams in the bottom half of baseball’s payroll structure are up to.

In 2009 these power hitters showed what can be done with three true outcomes.

These pair of third basemen are both coming off all-star seasons, and at 24 and 25 there is definitely more to come.

From Washington Business Journal: The Washington Nationals, which finished its 2009 season with the worst record in baseball, recently laid off several people in the team’s executive offices, according to sources close to the team. Two former employees, who asked not to be identified, admitted to being laid off by the team. One former employee, […]

From the military police blotter: The Marine Corps said Monday a sergeant charged with faking war injuries to obtain freebies intended for wounded warriors will plead guilty . . . The 34-year-old Marine from Springhill, La., faces eight counts carrying prison terms of up to 31 years. He is accused of bluffing his way into […]

Rosenthal has the Nats interviewing Braves’ scouting director Roy Clark for the assistant GM job. If Clark were to jump ship, it would be . . . bad. Clark has been courted by the Nats before and turned them down. That was more of a lateral move, however. If Robo is right, this is something […]

New toon Thursdays with TUCK! brand toons

It’s going to take me a while to figure out how the hell to structure my mornings without recaps. I might just link the NBC stuff as it goes live, foregoing the “Exile” post. I may make the mornings more of a series of quick links to other stuff as opposed to full blown posts. […]