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DMV: Nats Keep Playing Reliever Roulette
By Jamie Mottram | June 8, 2009
DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
Following in the proud tradition of Joel Hanrahan, Julian Tavarez, Kip Wells, Joe Beimel and Hanrahan again, ex-All-Star-turned-scrapheap-pickup Mike MacDougal is the new Nats closer. And, yes, only one of them was even with the team on photo day. If you’re gonna fail, fail awesome. [Nats Journal]
Speaking of, D.C. fire chief shuts down fireworks at Nats Park. [City Desk]
Why this and other Nats fails are heartbreakingly perfect. [D.C. Sports Bog]
Ex-Nats, Livan Hernandez among them, hand Nats their 40th loss in just 55 games. They haven’t won two straight in a month. Awful. [WaPo]
Rob Dibble tweets mean things about ESPN’s Rob Neyer. [Federal Baseball]
Reminder: The draft is tomorrow and the Nats are the first team ever with two top-10 picks. [TWT]
O’s swept in Oakland, go 1-5 on West Coast swing. [The Sun]
Wieters watch: 0-for-4, .143. [Yahoo! Sports]
SI, perhaps mistakenly, says Greivis is gone to the NBA. [Testudo Times]
Why the Wiz aren’t dumping salary with the fifth pick. [Bullets Forever]
Unhappy with the Skins switching Orakpo to LB. [DC Landing Strip]
UVA wins its super regional, heads to the College World Series. [WaPo]
Hey WNBA fans, the Mystics season started. [Ted's Take]
I’d like to dine at the new place across from Busboys, Eatonville. [DCist]
The possible “Real World: D.C.” house is in Dupont Circle. [DCist]
Today: “Weeds” season premiere (10 p.m.)
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