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<item><title><![CDATA[Cut4: Strasburg&#39;s uncomfortable experience]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/cutfour/article.jsp?content_id=31359760&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:20:03 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/cutfour/article.jsp?content_id=31359760&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Cut4: Strasburg&#39;s uncomfortable experience]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Strasburg has tough go vs. Friars in finale]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_15_sdnmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=recap&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:29:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_15_sdnmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=recap&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Strasburg has tough go vs. Friars in finale]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Right-hander Stephen Strasburg faced his hometown team, the Padres, for the first time in his career on Tuesday afternoon. It turned out to be one of the worst outings of his career as the Nationals lost to the Padres, 6-1, at Nationals Park.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Bill Ladson</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Gio, Bedard set to square off in southpaw battle]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_16_pitmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=preview&amp;vkey=preview_web_home&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:14:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_16_pitmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=preview&amp;vkey=preview_web_home&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Gio, Bedard set to square off in southpaw battle]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Erik Bedard is hoping his start Wednesday against the Nationals goes much better -- and lasts much longer -- than his abbreviated start last week against the same club.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Paul Casella</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Nats TV voice Carpenter to work FOX game]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120515&amp;content_id=31299976&amp;notebook_id=31299968&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:28:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120515&amp;content_id=31299976&amp;notebook_id=31299968&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Nats TV voice Carpenter to work FOX game]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nationals TV broadcaster Bob Carpenter will be doing the play-by-play for the Nationals-Orioles game for FOX this Saturday at Nationals Park.]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Nats says Rendon could return in September]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120515&amp;content_id=31299976&amp;notebook_id=31299966&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:28:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120515&amp;content_id=31299976&amp;notebook_id=31299966&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Nats says Rendon could return in September]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Houston Chronicle quoted  Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon saying that he is probably out for the rest of the season because of a badly sprained left ankle, but a team source told MLB.com that was not the case.]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Morse, DeRosa progressing toward return]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120515&amp;content_id=31299976&amp;notebook_id=31299970&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:28:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120515&amp;content_id=31299976&amp;notebook_id=31299970&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Morse, DeRosa progressing toward return]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Left fielder Michael Morse was able to hit in the indoor batting cage without any problems on Tuesday. He said he will hit and throw every other day. ]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Maldonado joins Nats as Leon hits DL]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120515&amp;content_id=31299976&amp;notebook_id=31299974&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:28:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120515&amp;content_id=31299976&amp;notebook_id=31299974&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Maldonado joins Nats as Leon hits DL]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Nationals placed catcher Sandy Leon on the 15-day disabled list with a high right ankle sprain and selected the contract of catcher Carlos Maldonado from Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday. ]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Leon&#39;s MLB debut cut short by injury]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31255096&amp;vkey=news_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:19:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31255096&amp;vkey=news_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Leon&#39;s MLB debut cut short by injury]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Nationals suffered a blow on Monday night when catcher Sandy Leon, making his Major League debut, had to leave the game in the fourth inning against the Padres with a high sprain of his right ankle.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Bill Ladson</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[It&#39;s hard not to keep your attention on Harper]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31279478&amp;vkey=news_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:43:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31279478&amp;vkey=news_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Leach: It&#39;s hard not to focus on Harper]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[As Bryce Harper gets older, more polished and more refined, the numbers will come. Right now, he&#39;s a spectacle. Maybe the best spectacle in baseball. ]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Matthew Leach</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Harper hits no-doubter for first MLB homer]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31253482&amp;vkey=news_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:32:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31253482&amp;vkey=news_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Harper hits no-doubter for first MLB homer]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper, the person pegged as the LeBron James of baseball, hit his first Major League home run on Monday night against the Padres.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Bill Ladson</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[After Harper&#39;s first HR, Desmond seals win]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_14_sdnmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=recap&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:58:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_14_sdnmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=recap&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[After Harper&#39;s first HR, Desmond seals win]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ian Desmond&#39;s two-run double and Bryce Harper&#39;s first Major League homer helped the Nationals defeat the Padres, 8-5, at Nationals Park on Monday night.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Bill Ladson</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Rehabbing Lidge throws from flat ground]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31248368&amp;notebook_id=31248330&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:40:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31248368&amp;notebook_id=31248330&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Rehabbing Lidge throws from flat ground]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nationals reliever Brad Lidge, who is on the disabled list because of a sports hernia, threw from 60 feet on flat ground on Monday.]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Johnson: Morse looking at return in early June]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31248368&amp;notebook_id=31248318&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:39:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31248368&amp;notebook_id=31248318&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Johnson: Morse looking at return in early June]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nationals left fielder Michael Morse, who has yet to play a Major League game this season because of a torn left lat (shoulder) muscle, threw the baseball from 50 to 60 feet and didn&#39;t have any problems.]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Wang progresses toward return to Nats]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31248368&amp;notebook_id=31248300&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:37:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31248368&amp;notebook_id=31248300&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Wang progresses toward return to Nats]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nationals right-hander Chien-Ming Wang had another rehab start for Triple-A Syracuse on Monday. He pitched eight innings and allowed four runs on 11 hits in a 6-4 victory over Rochester. ]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Johnson sticking with Rodriguez as closer]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31248368&amp;notebook_id=31248286&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:35:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120514&amp;content_id=31248368&amp;notebook_id=31248286&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Johnson sticking with Rodriguez as closer]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nationals manager Davey Johnson told the media on Monday that Henry Rodriguez is still the closer, after Rodriguez blew his third save of the season and allowed the game-winning grand slam to first baseman Joey Votto in a 9-6 loss to the Reds on Sunday. ]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Nationals break out pink for Mother&#39;s Day]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120513&amp;content_id=31157350&amp;notebook_id=31210196&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:21:07 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120513&amp;content_id=31157350&amp;notebook_id=31210196&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Nationals break out pink for Mother&#39;s Day]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Several Nationals players showed their support for Major League Baseball and the Going to Bat program by using pink bats and wearing pink equipment, including spikes, during games on Mother&#39;s Day. The program helps bring awareness to the disease of breast cancer with an emphasis placed on prevention, treatment and finding a cure. ]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Heartbreaker homer in ninth stuns Nationals]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_13_wasmlb_cinmlb_1&amp;mode=recap&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_13_wasmlb_cinmlb_1&amp;mode=recap&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Heartbreaker homer in ninth stuns Nationals]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Washington Nationals appeared headed toward a three-game sweep of the Reds, leading by three runs with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning on Sunday at Great American Ball Park. But a fly ball lost in the lights and Joey Votto&#39;s walk-off grand slam -- his third home run of the game -- off of Henry Rodriguez instead left the Nationals shaking their heads, as Cincinnati rallied for a 9-6 victory.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Kevin Goheen</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Leon called up after Ramos placed on DL]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120513&amp;content_id=31157350&amp;notebook_id=31157352&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 16:00:47 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120513&amp;content_id=31157350&amp;notebook_id=31157352&amp;vkey=notebook_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Leon called up after Ramos placed on DL]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sandy Leon, 23, takes the roster spot of Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, who tore the ACL in his right knee on Saturday night.
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<item><title><![CDATA[Ramos has torn ACL, likely done for year]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120513&amp;content_id=31141660&amp;vkey=news_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:40:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120513&amp;content_id=31141660&amp;vkey=news_was&amp;c_id=was&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[Ramos has torn ACL, likely done for year]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has a torn ACL in his right knee and will need surgery that will likely sideline him for the remainder of the 2012 season.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Kevin Goheen</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Bill Ladson&#39;s MLBlog ]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com&amp;partnerId=rss_was</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:48:46 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com&amp;partnerId=rss_was</guid><description><![CDATA[ Bill Ladson&#39;s MLBlog ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
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