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Top Yankees Prospect Who Had Innings Limit Now Needs Tommy John Surgery Jack Dickey, deadspin.com The big Stephen Strasburg shutdown debate seems ancient now, with beads of cheap champagne lining plastic sheeting in the dumpsters out behind Nationals Park. But recall that Nationals GM Mike Rizzo—and Strasburg's agent, Scott Boras—insisted that the…
	Nationals P Gonzalez will start Game 1 of NLDS Oct 2, 2012 Associated Press, ESPN.com A day after clinching the NL East, Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson rested most of his regular lineup -- and saved left-hander Gio Gonzalez for Game 1 of the playoffs.
	Bucs hope to follow the lead of A's, Nats, O's Oct 2, 2012 MLB.com The Orioles, Athletics and Nationals -- all recently downtrodden franchises which among them have had 27 consecutive non-winning seasons -- are all in the postseason.
	The Playoff Picture: How Did the Pundits Do? Oct 2, 2012 Dave Seminara, nytimes.com An analysis of preseason picks from 133 baseball writers at 19 publications and sites reveals that not a single writer predicted the A's or the Orioles to make the playoffs.
	Bryce Harper celebrated NL East title by pouring apple cider on a kid and beer on his teammates Oct 2, 2012 Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com Bryce Harper is only 19 years old and once famously deflected an inquiry about drinking beer in Canada as "a clown question, bro." So how did the underaged baseball phenom navigate the alcohol-soaked clubhouse after the Washington Nationals cl…
	Redemption At Last For Nationals Oct 2, 2012 CNNSI.com A long road for Ryan Zimmerman and the Nationals was vindicated with an NL East title Monday. Joe Lemire examines D.C.'s turnaround, the Tigers' crown, the A's clincher and more.
	Nationals ready regardless of opponent Oct 2, 2012 Bill Ladson, MLB.com If the Nats end up with the best record in baseball, they could start on Sunday against the Wild Card team -- either the Braves or Cardinals. If they have the second-best record, behind the Reds, they'll start on Saturday, against the Giants.
	Nats' clinching moment unusual, but still sweet Oct 2, 2012 Joey Nowak, MLB.com The Nationals began the night needing either a win over the Phillies or a Braves loss to the Pirates. They got the latter, clinching the National League East without ever scoring a run.

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Peter King: No ref's return as special as Corrente's; the future in LA; ma…
Oct 2
The voice of Tony Corrente was ebullient, as ebullient as a man who stared down his own mortality within the past few months and lived to tell about it.
Don Banks: Early middle-dwellers still have playoff shot, but who'll make …
Oct 2
Taking stock at the quarter pole of the NFL's regular season, 10 teams are sitting pretty with winning records and at least three wins, while 10 others already are in trouble, with losing marks and no fewer than three losses. But what about the 12 teams…
Don Banks: Early middle-dwellers still have playoff shot, but who'll make …
Oct 2
Taking stock at the quarter pole of the NFL's regular season, 10 teams are sitting pretty with winning records and at least three wins, while 10 others already are in trouble, with losing marks and no fewer than three losses. But what about the 12 teams…
Peter King: No ref's return as special as Corrente's; the future in LA; ma…
Oct 2
The voice of Tony Corrente was ebullient, as ebullient as a man who stared down his own mortality within the past few months and lived to tell about it.