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Will Guzman get a chance to twinkle?
Nationals’ fans can only hope that NL All-Star skipper Clint Hurdle finds a way to get shortstop Cristian Guzman into tonight’s game at Yankee Stadium in some meaningful way. Guzman leads the league in hits with 126, and is second overall in Major League Baseball. Plus, he was originally a Yankee product, traded away to Minnesota for Chuck Knoblauch in 1998. One would hope he’d get more than just a token at-bat.  Please disturb this lack of grooveWhen the Nationals acquired Wily Mo Pena from the Red Sox last August, there was an assumption that he’d provide the additional power that was missing from the everyday lineup. Sure, he was less than Gold Glove caliber in the outfield, but he usually caught whatever he could get to, and it was hard to overlook his 2004 season with Cincinnati, when he homered 26 times in just 336 at-bats. Bringing him back to the National League looked like a recipe for success. |
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