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The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

Our Losing Season

by Will on September 18, 2009

This slideshow is an amazing testament to the utter incompetence of the Washington Nationals.

Tagged as: Baseball, Nationals, sports

Will writes from Washington, D.C. (well, Arlington, Virginia). You can reach him at willblogcorrespondence at gmail dot com.

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