HOUSTON — For so many long, exhausting weeks, the Washington Nationals’ bullpen was so frustratingly ineffective that the idea of having good options to choose from seemed ridiculous, a luxury afforded the baseball bourgeoisie, but not the pitching-poor proletariat. But after Dusty Baker turned to Joe Blanton in the seventh inning of a one-run game […]
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