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Its like fantasy spring training, with out throwing inside to <b>Joe Pepitone<\/b> or punching out <b>Mickey Mantle<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/nationalsjournal\/2010\/05\/mark_lerners_batting_practice.html?wprss=nationalsjournal\">its all fun and games until Lerner gets hit in the face with a fly ball<\/a> (Nationals Journal, <i>The Post<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen blood gush that fast out of someone,&#8221; said one Nationals player.<\/p>\n<p>Lerner is okay after some stiches, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/05\/20\/AR2010052005720.html\">it was the kind of night for the Nats<\/a> (<i>The Post<\/i>). They were down 10-1 to New York Mets (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnwashington.com\/05\/20\/10\/Zuckerman-Atilano-Fighting-to-Hold-Rotat\/landing_nationals.html?blockID=238731&#038;feedID=280\">Luis Atilano was terrible<\/a> (<i>CSN Washington<\/i>), giving up 7 runs, 6 earned over 4 1\/3 innings) when I finally got to turn on the game in the sixth and I decided to do other things. They actually put up a fight and scored another 6 runs and had a chance to tie with Adam Dunn up and the bases loaded, but could not come through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/nationalsjournal\/2010\/05\/nyjer_morgan_slumping_in_may.html\">Nyjer Morgan says he&#8217;s starting to feel like last year<\/a>. 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