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After watching the Rays go from the worst team in 2007 to the American League East champions this season, the Nationals have hope they can turn things around in 2009.

Published September 29, 2008 at 12:24 p.m. AP AP AP WASHINGTON _ Fans, of course, will keep tabs on what the Washington Nationals do after a 59-102 season that made them the worst team in the major leagues.

Thirty-five minutes before he threw the game's first pitch, Jamie Moyer ambled from the dugout to the bullpen in center field.

WASHINGTON - Four seasons into baseball's return to the nation's capital, a resounding question hangs in the air: Where are the Washington Nationals' fans? The average attendance of 29,025 for the inaugural ...

Just as Yankee Stadium is shutting down, Aaron Boone is opening up about the one unforgettable moment he contributed to it. The home run he hit to end the 2003 ALCS -- Game 7, 11th inning -- sent the Yankees to the World Series and gave Boone, a Yankee for just half a season, a permanent place in its history.

In the first few years after that home run, Boone took pride in the moment, sure. But he also aimed for distance. He didn't want one swing to define him.

"I kind of set [the moment] aside," Boone explained. "But now, I can appreciate it and respect the fact that it's a pretty neat moment, and a lot of fans -- especially Yankees and Red Sox fans -- will remember me for that."

Ask Mariano Rivera or Rudy Giuliani or any of those legions of fans who love the pinstripes, and they can describe every detail of Aaron Boone's home run that shook Yankee Stadium.

Chris Young pitched seven scoreless innings and hit a home run to give the San Diego Padres a 6-1 win over the Nationals in the second of three games.

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Before now, you could explain away the missteps and the misfires, all the awful late-inning catastrophes, all the self-immolating meltdowns that have sabotaged so much of what they've tried to do all year.

First baseman Dmitri Young rejoined the Nationals on Tuesday. It marked the first time he has been with the team since July 20, when Washington was in Atlanta.

Nationals infielder Aaron Boone has been productive coming off the bench this season.

Washington Nationals Anderson Hernandez, 2b Cristian Guzman, ss Ryan Zimmerman, 3b Lastings Milledge, cf Elijah Dukes, rf Aaron Boone, 1b Willie Harris, lf Wil Nieves, c John Lannan lhp Mets Jose Reyes, ss Ryan ...

James Parr had an ideal In Major League debut at Turner Field Thursday night. Parr, who was selected by the Braves in the fourth round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft, surrendered two hits over six innings.

An MRI Thursday showed inflammation and tendinitis in Carlos Zambrano 's rotator cuff.

The Nationals' offense continues to shine. Aaron Boone's home run in the bottom of the eighth inning helped the Nats defeat the Braves, 8-4, at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon.

Newcomer Elmer Dessens, trying to resurrect his career out of the Mexican Leagues, was given the ball with a one-run lead over the Nationals in the eighth inning.

Aaron Boone failed to lay down a sacrifice, then slammed a three-run, eighth-inning home run to lift the Washington Nationals to their sixth straight win, 8-4 over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

Aaron Boone failed to lay down a sacrifice, then slammed a three-run, eighth-inning home run to lift the Washington Nationals to their season-high sixth straight win, 8-4 over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

Cristian Guzman became the second Washington National to hit for the cycle when he tripled in the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.

The Washington Nationals may have the worst record in baseball, but on Friday they were better than the team with the best mark in the National League.