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The Washington Nationals completed a dismal season with a glimmer of hope. The Atlanta Braves finished a promising year with a brutal final week.

The Washington Nationals have in their farm system no more than a handful of true position prospects, and of them, only two seem to be of the "can't miss variety." One, Chris Marrero is the club's first baseman of the future and will take his place in D.C. just as soon as he's ready, probably 2012.

The 43rd annual Country Music Association awards will offer fans one of the last chances to see Brooks & Dunn before they split next year.

Okay, the 2009 season is finally over. A Now what? A Although the Nationalsa TM 59-103 record was the worst in all of baseballa 'and for the second year in a row, no lessa 'the surprising number of good things that happened this year will make the off-season a time for building, and not rebuilding.

Nelson Figueroa pitched a four-hitter for his first major league complete game, Angel Pagan keyed the offense and the Mets wrapped up a miserable season by completing a three-game sweep of the Astros Sunday with a 4-0 victory.

Alberto Gonzalez drove in the winning run with a two-out single in the 15th inning and the Washington Nationals closed the season with a seven-game winning streak, beating the Atlanta Braves 2-1 on Sunday.

After the 2005 draft, the Washington Nationals were busy touting University of Virginia third baseman as their prize, and with good reason.

Justin Maxwell's first career grand slam capped a five-run ninth inning as Washington downed the New York Mets, 7-4, in the finale of a three-game set from Nationals Park.

Mike Morse homered for the third straight game and Ross Detwiler earned his first career win as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 2-1 on Monday night.

The Washington Nationals will lose 100 games again. The only question is how many more than 100 losses will they accumulate before the end of the season.

The Mets will gun for their first three-game surge since late July against Atlanta tonight after John Maine encouragingly pitched five scoreless innings in a 6-2 victory over Washington yesterday at Citi Field.

For three months, John Maine was on the disabled list thanks to a weak right shoulder.

The Washington Nationals have a glut of middle infielders on their roster. They have a defense ranked last in the National League despite numerous attempts to tinker with their personnel.

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The list of worst ballgames played by the Washington Nationals in 2009 is lengthy and painful to recall.

Problems aplenty were addressed yesterday here in the nation's capital. The Supreme Court debated corporate influence on campaign finance.

He is the lone remaining member of the starting rotation from Opening Day. Heck, San Diego pitcher Kevin Correia has even outlasted the two catchers on the roster, both of whom have spent time on the disabled list.

The Nationals sent Belliard to the Dodgers for minor league right-hander Luis Garcia and a pitcher to be named later.

After Sunday's 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Washington Nationals traded utility infielder Ronnie Belliard to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a minor league pitcher and a player to be named later.

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