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Cockcroft: Washington Nationals preview

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Thursday, March 1, 2007

No one said the Washington Nationals would be rebuilt overnight. The franchise is finally under new management, with Tom Lerner's group taking over ownership from Major League Baseball in July of '06, but what he inherited was a team in need of a complete overhaul, a project that begins in 2007. During the time MLB had the reins, the franchise was mostly on cruise control, leaving the Nationals thin in talent, not only at the big-league level, but also in the minor-league ranks. The bottom line: ...

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