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Rauch the story from Nats-Braves

By Eric Karabell

Monday, March 31, 2008

Maybe it's nothing. Maybe Chad Cordero will be just fine, after all, throw 70 good innings and save 35 games this season. Who knows. The fact that he warmed up but didn't pitch due to shoulder stiffness, while Jon Rauch actually came in to protect a ninth-inning lead in Sunday night's U.S. opener could mean little in the big picture. It could be like what we thought about J.J. Putz a year ago, when he was having some minor elbow pain and didn't register his first save until three weeks into the ...

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