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Nationals Lock Up Livan Hernandez Through 2011

The first player ever to throw a pitch in a Nationals uniform will be staying in Washington for a little while longer. Livan Hernandez and the Nationals agreed to a contract extension Sunday that will keep the right-hander, who started the first game after the team moved from Montreal to Washington in 2005, in the...

Roto Rush: Zeroes on the Board

Thursday's action was almost completely dominated by good pitching. We saw five teams kept off the scoreboard, and that quintuplet of pitching prowess may not even include the best performance of the day! Let's fire around those shutouts and see who was responsible for such a low-scoring day of baseball. Carl Pavano went...

Fantasy Stream Team: An Ugly Pick

Tuesday we gambled on Dave Bush and lost, as the Milwaukee pitcher was pounded for nine runs in the first inning. Mitigating the damage was that only four of those runs were earned, but Bush would go on to allow another earned run in the second inning and finish the day with five earned runs in four innings. Our overall...

Strasburg Needn't Hurry With Nationals in Good Hands of Livan Hernandez

Nationals fans may be eagerly anticipating the show that is Stephen Strasburg: a young, fit right-hander who throws 100 mph fastballs and sharp curves. In the meantime, they've got another pretty entertaining show to watch: Livan Hernandez, the anti-Strasburg. Hernandez is old and chubby by baseball standards, and he...

State of Nationals: Surprising Optimism

WASHINGTON -- In most towns, 14-12 hardly qualifies as a heartwarming success story. In Philadelphia, it's treading water. In the Bronx, it's an unmitigated disaster. But not in D.C., where 14-12 equals the best 26-game start since the Nationals moved to the city in 2005. Not when the team is coming off back-to-back...

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05/28/12 Bryce Harper meets Livan Hernandez, homers Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC After one at-bat against Livan Hernandez, Bryce Harper â the 19-year-old prodigy who whiffed during a slow-pitch softball game on the Mall â came away with a distinct impression.
05/21/12 Livan Hernandez showers ball boy with sunflower seeds... Source: Larry Brown Sports If you think Major League Baseball players are under a lot of pressure, trying being the ball boy or ball girl.
05/20/12 Rangers pick on young Lyles Source: CBSSports.com The Houston Astros have released starting pitcher Livan Hernandez, the club announced Friday.
05/16/12 Lyles staying in rotation Source: CBSSports.com The Houston Astros have released starting pitcher Livan Hernandez, the club announced Friday.
05/15/12 Lyles receives another start Source: CBSSports.com The Houston Astros have released starting pitcher Livan Hernandez, the club announced Friday.