Been a long season. April 6th seems like years ago. The ship sunk by the end of the first week of April.
Here's your Closing Day 2009 Washington NAAAtionals lineup:
Justin Maxwell CF
Ian Desmond SS
Pete Orr 3B
Elijah Dukes RF
Mike Morse 1B
Josh Bard C
Alberto Gonzalez 2B
Jorge Padilla LF
J.D. Martin P
Jim Riggleman doesn't give a crap about the streak, apparently: runs Syracuse Chiefs out there one last time. NAAAts have a chance of ending the season winning 7 games in a row; but Adam Dunn won't get a shot at 40, although, it sounds like he couldn't care less:
"Yeah, it would have been cool, and yeah, I should have hit 40 this year. But I didn't. I'm not going to sit there and cry about it. Numbers -- and I mean it when I say this -- they don't mean anything, unless you win. If you win, then you should get the accolades. But if you lose 100-something games, who cares?"
(Adam Dunn, via Chatter/Washington Times, 10/4/2009)
We'll be watching, because someone has to, right?
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