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That was a headline I wasn’t expecting when I turned on my computer this morning.   The Washington Nationals had released Elijah Dukes, their presumptive starting right fielder for 2010.   Team general manager Mike Rizzo has told the various media outlets that the decision was strictly a baseball one and had nothing to do with any off-field problems.   Washington Post beat writer Adam Kilgore reported this morning that the Nationals will replace Dukes from a group that includes Mike Morse, Justin Maxwell, Roger Bernadina, and Willie Harris, saying, “The Nationals believe they will get better production by platooning a combination of these players than by playing Dukes alone.”   Though this move has come as a shock, it makes perfect sense. His career nu ...

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