Nationals release Dukes. I ain't e'en bullshittin', dawg.
Apparently this was strictly a baseball decision. I guess now they can play both Dunn and Willingham in the outfield.
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I drafted Dukes in a fantasy league last year
He did not break out like I hoped. What a wasted talent.
But on the bright side, Taveras just got that much closer to making the Nats.
Guy just can't catch a break...
Or hit a fastball.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Mar 17, 2010 12:48 PM EDT reply actions
That's a lot of street cred, right there.
But he’ll have to go to sexual reorientation camp before he steps out on the rough and tumble streets of Vancouver.
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Mar 17, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i like how the "i" is a joint
that proves he’s fer serious.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 17, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
preach
You can’t spell joint without I.
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Mar 17, 2010 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
But it's like a Warner Brothers cartoon joint.
, bitches!
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 17, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was a train
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
It kinda looks like a tampon.
, bitches!
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 18, 2010 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Once he deactivates from MENSA.
"You know it's gonna be a good one when you see Fred Quimby's name at the beginning."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 18, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Dukes > Gomes
Why not take a chance on this guy? Is he really that much worse than our current options?
I think the risks are mostly off-the-field.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
The Nationals are lying liars
Strictly a baseball decision? No way. Leatherpants already mentioned that the Nationals did the right thing in light of the latest incident. Then the WaPo guy says, no really, it was just a baseball decision.
If he wasn’t performing this spring, the Nats could have just sent Dukes to AAA.
He had to have had some major screwup to just get cut like this. I’ll pass on him. The Reds have plenty of other outfield options.
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
Was Dukes out of options?
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Mar 17, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope
Dukes has an option remaining.
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
by cesarhernandez on Mar 17, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
but I think he was out of chances.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Mar 17, 2010 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
He might've raised a big stink if he was sent to AAA
And it’s not like he’s done so great so far with the Nats. Decent but not great hitting with little slugging, and he makes a lot of dumb mistakes. At some point the talent wasn’t panning out in a way that made him worth the risk.
Sometimes a guy needs a wake-up call and steady at-bats to realize his true potential.
/Brandon Phillips’ed
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Mar 17, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
We get get Dukes and make him BP's project.
But then, what would happen when we sign Jermaine Dye?
, bitches!
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 17, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The Dusty bats him 3rd?
Because Respect bats 3rd after the CF and the SS, dude.
by Highlifeman21 on Mar 17, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
From Rotowire:
While Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said there was no off-field incident that lead to Dukes’ release, he did imply that Dukes may have been a problem in the team’s clubhouse, the Washington Post reports. Rizzo said the Nationals “will be a more cohesive, united group” without Dukes. “The clubhouse will be more united,” Rizzo said. “We’ll have a better feel around the ballclub. We’ll gain just by that alone.” He also confirmed that the club had been shopping Dukes over the winter but were unable to find any other team willing to trade for him.
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
maybe
It was just the fact that he had a personal, full-time babysitter that was the problem. That was an issue with Josh Hamilton when he was with the Reds.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Here's how I see it.
The Nats had come to realize that he wasn’t going to change. They had probably already given him at least one ‘final warning’ and Dukes either called their bluff or Dukes is a sociopath who just can’t help himself.
The Nats tried to trade him but found that no other team in baseball was willing to give up anything of value to take on another organization’s embarrassing problem. So they showed Dukes the door.
They may be able to hold their heads a little bit higher now than if they had just let him play out his contract with babysitters and apologies but I’d bet the main reason they cut him is that the guys in the front office finally looked at each other and said, “Y’know, it’d be great if we could just spend our time running a baseball club.”
"You know it's gonna be a good one when you see Fred Quimby's name at the beginning."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 19, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if they found dead eskimo hookers in his freezer again?
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Only if you're talking about the Inuit
There’s other tribes in the Arctic regions too.
by Brendanukkah on Mar 19, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Conversations with a five year old...
“Are penguins on the bottom of the earth and on the top of the earth?”
“No, I think just the bottom. It’s actually called the Antarctic in the southern hem..”
“They could be on the top too. Why don’t we just go there and find out?”
“…………isphere. ……It’s just a lot easier to see em at the zoo. Y’know, then walk over and get pizza.”
"You know it's gonna be a good one when you see Fred Quimby's name at the beginning."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 19, 2010 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
you got a sharp kid, Al
and he’s a helluva racer.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 19, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Last night he was telling his mom about racing online..
She said, “That’s cool. Who did you race?”
“Uh, Kris. And then a guy in Mexico.”
"You know it's gonna be a good one when you see Fred Quimby's name at the beginning."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 19, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
hey!
i got top billing!
"always look on the unbucket side of life"
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 19, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
they said it wasn't an off the field incident
and that they felt he’d succeeded in turning his life around.
I think it really was a baseball decision. I ended up seeing him a lot last year (he was down in AAA when the Chiefs played the Bats, and up with the Nats when they played the Yanks). And he’s so bad on D his bat doesn’t make up for it. Corey Patterson was an improvement. (And the Nats ended up dumping him for Norris Hopper.)
I suspect it became clear to the Nats brain trust that this guy just isn’t going to be that good. Maybe if he works hard and all goes well, he’ll be Jonny Gomes. That’s just not worth the hassle of a private babysitter and all that.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
You may be right.
But do you really expect the Nats (however disappointed and shamed they may be) to say: “He’s just an incorrigible sociopath who’s more trouble than he’s worth.”
"You know it's gonna be a good one when you see Fred Quimby's name at the beginning."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 19, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
no
But if there was an off the field incident, I think they’d say so. And if they didn’t, the media would.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I'd sign him to a minor league deal, since he's only 25 and has breakout potential
but do we even have an open starting OF slot in AAA?
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
You're really going to tell me Dukes couldn't start for our AAA club?
Or even crack our 25 man roster?
by Highlifeman21 on Mar 17, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Not a single team wanted him in trade all winter.
I was thinking about our OF logjam, that could have in AAA:
Yonder Alonso
Juan Francisco
Danny Dorn
Chris Heisey
Todd Frazier
Laynce Nix
Luis Terrero
Josh Anderson
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Mar 17, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
over who?
It’s not like his numbers are jaw dropping. Given what a pain in the ass he appears to be, I wouldn’t sign him.
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Right.
If T-Virus, Corey Patterson or Quinton McCracken were still a starting outfielder, yes. Sign him up.
I don’t think he is sufficiently better than Gomes, Dickerson or Stubbs at this point to warrant the risk.
What, me? Being negative? No. Never.
by Paul Householder on Mar 17, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
this guy
was sent down last year so they could call up Corey Patterson.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
And his games are probably more fun than Dukes'
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Mar 17, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I dunno.
MIlton Bradley’s been making Trouble for years.
, bitches!
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 17, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
rec'd
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Mar 17, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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