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Nats Pack Up for Start of First Season

Friday, April 01, 2005 4:45:56 PM
By HOWARD FENDRICH

 The Washington Nationals take part in an intra-squad spring training game in this March 4, 2005 file photo in Viera, Fla.  This may be the nation's most powerful city, but since 1971 when the Washington Senators departed it's been the baseball equivalent of a 98-pound weakling, never strong enough to convince the sport it deserved another team. The 34-year wait to root, root, root for the home team ends Sunday, when the newly minted Nationals play their first game in their hometown. It's just an exhibition, but that's good enough for long-suffering local fans who have been eagerly awaiting the return of Major League Baseball. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Files) VIERA, Fla. (AP) - The 25-man roster was finalized. Players stuffed blue duffel bags with bats, gloves and spikes, packing for the trip north. The 50-inch flat-screen TV in the home clubhouse was unplugged and returned to the rental company.

Friday was moving day for the Washington Nationals, and manager Frank Robinson was wishing for more preparation time.

"I like what we have here, don't get me wrong. I guess I'm like a parent whose kid is going off to school for the first time: 'Is he prepared? Is he fully prepared?'" Robinson said before the year's last spring training game at Space Coast Stadium.


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