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Construction crews on Friday hustled to put the finishing touches on a number of new features at Nationals Park, as the team gets set to kick off its second ever season at the stadium this month. It was hard to believe yesterday, amid the plastic tarps and forklifts, that everything would be spic and span in time for tonight's pre-season exhibition against the Orioles -- but Nationals president Stan Kasten expressed confidence that his ballpark would not only be ready, it would be much improved over last year.

The Washington Nationals made a move in the offseason -- in their broadcast booth. MASN announced that Don Sutton, who had been with the network for two years, has asked to be released for "personal reasons" -- if by personal reasons he means taking a new job with the Atlanta Braves radio team. Sutton's replacement is Rob Dibble, former All-Star pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. Dibble was one of the Reds' bullpen "Nasty Boys" when the team won the 1990 World Series, and earned a reputation as a hot head, once taking himself out of a game and ripping his jersey off after allowing a Bobby Bonilla homer. Since his retirement in 1996, he has worked for ESPN as a baseball analyst, as a host of The Best Damn Sports Show Period and blogger for Fox, and on XM Radio. Photo by afagen

Aw, #%&@! Just when it seemed like the Lerners were going to spend some long term money for a great player by signing slugger Mark Teixeira, the Yankees swept in and signed him for $180 million over 8 years. Thanks a lot, agent Scott Boras.

Nationals fans are living in a brave new world this morning after the team completed its first second sweep of the season on Sunday, a home stand against the Cincinnati Reds. Most of the credit is going to new youngsters Emilio Bonifacio and Alberto Gonzalez, who have injected some much-needed energy into the Nats roster. But over at RotoNation, one blogger noticed a fan sporting an Obama-themed Nats jersey on Friday night. Coincidence? If Barack Obama is your new bicycle, could he also be your new Washington National?