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Article: Riggleman, Nationals Strike Out
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- The Washington Post
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- July 31, 2009
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Brewers 7, Nationals 3
On Thursday, Jim Riggleman got tossed from a baseball game
without quite getting angry. This was an ejection, Riggleman-style:
measured, even reasonable. There was no dirt-kicking, hat-removing,
spittle-launching tirade. Heck, Riggleman argued without any
certainty he was right. He argued because he thought his team needed
an arguer.
The ejection, when it came, didn't surprise him. It simply meant
that Riggleman would watch the bulk of Thursday's 7-3 loss to
Milwaukee at Miller Park from the visiting manager's office, bearing
witness to an afternoon where subsequent close plays cost Washington
more than a lost argument. When this series ended, Riggleman took
stock of ...
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