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Article: Desmond's Awakening Gets Nats' Attention
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- The Washington Post
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- September 15, 2009
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Ian Desmond is not much of a sleeper. After games, good or bad,
he tosses and turns. Following his Thursday major league debut, one
of the good nights, he stayed up late with his fiancee, reliving all
the details. Following his second major league start, another good
night, he slept so poorly that when he arrived back at Land Shark
Stadium on Sunday morning, he found a quiet corner of a clubhouse
sofa, ignored the din of an NFL pregame show and his chatty
teammates, and briefly shut his eyes. Oh, then he woke back up,
started again and got two more hits.
Before he finally arrived in the big leagues this past week,
Desmond spent his sleepless hours imagining what it would all feel
like. But ...