Claiming 'Baseball Decision', Nationals Release Elijah Dukes

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The Nationals have released Elijah Dukes.

Manager Jim Riggleman said it was a strictly baseball decision. "We like some of our other options in right field, really," Riggleman said. "Elijah was great."

There will be much more later on this story, a stunning development that seemed to take the clubhouse completely by surprise.

Via Washington Post

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