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 More Nationals NewsNationals LinksWhen second baseman Alfonso Soriano departed the Washington Nationals' spring training camp on March 2 to join the Dominican Republic team for the World Baseball Classic, he left with a seven-word message that was less a threat than a statement of optimism: "They have three weeks to fix it." On Saturday, after his team was eliminated in the WBC semifinals, Soriano walked out of Petco Park to begin the journey back to Viera, Fla., and if he did not know already, he will find out when he arrives: The Nationals did not fix it. Soriano's return to the Nationals' camp, expected to be as early as Monday, will refocus attention on the divisive, perplexing issue that has dominated the team's spring, even in Soriano's absence: how to resolve the matter of Soriano's refusal to accept the proposed switch from second base to left field. It is an issue for which there is no easy fix. |
