UPDATED: Wil Nieves Injured; Nats Acquire Burke

Posted by Mike Henderson on Sep. 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM
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Wil NievesAfter his first at-bat in the Nationals' game at Philadelphia on Thursday evening, in which he hit a soft grounder to Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels, Nats catcher Wil Nieves has hobbled off the field with what looks as if it might be a left hamstring injury.

Josh Bard has come in to replace Nieves.

The Nats' radio broadcast team speculates that the Nats may be looking for an emergency callup, perhaps Luke Montz.  More as we know it.

Updated 9/17/09 10:35 pm: Bill Ladson at MLB.com reports that Nieves is "currently being evaluated."  Coincidentally, or not, the Nats have picked up veteran Jamie Burke from the Mariners.

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Tags: Cole Hamels, Wil Nieves, Philadelphia Phillies, Josh Bard, Luke Montz, injuries



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Mike Henderson is a medical informatics consultant based in Silver Spring, Maryland. He grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia, rooting for the great Pirates teams of the 1970s that he's really never got over. (And he still misses Pirates announcer Bob Prince.)

Upon moving to the DC area in 1984, he duly began rooting for the Orioles but found it was never quite the same. Especially after the 1994 strike and the Angelos teardown.

Mike's inner fanboy came back to life the minute the Nats hit RFK in 2005. He shares his random observations with the discerning readers of Nationals Pride and eagerly awaits the day when he'll be complaining about having to pay entirely too much for playoff tickets at Nats Park.


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