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Some important news and notes from the warped minds at The Dugout:

1. Our annual Spring Training event (hilariously named "Spring Dugz" by Nick), where we cover a different team every day for 30 days, begins on Monday. So if you like ... I don't know, the Astros, be sure you don't miss out.
2. From here on out I won't be "B" anymore, but B. Thompson Stroud. Check the byline. Same letter, same guy, same esoteric jokes about wrestling.
3. Above the words here is an old picture of Dmitri Young being run over by a clownish car, because I felt that image best expresses the 2009 Washington Nationals season.

Now that that's all out of the way, enjoy tonight's Dugout, part 2 of Nationals Lampoon, after the jump.

It had to happen eventually. Jim Bowden, the beloved general manager of the dynastic Washington Nationals, has made a rare misstep. While scouting their way to the top, the Nats awarded the biggest international signing bonus in team history to a can't-miss prospect without looking into how old he is or finding out his actual name. That puts them right ahead of the Astros when it comes to developing a farm system!

Tonight's late night Dugout is after the jump. Unless I'm lying about that, too.