Found July 20, 2009 on Nationals Pride: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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(by Jeff Bergin) Black Monday for the Nationals pitching staff. After good news regarding Storen's promotion to Potomac, Riggleman gets the news that his once ace (or Acta's once-ace) Scott Olsen could potentially be lost for the season with labrum issues. In a season snake-bit by nearly everything you can imagine, a rotation with four rookies and a new one coming from Syracuse weekly got horrific news with this this recent announcement.
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