(by Mike Henderson) Recent Nats graduate Shawn Hill joins erstwhile Cubs phenom Mark Prior on the Padres' list of hopefuls plucked from the discard. (We thought only the Nats did that kind of thing.) Will the Nats rue the departure of Hill? And does redemption lurk around the corner for either Hill or Prior, or are they a pair of millstones around the Friars' necks?
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