(by Jim Kurtzke) Wily Mo Pena has been released from the Washington Nationals.
Found March 31, 2009 on
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Farewell, Wily Mo. We hardly knew ya.
He never met a fastball he didn't like. But he never met a breaking ball he could hit.
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