Found November 08, 2012 on Nationals Enquirer: Yardbarker Blogger Network
More hardware for the 2012 Nats: Ian Desmond, Adam LaRoche, and Stephen Strasburg won Silver Slugger Awards Thursday night. And what better way to commemorate the achievement than with a video of a home run hit by each of 'em. Strasburg's first, complete with sloowwww HR trot (video here): LaRoche's 33rd, good for his 100th RBI on the season (video here): Ian Desmond's first of 25, from way back in April (video here): Befriend Nats Enquirer on Facebook. Follow on Twitter.
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