Nats deal Johnson, Beimel for prospects

PITTSBURGH | The Washington Nationals pulled off two deals in the final hour before baseball's trade deadline Friday, sending first baseman Nick Johnson to the Florida Marlins for left-handed prospect Andrew Thompson and reliever Joe Beimel to the Colorado Rockies for a pair of minor league pitchers. Johnson, the last remaining Montreal Expos player in the organization, said he was surprised by the news. He had been penciled in to play first base and bat fifth Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates; when no word of any deal was presented to him by 4 p.m., the 30-year-old assumed he was ... Email </a