Nats fire St. Claire

Eight months ago, Washington Nationals pitching coach Randy St. Claire stood as the lone survivor amid a purge of manager Manny Acta's coaching staff, hailed as a mentor for the Nationals' young starters and a kind of magician who was able to coax respectability out of discount veterans and unrefined talent. That wave of good will ebbed from St. Claire's corner with one bullpen meltdown and ineffective start after another this year, and on Monday night, St. Claire finally paid for it with his job. The Nationals fired the seventh-year assistant, with the 48-year-old exiting as penance for the team's ... Email </a