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Major League Baseball's latest self-promotion further marginalizes the Washington Nationals.
The premise of "Hometown Heroes" is simple enough: Baseball picks the top five players for each franchise. Fans go to their local ballpark, MLB.com or a DHL shipping center and vote for their favorites.
It's a fun idea -- unless you're a Nationals fan.
The Nationals' nominees are: Gary Carter, Livan Hernandez, Brian Schneider, Rusty Staub and Jose Vidro.
First things first: Those aren't the five best players in franchise history.
The five best players in Expos/Nationals history are: Tim Raines, Carter, Andre Dawson, Vladimir Guerrero and Tim Wallach.
OK, so what?
No one in the District cares who Montreal's Hometown Hero is. Put a ballot box outside Olympic Stadium and let them vote.
But this should be about baseball in the District. The last thing Nationals fans want to do is hold a parade for Rock Raines.
Washington's list of nominees should be a celebration of Washington baseball. The players should have played in, you know, Washington.
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