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Before a lockout, I made sure that we reached out to everyone and let them know that when this happens, it'll happen quick. So you guys got to be, you know, typically we say, hey, be in really good shape so that you can work on hone on your baseball skills. Now it's like, hey, you got to be baseball ready. We don't know what they would do, but plan on having games like right away. I mean, we only have a short period of time. So man, these guys came and they look good.

And they, you know, I went around asking all of them how they're doing.

And they all said they want to play.

You know, they're ready to play. They're ready to get up bats and get their reps. So that's really good for us. And welcome to Nats chat for Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022, along with Nats insider Mark Zuckerman of Bassinsports.com.

I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast, Mark. March 23rd, 2022, along with Nats insider Mark Zuckerman of Massensports.com.

I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast.

Mark is in West Palm Beach, Florida, site of national spring training.

It feels good to say that.

I am back in the Washington, D.C. area where the weather actually hasn't been that bad. I mean, I won't say it has been West Palm Beach

like, but actually has not been that bad here in the nation's capital here lately. We're a little

more than two weeks away from opening day on April 7th. There have been a number of

nationals developments since our last installment of the podcast last week. We will be getting to

all of the major items over the course of this

episode of the podcast. But Mark, you are in West Palm Beach. Have you seen any camels yet during

this Nats camp? No can animals, no wild animals so far, Al, at camp. It's still early, remember?

I know it's late March, but for this camp, it's still early. So there's always the possibility of something. But I got to tell you, I'm going to try not to, like, brag too much here or make too big a deal out of it, but it's really nice to be here. It's been two years since I've been here. Obviously, the weather's beautiful, but just the opportunity to be out there on the backfield watching the guys again to go into the clubhouse for the first time

since the beginning of the pandemic and opportunity to be out there on the backfield, watching the guys again, to go into the clubhouse

for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic and really get to talk to guys and get to

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