{"id":14895,"date":"2011-06-30T15:40:49","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T22:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seamheads.com\/?p=14895"},"modified":"2011-06-30T15:40:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T22:40:49","slug":"old-injury-costs-job-in-washington-nationals-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/30\/old-injury-costs-job-in-washington-nationals-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Injury Costs Job in Washington Nationals Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Ryan Quigley <\/strong>of the <strong>Joliet (IL) Slammers <\/strong>is enjoying what could easily be consider a dream season in the <strong>Frontier League<\/strong>, except that for most practical purposes the 25-year-old closer with only Independent Baseball experience on his professional resume could easily be getting batters out in the <strong>Washington Nationals\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 <\/strong>minor league 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