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Bleacher Report | by Farid Rushdi | Tue, Oct 27

The Nationals walked more and struck out less. They became more patient at the plate, increasing their pitches-per-plate-appearance from 3.73 (13th in the National League) to 3.86 (third).

For the Nationals, 2010 just might be that year.

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