The Nationals win when he does, almost always. So, back to the reason Ali Modami was at home plate with six umpires and a coach for the Houston Astros the other night with the lineup card. Washington Nationals batting practice pitcher Ali Modami, bottom right, carries Brian Dozier through the dugout after Dozier hit a solo home run during a game in September. Modami, 39, laughs with them and plays roles in their dugout home run celebrations and picks up the little jobs nobody else does, always leading with, “Whatever you need.”Īs Zimmerman pointed out, “Us prima donnas need all the help we can get.” ![]() “That guy,” Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman said Saturday night, “probably throws more baseballs than anybody I’ve ever known.” They all come to Ali-Mo, morning, afternoon and night, “Throw me a few?” He windmills his left arm a few times, sets up about 45 feet away, plucks a handful of balls from the bin and throws, not until he is tired, but until they are. Hot hitters who need to keep their swings. ![]() To cold hitters who want to find their swings. Modami throws batting practice for the Nationals. WASHINGTON - Standing at home plate before a recent World Series game, umpire Gary Cederstrom eyeballed the man in the Washington Nationals colors who’d held out a slip of paper, the lineup for that night.
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