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The Washington Nationals’ newest addi-
tion rested right outside the dugout as
afternoon turned to evening Friday, its
wheels still, its headlights off, its back
ready to carry a reliever or two.
Or not.
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nights like Fri-
day’s. As of
now, his bullpen
mates do not
agree.
“Absolutely not. I am not taking that thing,”
Nationals reliever Koda Glover said when
asked whether he would ride the team’s new
bullpen cart to the mound. “Because I have
two legs that work. I mean, come on, I don’t
need to get in a golf cart to drive me into the
game.” “I am not going
to ride it in, no,”
Trevor Gott said
before Friday’s
game. “I like the jog in, gets the blood pump-
ing, gives you time to gather yourself. I
prefer that, but if other guys want to give it a
try, hey, that’s their thing.”
As the Nationals welcomed the Miami Mar-
lins in for a three-game series, they joined
the Arizona Diamondbacks and Detroit Ti-
gers as the third team to bring back the bull-
pen cart this season. The cart is an optional
perk, and a handful of Nationals relievers
expect to decline the ride. Sean Doolittle, the
all-star closer who has been on the disabled
list since July 10 with a foot injury, endorsed
the bullpen cart after riding in the one em-
ployed by the Diamondbacks this season. The Nationals looked into a bullpen cart in
July, secured a sponsorship from WGL En-
ergy and then waited four weeks for a Flor-
ida-based company to build a customized
edition. Nationals owner Mark Lerner has
been eyeing a bullpen cart for a while and
had a hand in designing this one. The cart
features a Nationals logo on every tire, a
blue hat on top and baseball mitts behind
each headlight, to make them look like base-
balls when turned on.
Doolittle thought a cart made perfect sense
for Nationals Park, especially for humid Manager Dave Martinez, who has no reason
to ride the cart, will be impressed if it can
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