Getting your player ready...
Apparently, he is not a quick study as his name might suggest. Washington Nationals principal owner Mark Lerner, said he will keep shagging pregame flyballs despite getting hit on the nose by a ball during batting practice Thursday. The gash on the bridge of his nose needed 30 stitches. Doctors have advised Lerner to stay away until the cut has healed, but Lerner said it was a fluke accident and he was only worried because of how much blood spurted from the wound. Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis quipped Lerner, also a minority owner of the NHL franchise, should wear an Alex Ovechkin jersey and tell people he was hurt playing ice hockey.
