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The door to the visiting manager's office at Dolphin Stadium swung open late Wednesday night, and the entire coaching staff of the Washington Nationals marched in. There, they met General Manager Jim Bowden, blue blazer on his back, a piercing gaze emanating from his eyes. These are not happy times around the Nationals, who have all but embarrassed themselves in the midst of a nine-game road trip. And following another poorly pitched, poorly played loss to the Florida Marlins -- this one by 9-7 after an early seven-run deficit -- Bowden needed to be heard.

"We're all frustrated, really, the way we've been playing here on this road trip," Manager Frank Robinson said, still standing in his uniform 35 minutes after the latest debacle. "It's not fun. It's not enjoyable. And it just kind of built up tonight. Just let it out, and get it out of our system, and hopefully we can get this thing straightened out, turned around."

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