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Andrew Joseph

Mics picked up ump Doug Eddings roasting the Nationals’ attendance in a message to the D-backs dugout

The Washington Nationals haven’t been much of a draw at the ticket office this season. They’re sitting at last place in the National League East and just edging out the Rockies at the bottom of the entire National League.

When you take that and add a one-off make-up game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on a Thursday afternoon, you’re not going to find much of a crowd at Nationals Park. That made for quite the exchange between home plate umpire Doug Eddings and the Diamondbacks dugout. He wanted to remind the D-backs that he could hear *everything* thanks to the sparse crowd.

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