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Former Siena College starter John Lannan was surprised before the season began, when he was sent down to Class-AAA Syracuse.

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J.D. Martinez may not be from the Capital District, but the former Tri-City ValleyCats outfielder is off to a terrific start for the Houston Astros.

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Few former Siena Saint athletes have the professional resume that John Lannan has as a major league starting pitcher. Lannan, the Saints’ single season strikeout record holder and 2005 graduate has been a work horse for the Washington Nationals since making his debut in 2007. Unfrotunately for Lannan, after being named the Opening Day starter for the club the last two seasons, he was unable to secure a spot in the Nats rotation and was designated to triple-A Syracuse last week.

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The Major League Baseball season will begin as many of us are sleeping or just waking up.

The Seattle Mariners and Oakland A's throw the first pitch of the 2012 season Wednesday morning (6:10 a.m), in Toyko, Japan

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There are currently 3 players in Major League Baseball with Albany area ties.  Two of them played for Section II high schools while another went to a local college.

Here's an update on each with about a month left in the regular season.

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Siena graduate John Lannan just can't seem to beat Philadelphia. 

The Washington Nationals starting pitcher is 1-12 against the Phillies as Wilson Valdez and Jimmy Rollins each drove in two runs and Hunter Pence homered to lead Philadelphia to a 5-0 victory over Washington on Saturday night.

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Washington Nationals pitcher John Lannan tossed six-plus innings of one-run ball but ended up with a no-decision as the Nats defeated the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, 3-2.

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Siena graduate John Lannan helped out his own cause on Saturday night.

The Washington pitcher got the win as well his first two hits of the season to lead the Nationals to a 5-2 win over the Atlanta Braves.

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Right now, there are 3 players in Major League Baseball with ties to the Capital Region.

So now that we're about a third of the way through the 2011 MLB season, how are they all doing?

Here's an update.

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Siena College's Dan Paolini is Siena's new homerun king.

Yesterday, the junior outfielder broke the school's all-time homerun mark in just 2 1/2 years.

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