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Hill’s long journey brings him to NLDS G2 start
- Updated: October 7, 2016
WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals weren’t the only team to take a pass on Rich Hill. The veteran left-hander has spent time with 10 different organizations, but he hasn’t yet cracked 100 career starts — a journeyman in the truest sense.
But of the nine organizations Hill has left behind during his roller-coaster career, the Nationals might end up rueing their decision more than any other. That’s because the man standing in their way Saturday is none other than the man they released last June.
In the spring of 2015, Hill couldn’t crack the Washington bullpen. Fifteen months later, Hill gets the ball for the Dodgers in Game 2 of the National League Division Series (4 p.m. ET, 1 PT, FS1).
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Of course, Hill’s mantra has long been to live in the moment. And preparation for Saturday’s moment — the biggest start of his career — does not entail him looking back on the time he spent at the Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate in Syracuse.
“[I] would have liked to have seen it work out here, sure, no doubt,” Hill said of his time in the Nationals’ organization. “… The offseason, I was very humbled by getting multiple opportunities to have Major League jobs to pitch for many teams, and I chose Oakland. I got a great opportunity with Oakland, and got traded here to L.A. and here we are.”
Here we are indeed, Game 2 of the NLDS — not exactly where many would’ve envisioned Hill last summer when, jobless, he spent time working out with the …
