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Washington Nationals confront their proverbial hump — with actual camels

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Dave Martinez has constantly heard about the hump impeding the Washington Nationals since he became the latest person tasked to scale it last November. You can’t see the hump, of course, but it’s there, and it keeps coming up, and it annoys him. So, on Wednesday — hump day, to some — Martinez had his team confront that hump. Three humps, actually. In the form of camels.

“My intentions were to bring the hump to us — the proverbial hump question that we all try to answer,” Martinez said. “I want these guys out there.