Don’t worry about Gerardo Parra missing out on the dugout dances after home runs and the long hugs with Stephen Strasburg after the pitcher’s starts. Aníbal Sánchez has a plan that’s going to keep Parra involved even though the outfielder signed on with Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yomiuri Giants this winter.
“We’ll probably put him on FaceTime during the game,” Sánchez told reporters when he and the rest of the Washington Nationals held their WinterFest celebration in the nation’s capital earlier this month.
“Probably he’s going to be asleep by the time that we play,” Sánchez acknowledged, but he said that Parra is happy with the decision to continue his career in Japan.