No, those injury stories in today's Newsday were not an April Fools Joke. Anyway, here's the last day lineup for today's game against the Nationals: 
Pagan - rf 
Castillo - 2b 
Matthews - cf 
Jacobs - 1b 
Tatis - 3b 
Catalanotto - lf 
Tejada - ss 
Blanco - c 
Maine - sp 
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No, those injury stories in today's Newsday were not an April Fools Joke. Anyway, here's the last day lineup for today's game against the Nationals: Pagan - rf Castillo - 2b Matthews - cf Jacobs - 1b Tatis - 3b Catalanotto - lf Tejada - ss Blanco - c Maine - sp

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