Playoff baseball is right around the corner but before then, DOB and EOF parse through the postseason's biggest storylines (courtesy of Ken Rosenthal's astute writing). Big-named players went down with injuries in the last week of the regular season, how will those players' absences affect their respective teams? Is Ron Washington a managerial candidate? If so, where could he land? DOB and EOF cogitate over the impact Washington has had on Atlanta, and what his potential departure could mean spell for the Braves. 

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