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Morgan Lewis, whose mother, Jeannie Lewis, is on active duty with the U.S. Coast Guard, gets ready to head down to the field at Nationals Park in Washington D.C., April 5, 2010. Morgan was part of the “Starting Nine," a group of nine military children with family members either recently or currently deployed invited to take the field with the Washington Nationals' nine starters on opening day of the Major League Baseball season. The Nationals lost 11-1 to the Philadephia Phillies.

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Morgan Lewis, whose mother, Jeannie Lewis, is on active duty with the U.S. Coast Guard, gets ready to head down to the field at Nationals Park in Washington D.C., April 5, 2010. Morgan was part of the “Starting Nine," a group of nine military children with family members either recently or currently deployed invited to take the field with the Washington Nationals' nine starters on opening day of the Major League Baseball season. The Nationals lost 11-1 to the Philadephia Phillies.

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