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| Height: 6-0
Weight: 195
Throws: R
Bats: S Born: Mar 21, 1978, Santo Domingo, Contract: Signed through 2008. |
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September 9, 2005 Nationals manager Frank Robinson said on Friday that he would keep Cristian Guzman out of the lineup for the last game of the season if Guzman is in danger of hitting below .200, according to the AP. "Don't tell him," Robinson said. "Yes, I would. If he was at .1995, I would sit him." |
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August 30, 2005 With the acquisition of Deivi Cruz from the Giants on Tuesday, Cristian Guzman will likely see his playing time cut due to his year-long stuggles at the plate. |
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August 24, 2005 Cristian Guzman was scratched from the Nationals' starting lineup Wednesday after having a partial root canal, according to the AP. |
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August 13, 2005 Cristian Guzman returned to action on Friday after missing two games with an abscessed molar, according to the AP. He finished 1-for-4. |
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August 11, 2005 Cristian Guzman missed his second straight game on Thursday with an abscess in his lower right molar, according to the AP. |
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August 11, 2005 Cristian Guzman missed yesterday's game with an abscess in his lower right molar, according to the Washington Post. |
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July 19, 2005 After going hitless in his previous 15 at-bats and making an error Monday, Cristian Guzman was benched on Tuesday by manager Frank Robinson, according to the AP. "I just felt this is the time to give him two or three, four days off and just let him work on his offensive mechanics to see if he can get going, because we need him offensively," Robinson said. |
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July 19, 2005 Nationals manager Frank Robinson has decided to stick with struggling shortstop Cristian Guzman for the long haul despite the fact that he is hitting just .190 with a .229 OBP, according to the Washington Post. "I have to try to get this guy whole for the rest of the year," Robinson said. "To talk about, now, taking him out of the lineup for a few days or a week or whatever -- what damage might that do to him for the rest of the year?" |
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July 6, 2005 Cristian Guzman, who missed his fifth straight game Tuesday with a strained left hamstring, could be back in the lineup on Wednesday or Thursday, according to the AP. |
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July 2, 2005 Cristian Guzman was out of the lineup Saturday with a sore left hamstring, according to the AP. He suffered the injury on Thursday. |
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July 1, 2005 Cristian Guzman, who left Thursday's game with a strained left hamstring, did not play on Friday and will not play at all this weekend, according to the AP. |
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June 30, 2005 Cristian Guzman left the Nationals' game on Thursday in the ninth inning, one inning after straining his left hamstring running out a bunt. It's unclear how much time Guzman will miss, but Frank Robinson is hopeful he'll be ready to play at the end of the club's upcoming weekend series. |
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May 25, 2005 Nationals hitting coach Tom McCraw plans to start a serious overhaul of the mental and physical approach Cristian Guzman takes to the game when the team returns from its road trip next week, according to the Washington Post. "We needed to see him, to let him try to work things out himself, because he's a veteran," McCraw said of Guzman, who is hitting .188 this season. "But we need him to go up there with better thoughts about things. We'll work with him." |
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May 15, 2005 Cristian Guzman started Saturday night for the first time since May 9th. He had been sidelined with a left hamstring strain. Guzman went 1-for-3 with an RBI. |
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May 14, 2005 Cristian Guzman started Saturday night for the first time since May 9th. He had been sidelined with a left hamstring strain. Guzman went 1-for-3 with an RBI. |
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May 14, 2005 Cristian Guzman told Nationals manager Frank Robinson that he would be able to play on Saturday, according to the AP. Guzman has been out of the starting lineup all week since leaving Monday's game with a strained left hamstring. |
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May 10, 2005 Cristian Guzman will likely be out five to seven days with a strained left hamstring he suffered in last night's game, according to the Washington Post. |
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April 17, 2005 Trying to give Cristian Guzman a confidence boost, Nationals manager Frank Robinson moved the struggling shortstop back up to the second spot in the order on Sunday. Guzman was 0-for-3. |
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April 10, 2005 The Nationals moved Cristian Guzman from second to eighth in the batting order on Saturday. It's not clear if the move is permanent. |