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being 5 minutes late after doing CHARITY work with kids on behalf of the team!!

On Saturday, Washington outfielder Elijah Dukes was benched, fined $500 and threatened with a demotion to the minor leagues after he showed up to the park a mere five minutes after the team's usual reporting time.

OK, so rules are rules, but sometimes there are exceptions that should be made and Dukes' excuse would seem to qualify him for one — he was doing charity work for the Nats at a local Little League.

Things that make you shake your head. That whole orginization is bush league at best.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big...urn=mlb,157410