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Desmond, Clippard want skipper familiar with Nats

Desmond, Clippard want skipper familiar with Nats

9/22/13: Ian Desmond swipes second for his 20th steal of the year, reaching the 20/20 mark for the second consecutive season

By Bill Ladson
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MLB.com |

PHOENIX -- After watching his team lose the season finale, 3-2, to the D-Backs, Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond made it known who he wants to manage the club next year: bench coach Randy Knorr.

Knorr and Desmond have a player-manager relationship that goes back to when both were with Class A Savannah in 2005. The Nationals are looking to hire a new skipper to replace Davey Johnson, who retired this year after two-plus seasons with the club.

"It pretty evident that [our relationship] goes back a long time," Desmond said of Knorr. "He