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WASHINGTON – Blake Butera will never forget the day he accepted the job as the manager of the Washington Nationals . That's because it was the very same day that his wife, Caroline, gave birth to their first child, daughter Blair.

“It was a long labor, and just the fact that she’s talking to me about this job opportunity while she’s laying in the hospital bed – I was like, ‘Focus on Blair, right?’ " Butera said Monday during his introductory news conference at Nationals Park, 2 1/2 weeks after that big day. “It was just a whirlwind.” ×

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