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WASHINGTON (AP) Shawn Kelley’s outburst on the mound got him booted from the Washington Nationals.The Nationals designated Kelley for assignment on Wednesday http://www.oriolesfanproshop.com/authentic-dylan-bundy-jersey , a day after he threw his glove to the ground and glared into the dugout while working the ninth inning of a 25-4 blowout of the New York Mets.Kelley entered the game with Washington leading 25-1. He appeared agitated and was working quickly, and he had already allowed a run when the plate umpire warned him to slow down. After the warning, he gave up a two-run homer to Austin Jackson, prompting the outburst.”I thought (the way) he acted, portrayed on the field last night, was disrespectful to the name on the front of the jersey, the organization, specifically (manager) Davey Martinez,” Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said. ”You’re either in or you’re in the way. I thought he was in the way. That’s something you don’t come back from. It was a disrespectful act. … I thought it warranted him leaving the team. I couldn’t see how he would face the rest of the teammates and the coaching staff and the manager after such a selfish act in a 25-1 game.”Kelley apologized for his actions afterward, saying he just wanted the game to end.”I was just trying to get through the inning and get the game over with,” Kelley said. ”I thought everybody had seen enough baseball for one evening.”The 34-year-old Kelley signed as a free agent with Washington in December 2015 and appeared in 135 games with the team. He had a 3.34 ERA in 35 appearances this season. He has pitched in 424 games, all in relief, over 10 seasons with four teams Jim Palmer Jersey , and has a 3.73 career ERA.Martinez said the decision to cut ties with Kelley was painful but necessary.”Knowing what we did yesterday, scoring all those runs, everybody’s feeling good. He comes into the game, slams his glove, frustrated with everyone. That, to me, bothered me a lot,” the manager said. ”Here’s a guy that I have respect for, and I have to tell him, `We’re going to DFA you,’ and I wish him all the best. Here’s a guy that I got to know personally. He’s not a bad person.”The Nationals have seven days to trade or release Kelley. If he is released, the Nationals would be responsible for the $1.8 million remaining of his $5.5 million salary. If traded, he would be eligible for $50 http://www.oriolesfanproshop.com/authentic-mark-trumbo-jersey ,000 bonuses for making 40 and 50 relief appearances, and could earn $100,000 for 60.Kelley was the second veteran reliever in two days to exit Washington, which has underachieved all season and is trying to climb back into the NL East race. The team traded right-hander Brandon Kintzler to the Chicago Cubs for a minor leaguer on Tuesday.The Nationals recalled right-hander Jimmy Cordero from Triple-A Syracuse to take Kelley’s place on the roster. Martinez said he felt that the bullpen was in good shape for the stretch run with the additions of the hard-throwing Cordero and Wander Suero, who has the ability to work multiple innings. Closer Sean Doolittle is expected back soon from a stress reaction in his left foot.—This story has been corrected to show that Shawn Kelley gave up a homer to Austin Jackson, not Jeff McNeil.— MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s Target Field was the perfect place for Fernando Rodney to perform his patented post-save celebrations , when the 41-year-old right-hander leans back to pretend he’s pulling a bow and shoots an imaginary arrow high into the sky.There’s a bright red bulls-eye, the ubiquitous logo for the retail chain that has Target Field’s naming rights, looming on a billboard above right-center field. That gave Rodney a place to aim. His abbreviated season with the Twins was mostly a hit, too.The Oakland Athletics had bigger plans for 2018, though. They brought Rodney back to Minnesota this weekend as one of several stalwarts in their sturdy bullpen next to Blake Treinen, Lou Trivino, Jeurys Familia and Yusmeiro Petit. Treinen has 32 saves for the A’s. Rodney (25) and Familia (17) combined for 42 saves with the Twins and New York Mets before arriving in separate trades.“I’m chilling. I’m relaxing. No pressure on myself because we’ve got Familia Chris Tillman Jersey , we’ve got all these guys that have got stuff to close the game and to beat Houston,” Rodney said in the visitors’ dugout before Thursday’s game.The A’s took a one-game deficit behind the Houston Astros in the AL West into the evening.In his first six appearances for Oakland, Rodney allowed only three hits without a run while striking out four.“He’s been absolutely terrific. For a guy that’s used to pitching the ninth inning, we’ve asked him to do some different things here and he’s had absolutely no problem with it at all,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “Pitching a down game yesterday, so he just wants to come in and contribute however he can. He’s got a really good personality to him. He fit in really well with the guys and, obviously, he’s been a significant factor for us.”Rodney had six blown save chances with the Twins and had his share of shaky conversions, too, but for a $4.25 million salary the Twins were willing to sign up for that experience because they had confidence in his, well, experience.“We’re like family,” Rodney said. “We had a lot of fun together Eddie Murray Jersey , me and those guys.”At Rodney’s request, the Twins produced a special introduction video for his appearances, set to the rap song “Live the Night .” He said he was working with the A’s to assemble a montage that could be played at the Oakland Coliseum.As for those arrows, which have been in storage now that he’s not usually working in the ninth inning?“We save the arrow for the postseason,” Rodney said.That’s the whole reason he’s with the A’s. There’s a team option on his contract for 2019 at a below-market rate of $4.25 million, so the Twins could’ve hung onto him despite their housecleaning that took place before the July 31 non-waiver deadline. But once they found a satisfactory offer from the A’s in minor-league pitcher Dakota Chalmers, they thought highly enough of Rodney to be willing to deal him to a contender.“I think I’ll keep fighting, keep playing baseball and try to come back next year,” Rodney said. “I don’t know what team, but next year I think I’ve got a chance again, and I want to do it.”