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Schneider, Church Dealt for Milledge
Lastings Milledge has hit .257 with 11 homers in 350 major league at-bats over parts of two seasons in the majors.
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Schneider also had spent his entire 13-year professional career with the Montreal-Washington franchise.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]"Obviously, it's mixed," Schneider said in a phone interview. "I've spent my whole career with the Nationals. It's not like it's just quick, just forget about it. I've got a lot of close friends on that team, and it's weird to think I'll be playing against them."
Church, 29, has had what he called an "up-and-down" career thus far. He hit .272 with 15 homers and 43 doubles in a career-high 144 games in 2007.
"I've been through a lot of trials, [including] being sent down last year," Church said on a conference call, "but I think I've ultimately come out on top, and I think it's only made me a stronger person on and off the field."
The remaining question after the trade -- and with the annual winter meetings beginning Monday in Nashville -- is who will catch for the Nationals in 2008. Bowden said the Nationals believe 23-year-old Jesus Flores, a Rule 5 draft pick and rookie in 2007, "can develop into being a number one catcher," but added quickly, "I can't tell you how the rest of the offseason is going to play out."
"We're not done," Bowden said.
Staff writer Dave Sheinin contributed to this report.
