The Nats held their first full-squad workout of the spring today, and well, all I can say is that the highlight of the day was the final round of batting practice, featuring a monster display from Wily Mo Pena, Elijah Dukes and Lastings Milledge.

Pena absolutely crushed the ball, hitting more homers than I could keep track of, including several that reached the batting cages well behind the left-field fence at Field 1 of the Nats' spring training complex. "Oh, mercy!" exclaimed Jim Bowden at one point, basically putting into words what all the rest of us were thinking.

Dukes was impressive in his own right, tattooing balls all over the field, though he was a little less consistent than Pena. But on one particularly well-struck ball to the right-center field gap, Bowden yelled out: "That's Dave Parker right there," comparing Dukes to the perennial Pirates All-Star from the '70s.

Milledge doesn't have the kind of sheer power that either of those two has, but he impressed in his own way, showing he can use all three fields while showcasing some occasional pop himself.

Good stuff all around, and at the end of the day you can't help but wonder just how dramatically different the Nats' lineup could be this season.