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WASHINGTON — Adult Nolan McLean is looking forward to his encore.

As is Young Nolan McLean, who grew up in North Carolina rooting for the Braves and listed Chipper Jones among his childhood heroes (which also included a few Orioles and Nationals, plus North Carolinian Josh Hamilton).

His parents and fiancée will be at Truist Park, about a six-hour drive from where he was raised.

“It’s in the area where we got to go to the most games, probably,” McLean said before the Mets lost a series and momentum in a 9-3 thud at Nationals Park on Thursday . “A lot of our travel ball when I was growing up was in

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