Bret Boone signs deal with Nats joining brother Aaron, dad Bob in D.C.

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Bret Boone came out of retirement to sign a non-guaranteed, minor league contract with the Washington Nationals on Monday, joining his younger brother, infielder Aaron, and their father, assistant general manager Bob, with the club.

Boone, who turns 39 in April, hasn’t played in the majors since 2005, when he spent time with Seattle and Minnesota. He went to spring training with the New York Mets the next year but called it quits before playing an exhibition game.

“There’s something still in there,” Boone said Monday. “I look at it as I’ve got nothing to lose.”

...On Monday, flanked at a table by manager Manny Acta and general manager Jim Bowden during a news conference at the Nationals’ spring training stadium, and with his father standing a few feet away, Boone spoke about dealing with other off-field problems.

“I’ve just changed my way of life a little bit. I’ve always been a guy that goes out and likes to have a good time—maybe at times, too good of a time,” he said. “And that kind of all catches up to you and you’ve got to look in the mirror and find out where are you going. Where are you going with your life? Took care of some personal business, and I feel that I can give this 100 percent.”