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Tracking the Nats’ historic chase of the ’62 Mets
Current Record: 9-18 (.333, 7.5 GB)
Projected Record: 54-108
Nationals Pitchers Who Were Doing Pretty Well Until They Hurt Themselves Trying to Catch an Off-Target Throw by a First Baseman: 1
“Freaking Runs” Catcher Ryan Schneider Believes Are Necessary for Offense to Achieve: “some”
Nats Bloggers Who Fear They’re Losing Interest in Team Already: 1
Parsing the Loss: Nats 0, San Diego 3. Clearly a case of the team being distracted by last Thursday’s apocalyptic Class A brawl between the Potomac Nationals and the Winston-Salem Warthogs. Also, San Diego’s perfect weather (a source of bitter envy on the part of Washington Times Nats beat writer Mark Zuckerman) can put one in a state of mind where losing seems secondary to just lovin’ on Mother Nature.
Barry Svrluga Adjectives of the Day: “infamous,” “horrendous”
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