No matter what sport you follow it is always tough to keep in the game when your boys (or girls) are not doing well. I still refuse to throw in the towel for the Yankees, but the Nationals, well that is another story all together. What started out as a season full of promise for the Nats has turned out to be pretty much a disaster with only a few glimmering rays of hope. At least for the time being the Nat's aren't in last place in all the majors thanks to the MOTHER FUhttp://www.withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=5974 Mariners.
There are so many problems it is hard to know where to begin, but I guess it should be with the most obvious....the gaping hole at third base. Yes Ryan Zimmerman is down 4-6 weeks but thankfully he will not need surgery. What is sad is that he hasn't played since May 25th and yet he still leads the team in home runs (8) and RBI's (27).
And then of course there is the internal feuding, which strangely we seem to be seeing a lot more of around the league this year. I just haven't seen a player (Elijah Dukes) and a manager go at it yet this season. Perhaps Dukes has forgotten that Manny Acta chooses if he plays or not. Now don't get me wrong Elijah, your stellar .207 batting average is almost as impressive as your .646 OPS but you might want to keep on your managers good side in case for some reason he decides you are terrible. I can't imagine why he would think that though.
Pitching.....all I can really say about pitching is that it is harder to watch than Jon Rauch's player photo.
I do want to end on a good note though. I care about the Nats and I am hopeful and optimistic that eventually they will pull it together. One has to hope that Zimmerman will come around from what is turning out to be a very mediocre season this year. Flores is the real deal, Guzman is much better than anyone gives him credit for, and there is no shortage of stories about the improving farm system. The Nat's are a team on the brink, I just hope it comes sometime soon.
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