Nationals Lose Race To 100 Losses
Posted By Patrick On September 25, 2008 @ 5:30 pm In Sports | Comments Disabled
[1]It was the one race I thought the Nats could win.
Last year people were talking about [2] the Nationals losing 100 games. Luckily they finished at 73-89 [3], just above the Florida Marlins. There was some hope that maybe they could return to their glory days of 2005 [4] (when they finished 81-81).
Unfortunately things haven’t been going well this season and once again the Nationals are expected to lose 100 games [5] this year. However with their loss to the Angels last night, the Mariners become the first to lose 100 games [6]. Even when it comes to futility the Nationals can’t win.
The Washington Times [7] has an in-depth list of all the problems with the Nationals [8], from play on the field to problems with ordering office supplies. I’ve heard the Nationals described as a “glorified farm team” and while I want to defend that description- if you get in trouble for ordering too many pencils you must be a farm team.
I’d say there’s always next year but you need to actually have to have prospects in the farm system [9] for their to be a future.
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[1] Image: http://img.metblogs.com/dc/files/2008/09/capt8d991f270ef2404e88d9d525c4a4757fmarlins_nationals_baseball_nat107.jpg
[2] talking about: http://klandersen.blogspot.com/2007/09/washington-nationals-100-losses-no-way.html
[3] 73-89: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/index.jsp?ymd=20071001
[4] glory days of 2005: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/index.jsp?ymd=20051002
[5] lose 100 games: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-nationals-100losses&prov=ap&type=lgns
[6] first to lose 100 games: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2008201531_mari25.html
[7] Washington Times: http://washingtontimes.com/
[8] the problems with the Nationals: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/23/not-according-to-plan/
[9] prospects in the farm system: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/draft/2008-08-16-signing-deadline_N.htm
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