Fans of subpar MLB teams: Do not fret, your team will never be as bad as the Washington Nationals

[sasquatch]

:D

[truebrit71]

1. ..until they play the Cubs...

... ;-) (and I say that as a suffering Cubs fan)...

[fNord]

13. no shit.....

I am a Cubs fan that lives in D.C.

I pull for the nats....when there not playing my Cubbies. But this game is killing me....

[madinmaryland]

2. The AAA Pittsburgh Pirates are giving the Natinals a good run for the worst team in

MLB.

:evilfrown:

[tigereye]

10. yeah, the trading down moves didn't help

as soon as we get anywhere near .500, they trade folks away and down, down we go. On the bright side, we did just win 4-5 games in a row.


We actually have tix to see them play the Phillies tomorrow night. :scared:

[fNord]

14. waite...

I think I smell a rally.....

[dropkickpa]

20. We'll stink it up somehow

We always do. Go Buccos!

[tigereye]

34. aw, it's just sad. We have won the last 6 of 8, though..

My son is close to refusing to go, and he was so excited to see them play the last few years. :cry:


We went tonight and it was a good pitchers duel, but we just couldn't get the hits...

[dropkickpa]

40. But I still love them

I just get soooo angry at the owners I start spitting and spouting gibberish. We're practically a farm team for the rest of MLB. Ticks me off to no end. Every year we get told the same thing when we trade away the few really good players we have "It's to get good young prospects". Yeah, we get a couple good young prospects, keeps them a couple years to give them seasoning and experience, then trade them away once they start to really show good potential. :banghead:

[TZ]

41. Yeah. Thanks again for Nyger Morgan!

:hi:

[dropkickpa]

43. You shut yer mouth!

:grr:

[tigereye]

42. yes, I agree completely

I briefly toyed with the idea of becoming (gasp) a Red Sox fan a few weeks ago, since i still miss Jason Bay. I look around the league to see how our former players are doing, since I'm still emotionally attached to them...


:hide:

[Patiod]

44. Well, they beat the World Champion Phillies on Tues night

I just love having the chance to say "World Champion Phillies", on the off chance we can't say it again next year....

[flvegan]

3. You make a fine point.

[TZ]

4. well something to be said

for not raising one's hopes only to be dashed by missing the playoffs after being the "best team in baseball" for the first three months of the season

[flvegan]

6. Who, the Dodgers, Marlins of the Blue Jays?

:shrug:

[evlbstrd]

5. Are you aware of the Kansas City Royals?

Oy.

[deoxyribonuclease]

7. The Padres are close

They lead the league in lowest run differential (something like -150).

At least I have the Cardinals to root for.

[Captain Hilts]

8. Our Boyz have been hot of late. nt

[gratuitous]

9. I'm afraid I don't follow Major League Baseball

Royals fans gave up on that years ago.

[Initech]

11. Or you could see the AAA Angels at work like last night.

[NNadir]

12. I don't know. I'm a Mets fan. To think they fired...

...Willie Randolph for much less...

[PJPhreak]

15. Mets fan since '66...nuff said,lol nt

[LoveMyCali]

17. Another Mets fan chiming in

I was just going to say I wouldn't bet on that.

[rurallib]

16. I have lived through Cub teams much worse than the Nats

Call me when the Nats try a great idea like the "College of Coaches"

[azmouse]

18. In '04 my Dbacks had a 111 loss season.

That was bad!

[sasquatch]

19. Wow, that sounds like it mega sucked

[old mark]

21. Nats were only second worst for a while, but the Orioles have pulled ahead

in the race for the second-worst.
Nats are playing .357 ball, and are 28.5 games out of first place.
O's are playing .405 ball, and are 27.5 games out

FWIW, one other team is playing at less than .400 - KC Royals are at .384, 19 games out of first.

So there is also a race to have an average above .400.

Things like this are what makes baseball so interesting.

The Nats really kicked the shit out of the Cubs yesterday - maybe this is their late season rally!!

mark

[mikeytherat]

22. Not so fast; did you watch them play my Cubs last night?

mikey_the_rat

[sasquatch]

25. I know, that was awful

Don't worry, the Cubs have new owners so things will be turned around.

[TZ]

27. lol

The way things turned around for the Nats when they got new ownership two years ago?:P

[sasquatch]

28. Hey, this is not the same thing as having a new sap to throw many down a rathole in DC

[fNord]

35. were holding them at bay tonight........

so far

[mikeytherat]

36. Hooray! We returned the favor 9-4!

mikey_the_rat

[Blue_Tires]

23. i beg to differ

NatsTown has more heart (and durability) than the 2009 New York Mets can dream...

[PVnRT]

24. Yet they still beat the Northside Yuppie Squad

[sasquatch]

26. *rimshot*

:D

[edbermac]

29. Sports Illustrated has the KC Royals last in their Power Rankings.

Nats are #27, KC is #30.

[TZ]

30. Woohoo

We are NOT LAST...:rofl: :thumbsup:

[sasquatch]

31. This is quite an accomplishment, I bet inspires Adam Dunn to strike out in his first at bat tonight

[TZ]

32. Man. Quit busting on him

The guy has hit like 30 some home runs and won numerous games for the Nats. And alot of the power hitters like Prince Fielder are the same...

[sasquatch]

33. I couldn't tell you the amount of times I watched him with the Reds strike with runners in scoring-

position.
:banghead:

[old mark]

37. The Royals may be flirting with history this season -

the worst of the worst?
The Nats can really hit when they feel like it.

mark

[TZ]

38. When they feel like it..

In a recent survey the Nats were named "laziest team in MLB"...:eyes:

[old mark]

39. The players aren't as bad as they have been playing - I frequently stated here

their coaching staff and management is terrible. These guys don't seem to give a shit if they win or not, so it's mainly not.

They seem to be happy if they win a couple of games a week.


mark