Behind the Washington Nationals’ 0-6 Start Are Several Intriguing Storylines

Posted: 8th March 2010 by Farid Rushdi in MLB
Comments Off on Behind the Washington Nationals’ 0-6 Start Are Several Intriguing Storylines
After finishing their first year in Washington with a .500 record, fans and players alike hoped the Nationals would have a breakout season in 2006.   The key was to get off to a fast start.   It didn’t happen.   The Nationals were just 2-8 after 10 games and finished April with a dismal 8-17 record.   The team brought in a bevy of new players the following year and it was hoped that a fast start might propel the team back to a .500 record in 2007.   Didn’t happen again.   The team was an identical 2-8 ten games into the season and by May 1 was 9-17 with little hope of improving.   In 2008, Elijah Dukes, Paul LoDuca and Lastings Milledge, it was hoped, brought enough new talent to the team to reverse the string of bad starts, and it almost wor ...

Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - MLB
Article written by

Comments are closed.