So ... Is This How It's Going to Be in 2007? |
| Published: April 3, 2007, 12:33 pm |
| Tags: john patterson, orioles, nationals, erik bedard |
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Nice start to the baseball season, eh?At 1:00 yesterday the Nationals kicked off their season, and by 1:30 it was obvious they were going to lose.The Orioles started six hours later but it took about as long of actual game time for them to look like they were out of it, except then they teased us with a big inning and a lead that lasted, oh, maybe 45 seconds including the commercial break.Marlins 9, Nationals 2.Twins 7, Orioles 4.The "aces," John Patterson and Erik Bedard looked awful. Chalk it up to opening day jitters, I hope.I still don't think the Nationals lose 100 games, despite that it seems like the media has all but guaranteed it. ESPN's Buster Olney went as far as to say the Nats could lose 130 games, which is Youppi-level ridiculous.Here's the thing: 71-91, which the Nats were in 2006, is a bad team. REAL bad. And it's easy to say "well that's only nine losses less than 100!" But a 71-91 team is 20 games under .500, playing .438 baseball. A 100-loss team is THIRTY-EIGHT [ Full article ] |
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