Here are the facts after the first eight weeks of the season; the Nationals have the worst record in baseball 11 - 26. The Nats have 41 errors in 37 games. The pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.90 with only 6 saves. Average attendance this season (starting this 11-game homestand) is below 20,000. Local television ratings are less than half of one percent of area homes with TVs. The Nationals have problems. Don't get me wrong, this club has a lot of positives on offense. As I said in my last blog, the first three batters are all batting over .325 and their cleanup hitter is almost .300 and a threat to hit a dinger at any time. The problem is that the offense doesn't stand a chance because of the porous defense and ineffective bullpen. How long can they stay in the baseball business with these numbers?

I was born and raised in Washington and have been a baseball fan forever. I was a member of the Senators knot-hole-gang when I was old enough to take my glove to the ballpark. When I broke my leg sliding into homeplate in a Little League all star game the Washington Senators all signed a baseball for me. I was All-City in baseball when I was at St.John's high school and actually dreamed of playing in the Bigs. It was heart breaking for me when Calvin Griffith took the Senators to Minnesota in the early 1960's and disappointing when Bob Short took the new Senators to Texas in 1971. You may say I am way ahead of myself, but I sure don't want this city to lose another baseball team. This team has great potential and somehow the Nats need to change the negative momentum. Too many people worked too hard to get baseball here in DC. and we don't want history to repeat itself.