MILWAUKEE 3 Washington 1 (ESPN Boxscore)

Yesterday’s matinee saw the best team in baseball continue to push the worst around. Jason Bergmann became the latest starting pitcher to have a quality start and nothing to show for it. The Nats offense is just awful and there is no improvement in sight. The one offensive bright spot — 2B Felipe Lopez hitting a home run for the second consecutive day. To put it in perspective, that is about as likely as 1B Dimitri Young getting a stolen base two days in a row.

Claudio Vargas, who was briefly a National before Jim “pitching pitching pitching” Bowden waives him pitched well, but had a no decision.

This the point where I throw my hands up in frustration. Firefox just crashed on me — I feel betrayed. I lost just about everything. I’m going to try and build it back as quick as possible.

Nats Glum After Eighth Loss in Row – The Post
Down in the dumps – The Wash. Times
Bergmann Has Numbers, But Not Wins – The Post
Langerhans, Logan likely to platoon – The Wash. Times

Thomas Boswell questions THE PLAN in today’s column (The Post), so it is a MUST read. The next MUST read will be when the Nats win 2 out of 3 and Boswell is jumping back on THE PLAN bandwagon.

I have not abandoned hope on THE PLAN yet. The pitching, of all things, gives me hope. Hopefully, I have not jinxed it.

Yesterday, owner Mark Lerner told Bloomberg “we will take ourselves to another level…we are going to dip into the free-agent market this winter.” Good thing.

John Keim of The Wash. Examiner takes dictation from Jim Bowden again. Does Keim have the toughest job in D.C. journalism?

The Nats have today off before beginning a long homestand against the Marlins.