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Until I read the annual “this is a different kind of club than last year” Thomas Boswell column<\/a> in The Post<\/em>, I had forgotten that the Washington Nationals started 0-11 in the Grapefruit League last year. That got me to thinking, what do I even remember from previous years spring training, off the top of my head at least:<\/p>\n

2005: WE HAVE A TEAM, the Ian Desmond kid looks like he might be something in a couple of years
\n2006: Alfonso Soriano doesn’t want to play left field
\n2007: I like the positive attitude Manny Acta has and I wonder when Nick Johnson will play this year
\n2008: I’m eager to see what Lastings Milledge can do, that looks like a good trade
\n2009: Smileygate – Carlos Alvarez is the player to be named later, Jim Bowden resigns!
\n2010: STEPHEN STRASBURG, STEPHEN STRASBURG, STEPHEN STRASBURG<\/p>\n

Jim Bowden<\/strong> also rode around on a tricked out Segway and one year prayed for Jesus Colome<\/strong> and is buttocks. I don’t remember which season that was though. I tried to forget about Bowden as much as I could. The same could be said for Colome as well.<\/p>\n

The point though, is that spring training while fun, is just blip on the memory of the upcoming season and doesn’t mean much at all in the bigger picture. I even enjoy all the “best shape of his life” articles, because at the very least these articles means that spring is near. It isn’t just that, I like the optimism of spring training, because the slate is clean and who knows, maybe the team will make a big jump and play over its head like it did in 2005 and 2007.<\/p>\n

So, what year did Boswell write this?<\/p>\n

Washington finally has its first truly serious baseball franchise since the 1930s.<\/p>\n

You have to be as old as Ted Lerner, the…boss of the Nationals, to remember the last time Washington had a big league team that was a serious annual contender, a legitimate front-line franchise, a club that fought toe-to-toe with the very best. But that time is probably arriving again and perhaps fairly soon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like I said, spring training doesn’t mean or tell us much , but sometimes its just fun to go along for the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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