{"id":2073,"date":"2007-05-10T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/05\/road-trip-ends-with-eighth-consecutive-loss.html"},"modified":"2007-05-10T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-10T10:15:00","slug":"road-trip-ends-with-eighth-consecutive-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/05\/road-trip-ends-with-eighth-consecutive-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Road trip ends with eighth consecutive loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MILWAUKEE 3 Washington 1 (<i>ESPN<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=270509108\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Boxscore<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s matinee saw the best team in baseball continue to push the worst around. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jason Bergmann<\/span> 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 &#8212; 2B <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Felipe Lopez<\/span> hitting a home run for the second consecutive day. To put it in perspective, that is about as likely as 1B <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Dimitri Young<\/span> getting a stolen base two days in a row.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Claudio Vargas<\/span>, who was briefly a National before <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim &#8220;pitching pitching pitching&#8221; Bowden<\/span> waives him pitched well, but had a no decision.<\/p>\n<p>This the point where I throw my hands up in frustration. Firefox just crashed on me &#8212; I feel betrayed. I lost just about everything. I&#8217;m going to try and build it back as quick as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/09\/AR2007050901775.html?hpid=moreheadlines\"><b>Nats Glum After Eighth Loss in Row<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070510-123811-3786r.htm\"><b>Down in the dumps<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/09\/AR2007050902607.html\"><b>Bergmann Has Numbers, But Not Wins<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070510-120710-8194r.htm\"><b>Langerhans, Logan likely to platoon<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Thomas Boswell<\/span> questions THE PLAN in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/09\/AR2007050902438.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">today&#8217;s column<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>), 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.<\/p>\n<p>I have not abandoned hope on THE PLAN yet. The pitching, of all things, gives me hope. Hopefully, I have not jinxed it.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601079&#038;sid=acwhmhnTCms4&#038;refer=home\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">owner Mark Lerner told<\/span><\/a> <i>Bloomberg<\/i> &#8220;we will take ourselves to another level&#8230;we are going to dip into the free-agent market this winter.&#8221; Good thing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">John Keim<\/span> of <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Examiner<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-720047~Prospects_starting_to_flourish_in_the_minors.html\">takes dictation<\/a> from <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Bowden<\/span> again. Does Keim have the toughest job in D.C. journalism?<\/p>\n<p>The Nats have today off before beginning a long homestand against the Marlins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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