{"id":29290,"date":"2021-05-24T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=29290"},"modified":"2021-05-24T07:30:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T11:30:12","slug":"its-time-for-the-nats-to-move-on-from-19-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2021\/05\/its-time-for-the-nats-to-move-on-from-19-31\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s time for the Nats to move on from 19-31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A good weekend for the Washington Nationals – they swept the Baltimore Orioles<\/strong><\/a>. Additionally, they did something they hadn’t done since 2018: avoid starting the year 19-31. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2019 Nats climb from that 19-31 start to World Series champions<\/strong><\/a> is a remarkable story. Nobody saw it coming and it was a helluva ride. “Bumpy roads lead to beautiful places” and all that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nats got so into that they did it again<\/strong><\/a><\/em> in last year’s COVID-19-shortened season. There was no feel good comeback that time. It’s not so much fun when it doesn’t work out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t so much fun when it was actually happening the first time either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless, 19-31 is constantly referenced. Fans have been grumbling about it for weeks as the Nats got off to lackluster start again. The team though, still seems to think it’s something to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nats<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sure, the social media\/sales machine needs to be fed, but this just tiresome. When the team is below .500 approaching the 50 game mark for the third season in a row, it’s a pattern and not a great one. Let it go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An aside<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a sense, going 19-33 would have been a better story, since the last DC pennant had been in 1933<\/em>. Even if they had meant they won two less games, they still would have hosted the play-in game against Milwaukee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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