Nats fatigue

I never thought I would be so fatigued from hearing about incessant losses from the Nats. Our season record so far is 44-81, which is definitively our worst performance yet. But let's review our recent losses, focusing merely on the month of August:

• August 17 vs. Colorado, 7-2
• August 16 vs. Colorado, 13-6
• August 14 vs. NY Mets, 9-3
• August 13 vs. NY Mets, 12-0 (so humiliating)
  
• August 11 vs. Milwaukee, 7-1
• August 9 vs. Milwaukee, 6-0
• August 8 vs. Milwaukee, 5-0
• August 5 vs. Colorado, 8-2

Let's face it—this is beyond ridiculous. This is beyond disheartening. This is downright stupefying that we can barely even squeeze out a close game but instead have to lose by a margin of no less than 5 runs! I'm slowly starting to join the legions of fans who are shouting for the dismissal of Jim Bowden, maybe even Manny Acta, too. Because in the purest practical sense, if we're not recruiting good talent, then the talent we do have isn't being trained to their fullest extent on the field. And Stan Kasten's constant intonations of "The Plan" sound too similar to W's "Trust us!" whenever the Iraq War took another bad turn.

Again, I love the Nats, but having to watch them lose game after game after game makes my heart sink more than I ever could have imagined.

With only 44 wins under our belt and somewhere around 37 games left, I'm seriously starting to wonder if winning 50 games this season is too high a hope.