Nationals Are the Cure for the Diamondbacks' Losing

The Diamondbacks came into the season as many people's sleeper team to not only win the division, but to possibly make a run at the World Series. Those sentiments were hastily squelched after Arizona dropped two of three to the NL West bottom-feeding Rockies to open up the year. But man oh man, there's nothing to rekindle your optimism like seeing seeing a four game series on your schedule with the Nationals this year -- a team projected to be "historically bad."

The Diamondbacks have taken the first three of their four games series with the Nats, outscoring their Triple A NL East opponent by an 18-5 margin. And yes, it's way cheesy when someone uses the line "their hitters made ___ look like Cy Young," but seriously, the Nats Punch and Judy lineup made EDGAR GONZALEZ (who's he?) and MICAH OWINGS (come again?) look like aces, and defending Cy Young winner Brandon Webb (pictured) look like, well, Brandon Webb. Matter of fact, the Nats have trailed at least 4-0 in all of their games this year, the first club since 1900 to do so -- which is certainly something to be proud of.

For Diamondback fans, don't get too excited yet -- even if you complete the sweep today. ALL teams should head into a series with the Nats looking to win two of three, or three of four at the least, and anything worse should be considered an embarrassment. As for Nats fans, it's going to be a long season. Just hope Bowden gets some good prospects in return when he starts dismantling the team. Remember, there's always 2010.

Previously at FanHouse:
Can the Washington Nationals Be Historically Bad?
Jim Bowden Has Already Given Up