Check out a feature story on the Washington Nationals by AP Reporter Joseph White in today’s USA Today. White writes:

And yet, the Nationals are not going to be historically bad, certainly not at this pace. Sure, they met everyone’s expectations with a 1-8 start, but since then they’ve played almost .500 ball. A 7-3 homestand was followed by a 5-2 road trip, capped by the franchise’s first series win over St. Louis in eight years this weekend, raising the record to 21-30. 

Things are going well and it really was only a matter of time until it all started coming together.

“Everything is clicking right now,” said Acta, who has remained defiantly upbeat, even during the miserable first week of the season. “They’re playing the roles we want them to play. Hopefully we can get back some of those guys from the DL and - hey, it’s early. From Day 1, I don’t care what anybody else said or predicted, I want to play over .500. If I don’t do it, then let me know in September.” 

We can’t say enough about our faith in Manny Acta, who has created a team of guys that believe in each other.

“We never gave up on ourselves,” Young said. “Manny said there would be times when we’d play well and things wouldn’t go our way, and there would be times when the stretch we’ve been on was going to happen. We never got too high, we never got too low, especially when we started out 1-8. That’s a testament to our manager believing in us and letting us go out there every day and play.”

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