Ouch

This reminds me of how the NYT was covering the Mets a few years ago. Here's how the Washington Post lead their article on Wednesday night's Nationals game:

DENVER, July 8 -- If ever there comes a day, years from now, when historians gather up the courage to revisit the 2009 Washington Nationals, perhaps they can begin and end their study with a quick, purposeful look at the 21 1/2 hours between 6:40 p.m. Tuesday and 4:14 p.m. Wednesday.

In that span, the Washington Nationals lost two baseball games. They committed six errors, not that they didn't try for more. The final innings of their latest defeat, a 10-4 afternoon decision against Colorado at Coors Field, unfolded at a deadening pace suited to stop matter itself.

So yes, there is a twisted sort of history here. Uniquely adept at losing, unmatched in their willingness to make a beautiful sport unsightly, the Nationals finished perhaps their most degenerative series of the year with help from every comer.