Smelly Tuna

The Washington Nats' inaugural season has kicked off. The Nats have started the season 3-3 in their first week. We've seen some positive signs and some not-so-positive things. The Nats have won the close games including two games that went down to the wire. Saturday night against the Marlins, it appeared that Chad Cordero had given away the lead until Jose Guillen homered in the 10th inning.

The Nats have also been blown out in each of their three loses, and shutout in the last two. Scores of 9-0 and 8-0 seem bad until you realize than Antonio Osuna was responsible for both games becoming a blowout. Both starters pitched well and deserved better. The lack of offense is a concern, but the Marlins' Dontrelle Willis and Josh Beckett are both pretty damn good, so it's not as worrisome as it could be.

I call relief pitcher Antonio Osuna "O-tuna" because he stinks!


Of course, a 3-3 record on the road is not all the bad. In fact, it's pretty good. The Nats travel to Atlanta for three against the Braves, my old favorite team. It will be an emotional scene for me personally. The Braves were the team of my childhood, the Nats are the team of my adulthood. Then the fellas come home for their first game at RFK on Thursday against Arizona.