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I can't read all of it because I don't have an Insider account, but it seems to me that ESPN is desperate for the Nats to make a run and make the playoff and justify their projection that they would be a playoff team. For the Nats to make it, they not only need to get red hot and I mean red hot, but they need a few teams to really start to struggle. We're half way past August. The Nats should be worried about finishing above 500 more than some miracle playoff run. And their BP blew another late lead tonight. This isn't a playoff team this year.

I agree with you completely.

I can't read beyond the first 3 paragraphs either, but considering that the Nationals are currently 3 games under .500 at 59-62, and the Central division has 3 teams that could all very likely win 90 or more games, the title of the article alone seems pretty ludicrous.

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Can the Nats Make a Miracle Playoff Run?

Why Washington has a shot to sneak into the wild-card race, and play in October.

(By Dave Cameron)

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9570298/washington-nationals-chances-making-miracle-playoff-run-mlb

The Nationals lost to the Cubs tonight, 11-1.

They are now 60-64 on the season, 16 full games behind the Braves, and 10 and-a-half games behind both the Cardinals and the Reds.

Ironically, ESPN's own formula has the Nationals with a less than 1 % chance to make the playoffs.

That's right, LESS THAN ONE PERCENT.

ATLANTA OOOO76-48OO Playoff Odds: 99.9 %

WASHINGTON O60-64OO Playoff Odds: 90.8 %

http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings

Are they calling themselves liars ??? :laughlol: :laughlol: :laughlol:

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Can the Nats Make a Miracle Playoff Run?

Why Washington has a shot to sneak into the wild-card race, and play in October.

(By Dave Cameron)

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9570298/washington-nationals-chances-making-miracle-playoff-run-mlb

The Reds won.

The Pirates won.

The Nationals lost.

The Nationals have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.

The only good team in the Nationals' division (the Braves) beat the Nationals 13 times out of 19 this season.

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The Reds won.

The Pirates won.

The Nationals lost.

The Nationals have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.

The only good team in the Nationals' division (the Braves) beat the Nationals 13 times out of 19 this season.

Nats mathematically eliminated before the Orioles. Who'da thunk it?

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THE GOOD NEWS:

The Nationals went 21-11 over their last 32 games to finish the season at 86-76.

THE BAD NEWS:

A. The Nationals went 65-65 over their first 130 games (which is more than 3/4 of the season) after having been predicted to win the World Series by many.

B. Against the only formidable team in their division (the Braves), the Nationals went 6-13 against.

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