Add another team into the Wild Card fray???!?

The Nationals? The Washington Nationals? When I saw this article by Bill Ladson, I thought he had finally lost it completely. But then I saw the number 7. Seven games back of the Wild Card?

Granted, there are ten teams in front of them, some of which have been playing quite well of late, and others, like the Cincinnati Majewskies, have not been performing like playoff caliber teams. But considering this team, the Nats that is, was one of the first to be considered "out of it," it's something of an accomplishment to suddenly look at the numbers and find a seven where a twenty should be. Overlooking the fact that the whole NL stinks, of course.

But really, to think that this team has any chance in a hot place to leap over the ten teams in front of them is like looking at a glass that is 2/3 empty and calling it half full. I wonder what is in that glass, because Ladson has been sipping something other than water in writing this article.