Who is this team and what have you done with my Nats?

Well, well, well… lookie what we have here.

Yes ladies and gentlemen of the Natscast faithful, I, Dewey, am back. After my month long hiatus due to prior work related events — stupid Olympic Games — We are back at it here for the last month of the season.

Rumor has it that we even have a new podcast recording device rearing to go!

So when I left the loveable losers they were headed for about 200 losses, yes? (OK, so that’s not possible, but come on, like you didn’t think they could find a way to pull it off?) Now I come back, and — amazingly — there is some team wearing Nat’s jerseys playing fantastic baseball. 7-3 in their last 10? Dukes with extra inning heroics? Who the hell is playing second base?

It’s amazing what a little time off and health can do to a team, huh? Not to mention some young guys playing above their worth. This is the team that we hoped for at the beginning of the season. This is what we expected. So despite the ridiculous losing streaks, base running mistake, errors, front office blunders and general lack of wins, the Nationals are playing the role of spoiler.

Too bad they waited for football season to start. Don’t worry guys, we’re watching.