It’s time to contract the Nationals

Watching any last-place team can be a sad affair, but watching the Sox beat up on the Nationals twice in two days made me wonder why, exactly, we have a Washington Nationals team. Frankly, I think we’d be better without it. Sure, the Rays and Tigers have recently proven that teams can even go from worst to first in the big money era. But I don’t get the sense the Nats are going anywhere, ever. I say it’s time to cut our losses and move on. Why? They’re just made up of castoffs from other teams. Josh Bard, twice dropped by the Red Sox, now calls Washington home. Adam Dunn, the best hitter nobody thinks is any good went with the only...