Washington Nationals' Second-Half Hope Already Fading Fast

The 82nd game of the MLB season is very special. It's the beginning of the second half of the season. Theoretically, teams can a set aside a dismal start and say, "From here on in, boys, it's a whole new ball game."The Nationals lost in their 82nd game Wednesday afternoon, 10-4 to the Colorado Rockies, through another assortment of rumbling, bumbling, stumbling, and tumbling.The Nationals didn't start a new chapter. They didn't even turn a new page. They're just fleshing out the worst story ever written.What's that you say? The '62 Mets was a worse team? Well, perhaps. But they were lovable. In fact, their unofficial nickname was the "Lovable Losers." Mets fans smiled as they got hammered night in and night out.I'm not smiling, and I don't think you are either.Look, I've been writing about the Nationals since their first winter in Washington, long before the players donned their "Curly W" caps. I have been so opti...