((HT: Washington Post/Viera))John Smoltz joined the Boston Red Sox in the hope of a reinvention. He has been a starter, a closer and a starter again. He has learned to throw sidearm. And in this latest incarnation, he was looking for a fresh start with a new team. "This is not the old or the new, or the done," Smoltz said on Wednesday. "This is just a new chapter." But the honeymoon did not last long in his first start with Boston. The Washington Nationals blitzed Smoltz and won, 9-3, last night before 41,985, the third attendance record in as many nights at Nationals Park. Washington (21-49) provided a harsh welcome, battering Smoltz with a four-run first inning. Smoltz settled down, but the Nationals found productivity that had gone missing at the plate and their starter, Jordan Zimmermann, pitched fearlessly against the imposing Red Sox (44-28). "He's got good stuff," Dustin Pedroia, Boston's second baseman, said of Zimmermann. "He...
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