Unsolicited Advice to Washington Nationals in Desperate Times...

OK, I'll be honest. I started to write a long, drawn-out column about the state of the Washington Nationals, why they are so bad, and how to keep perspective. But honestly, it felt like a repeat. Instead, like most of my Internet writing brethren (and sisthren) and blog commenters out there today, I'm just going to spout off some random (and possibly radical) ideas about how to fix things to see if anything sticks (or stinks). Historically desperate times call for historically desperate measures. 1) Call Up Shairon Martis, Garrett Mock, J.D. Martin, Collin Balestar; Go with Starter by Committee Look, it's not about wins and losses anymore, so why try to pretend? The team already announced that they want to limit the number of innings of some of these guys. So call up the other starters, waive some of the lousy relievers, and let them share games. That's right, Detwiler gets five innings and Mock gets the next four. Martin starts for five and Zimmermann...