For those of us old enough to remember, the expansion Senators got off to a
pretty horrific start losing 100 or more games their first 4 seasons.

1961 61-100
1962 60-101
1963 56-106
1964 62-100

Just for the heck of it, I checked the 1963 Senators record on July 20th-they
were 34-60 and would go 22-46 for the remainder of the 1963 season.

The current Nationals are 26-66 and are going to have to step it up a bit if
that don't want to equal or exceed the 1963 Senators record for futility.

Don't get me wrong-I'm thrilled that baseball is back in Washington but the
youthful enthusiasm I possessed as a 10 year old in 1963 disappeared somewhere
through the years and it's getting tough to suffer with the current major league
offering.

Art Audley
La Plata, MD