WASHINGTON -- They are what we thought they were. The Washington Nationals ' see-it-to-believe-it, come-from-way-behind-way-late 11-10 win over the New York Mets wasn't a swing game. It didn't transform the pennant race. It didn't alter the fate of the free world as we know it. It didn't reverse the destiny of an entire organization. What it did do, however, was serve as an affirmation that a pair of NL East rivals are pretty much what we thought they were.
Let's start with New York, which entered Tuesday's game in D.C. with little to no hope of playing beyond September.