No Beastie Boys lyric in the title? Nope, I’m not going to waste my team trying to find an appropriate lyric when the team is playing like crap.
After a godawful series in New York, the Phillies head to Washington to take on the Nationals. The past few years, a series against the Nats portended good things for the Phillies. But with the way the team is playing now, I can’t even take a series win against the Nats for granted.
Washington Nationals
Record: 24-32, Fifth place in National League East (Nine games back)
The manager
Dave Martinez won a World Series with the Nats in 2019, and that’s starting to look like the “Vince Velasquez strikes out 16 against the Padres” of managerial campaigns.