In the mad rush to book passage on the supersonic rockets that are the Chicago Cubs, the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates it might be smart for those passengers to pause for a few seconds and check out that strange rumbling noise behind them.
That sound would be the pote
ntial thunder of three of the National League’s most powerful teams who, as my research suggests, haven’t moved to the American League or been disbanded.
The message here is simple: it would be wildly incautious for anyone to write off the Washington Nationals, the St.