What is it with the Washington Nationals, their mythical milestone, and Memorial Day?
Here we are at the first major checkpoint of the 2022 season, the one where we had to fish or cut bait on a last-place team at the infamous 19-31 mark in 2019.
Three years later and seven starting position players lighter, the last-place Nationals have won their first series at home in 2022, taking three of four from the Colorado Rockies.
In doing so, they put themselves within one game of that enchanted 19-31 record.
The two starting position players remaining from the 2019 World Series champions, right fielder Juan Soto and center fielder Victor Robles, were among the keys to a 3-1 series win and a 4-3 season series victory over the Rockies.