Gerardo Parra #88 of the Washington Nationals gestures towards the crowd after a play against the New York Mets at Nationals Park on June 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images)
Well, the Los Angeles Dodgers came to DC and throttled the Washington Nationals. Maybe you saw it coming. I sure didn’t. Maybe it wasn’t a throttling as much as a taking care of business and moving on. Of the four games, really the Nationals could have walked away with wins in any of them. There were some lop-sided final scores, though even in those games, the Nationals were positioned to win.