Half-season review at Baseball Reflections

Written by William Yoder | 14 July 2009

As some of you may know, I write monthly for the website BaseballReflections.com. 

This week I wrote a analysis of the Washington Nationals ugly first half, check it out.

Here's a preview:

The Washington National fans entered this season with high hopes.

Not with the typical hopes of baseball fans, that their team may be winning the pennant or even the World Series. No, Nationals fans were finally hopeful that their team had turned the corner and would be in the beginning of an upswing that would have them competitors for several years.

There was confidence in the system, confidence in the organization, and confidence in the leadership.

Fast-forward to the 2009 All-Star break and the Nationals have the worst record in baseball and have fired General Manager Jim Bowden, pitching coach Randy St. Claire, and just today Manager Manny Acta.

So what happened?....