For all the drama of a postseason atmosphere and sellout crowds at Nationals Park for this final series with the Boston Red Sox, the Washington Nationals’ biggest flaw has been on brazen display.
This team needs to learn to win.
“I’ve already went around and told them, ‘Hey, you need to come to Spring Training physically ready to play a game like it was April 1st and we’re at Opening Day, because we got to hone in on our baseball skills from Day 1,” manager Davey Martinez told reporters before the Nationals proved for the 95th time this year that they know how to lose.