This is a season Washington Nationals pitcher Joe Ross longs to forget.
Pitching in front of his hometown crowd Saturday against the Oakland Athletics, Ross failed again to make it passed the fourth inning. The line a stunning six earned runs over three bewildering innings. He struck out five, but put eight base runners on to mix with nine outs.
A start so poor, Dusty Baker visited the mound to yell at him. Baker never yells. At anybody. Yet, in front of friends and family, he was as stern with Ross as you will ever see.