Sometimes, you don’t know you were in the good old days until you’ve left the good old days.
It was a swift rise for the Washington Nationals in 2012. Take On Me rang around a ballpark where several exciting, young, homegrown talents plied their trade, and it felt like the start of a new era following seven underwhelming seasons after the team moved to the nation’s capital.
Nine years, four division titles, one wild card berth, and one World Series title later, the Nationals executed a sell-off at the trade deadline that was jarring to the majority of fans.