voices.washingtonpost.com - 8/22/2008
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The losing streak hit 12 last night. After that game, when Ryan Zimmerman held court for a few minutes to discuss the losing, he fell back on the same banality that's found wide favor in the Nats clubhouse these days. The Nats, he said, were young and "inconsistent." "It's so up and down, it's so inconsistent," Zimmerman said. "The hardest part about baseball is being consistent. That's what we're all trying to do at sort...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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Nats Celebrate One-Game Winning Streak
Mr. Irrelevant —
... with a win over Philly, disproving Chico Harlan’s theory that they’re “the most consistent team in baseball” (which was a well-played response to Ryan Zimmerman blaming their woes on “inconsistency”). So the Nats seem quite please with themselves: ...
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