An old friend (and boss) of mine, Rick Biehl, recently had a letter printed in the Washington Post sports section.  Let’s just say he doesn’t think highly of the team the Nationals is putting on the field this year:

It’s unfortunate that, with the weak attendance the Nationals are about
to have this season, you already raise the issue of whether the D.C.
area deserves a Major League Baseball team, noting [last Sunday], "the
game is here now."

The 2007 Nationals are not a Major League Baseball team, and no city in
the country would support the kind of game this crew is about to play.
The Nationals are not only the worst team in baseball, they could be
the worst team since the 1962 New York Mets. It’s unfair to judge the
Washington region if it fails to go crazy for this team, which in
addition to being horrid, also plays in fan-unfriendly RFK. The test of
whether D.C. is worthy of a Major League Baseball team should await the
day when it actually has one.

Rick really needs a blog.