I want to applaud Spencer Nussbaum.

Spencer covers Washington Nationals for the Washington Post, and does a great job.

And Spence, let's start here, man.

Not always easy, staring down the barrel, asking some of these questions.

I've been in your shoes in some spots.

Where are you at with everything going on in Nats Town?

Yeah, I mean, the most obvious and simple way to explain it is that the team is not in a good place,

and Davy is not in a good place.

Um, like you said, I mean, I asked a couple days ago, you know, when you look at the team,

when you look at the offense as a whole, they haven't been producing, like the team wants you this month. So I asked him, you know, when you look at the team, when you look at the offense as a whole, they haven't been

producing, like the team wants to do this month. So I asked him, you know, how much of that is on the

players, how much of that is on coaching. And before I could kind of get into the rest of the question,

Davy obviously went on his spiel that has since kind of landed him in hot water over the last few days.

You know, this is, I've been covering the team for a year and a half now.

This is a pretty obvious low point, given where the aspirations were at the start of the season,

and given that they've lost eight straight.

So yeah, plenty of directions I could take this, but right now,

um, it's, and things are not in a good place.

I mean, what was your reaction when you're asking that question?

Davey has always been so good at standing up for us players,

even when, you know, you could almost rightfully throw them under the bus to an extent with how they played.

But this time, it just felt like this was out of character it felt like for Davey.

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