And now the runner first goes pitch outside runner stops runner from third breaks to the play he will score

B'Bas still on the run down they throw it back to Harper chasing him and Harper tags him on the back

the inning is over for the Nationals execute the play to score the run and B'bos ends up being out two four three to retire the side. The nationals get two runs in the

inning. The Nats beat the Phillies last night, 13 to 2. Let me just mention that, yes, there are

158 games left in the year. They've only played four. They're three and one. But currently,

they're second in the National League in batting average, second and actually tied for first

in total home runs, second in RBI's, and first in hits. They've unloaded on people here

in three of the first four games. 13 to 2 was the final last night with Joey Weamer,

tying the Major League record for reaching base on his first 10 plate appearances of the season.

Joining us to help us with what the hell's going on here in a four-game sample size,

I understand, very small, is Mark

Zuckerman, who covers the Nats for himself now. Substack, totally worth it. You should subscribe.

It's literally just a few bucks a month, and you get Mark doing a phenomenal job covering this

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Get a link to gnatsjournal.com at Mark Zuckerman on X.

So obviously it's just four games.

We know that.

But tell me what's happened in these four to where they look like they're a capable offensive baseball

team. Yeah, and they're doing it against two of, you know, what in theory should be two

the top teams in the National League, the Cubs and the Phillies, which maybe adds a little bit

extra to this. It's not like they're doing this to the Marlins and the Rockies

or anything like that. So they're just getting contributions from everybody. And I think that's

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