After being swept by the woeful Reds (21-31) last Thursday, the Nats’ prospects against the non-woeful Cardinals (33-18) looked pretty bleak. Friday’s inevitable loss brought the team to .500, a low since late April, when the team record was just 11-11. Then Saturday’s “L” put them under the halfway mark for the first time since the Nats’ seventh game of the season, where they fell to division rival Atlanta. But then something happened: the Nats…

Imagine not having a drink of water for 34 years. Well, except for the fact that you’d be dead 33 years and 51 weeks before such a thing could be possible, that’s sort of like how it’s been for longtime Washingtonians and MLB baseball. Now imagine that the water’s been sitting out overnight and the oxygen has escaped or formed bubbles along the side of the glass, and sort of tastes weird when you…