Steroids? You Cannot be Serious

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IF THE NATIONALS really are taking steroids, they should get some better ones.

There is no evidence — neither from the Florida drug dealer arrested Wednesday nor from the team's performance on the field — that indicates any players are using performing-enhancing drugs.

In the next 10 days, the Nationals are going to probably select Stephen Strasburg with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. At the rate the team is going this season, it will likely be in the same position next year.

Given that lowly standing, any doping accusations seem as crazy as when lanky John McEnroe was accused of using steroids.

With just two wins since May 15, Washington's record has fallen to 13-33. Its .283 winning percentage is more than 100 points lower than the next worst team's.

The Manny Acta firing watch has officially begun.

It's not that he's a bad manager, for how could we tell given the talent he's had to work with? At some point, though, the Lerner family has to make a public statement that it can't stand this absurd amount of losing.

From Acta's perspective, a dismissal would be a reprieve. Imagine having to watch the bullpen blow game after game each night.

Steroids? We only wish such a charge wasn't so laughable.

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