Opening weekend

With the first weekend in the 2012 baseball season in the books, all of baseball looks towards the future. Some with hopes of a fast start remaining throughout the year, and others believing it's just the first weekend. The Nationals managed to pull out 2 of 3 from the perennial cellar dwellers the Chicago Cubs. Both wins were come from behind efforts off of Cubs' closer Carlos Marmol. The Nats did trail in all three games late, but managed to mount a rally and force the Cubs to hold on for dear life. One can look at this in two lights. The first, the Nats never give up, and no game ever seems out of reach. The other, the club couldn't stay ahead to have a comfortable win against the lowly Cubs. The way Davey Johnson's club is winning is very dangerous, but as long as it works, very few will question it. Jayson Werth has had another slow start to the year, striking out 5 times in pretty key situations. After Adam LaRoche's bad first game, 0-3 with 3 k's, he combusted into flames the past two games looking like the player the Nats payed for last year. The bullpen has been completely unhittable minus Mattheus poor outing late yesterday. The good news is the pen will be a strength this year. The bad news is the strikeout epidemic seems to have persisted through the offseason. I'm not not willing to call up a mob for it yet, but being struck out 7 or more times in each game, is very troubling. As of now, chalk it up to the cold Chicago weather. All in all, a good series by the Nationals, showing their resolve with the come from behind victories.