For Nationals, Spring Record Means Little, Attitude Says a Lot

Posted: 15th March 2010 by Dave Nichols in MLB
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0-10 through 10 games. Stinks, right? To hear the Nationals' players talk about it, fans and writers should disregard the club's spring training record.  They have a list of reasons and excuses to forget about the record. "We're just getting our work in." "We aren't playing with our regular players." "I just want to stay healthy for the season." "I'm working on some new thing/adjustment." For the most part, spring training records don't mean squat.  Several writers over the last couple of days have tried to analyze the impact of spring training records. While there is some anecdotal evidence that winning or losing spring training records can forecast regular-season success, there's no hard evidence to prove that spring training records mean anything. What does mean something, how ...

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