Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 72nd win, each season:
2012 - 13th August (116th match of season)2005 - 5th September (138th match)
2011 - 18th September (151st match)
2007 - 26th September (159th match)
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2006 - finished 71-91
2010 - finished 69-93
2008 - finished 59-102
2009 - finished 59-103
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THIS DAY WITH THE '05 OVERACHIEVERS: Saturday 13th August 2005 saw four pitchers combine on an 8-nil clean-sheeting of the Rockies at Coors Field...record now 61-55...
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Listened to last night's match on the bedside radio...had trouble getting to sleep afterward...incredible resilience by the Nats after that Arizona finale. (Nats have not lost back-to-backs since the first two of that Phillies home series on 31st July/1st August...since then they've gone 11-2...combine that with the Braves losing to the Padres yesterday and it's all a fan could want.)
