2011 is a really underrated year for this franchise. You could really see things starting to turn for the better. I had more fun as a fan that year than I did during a lot of the "contending" years.
The first 50-60 games of 2010 when the Nationals were scrapping at .500 with Strasburg on the horizon was the most fun couple months of baseball fandom in my entire life.
2011 was great. 2012 was also great. And then 2013 through 2018 were fun. Frustrating. Then the second half of last 2019 was so fun, even if I didn't think it would turn out all that well in the end.
