accidentally tuning in to the flail fest on the radio, I heard the same tiresome nonsense....the Nats, as usual, swinging madly at any first pitch, occasionally making weak contact for a dribbling ground out....over and over and over....Pitt's pitcher threw, what, 11 pitches for the entire game? Either the Nats coaching stinks or the players are just too boneheaded and do not understand the concepts of consistent hitting....which is to work the pitcher instead of going out of one's way to help the pitcher by swinging at anything and everything that comes within 20 feet of home plate. I suspect it is a combination of both, as this particular aspect of ABs has been fairly constant for a quite a while.
