Gonna be interesting to watch 2008 catch up with 2009. If memory serves, we only won like 10 games or so between July 1 and August 31 in 2008.
The Nats' 2008 campaign, truth be told, wasn't much better than their 2009 Dark Night of the Soul...they lost only one less match (59-102 vs 59-103), went 6-21 from 28th June through 31st July, and had a 12-match losing streak from 8th-20th August.
What may have taken some of the sting out of 2008 may have been that walk-off win over the Braves in the home opener (Nats Park debut)...so much promise, so little fulfillment.