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More disappointing: 2000 Redskins or 2015 Nationals?

WASHINGTON — With the 2015 Major League Baseball regular season coming to an end and the Nationals headed home for the winter, we got to thinking: what team did this 2015 squad remind us of? While the 2013 Nats came in with a lot of hype and a “World Series or bust” mantra, the 2015 edition fell short of their expectations in a way that no Washington team has since the 2000 Redskins. In that vein, sports anchor Rob Woodfork and digital sports editor Noah Frank match the two teams against one another. Woodfork moved to the D.C. area in 1992 and has been a Skins fan ever since, while Frank worked for the Nationals during the 2012 and 2013 seasons, traveling with and covering the team every day in the second year. Here’s how the two stack up. (AP Photos)
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Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper walks off the field after Game 4 of baseball's NL Division Series in San Francisco, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. The Giants beat the Nationals 3-2 to advance to the next round. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
LaVar Arrington, second from right, the second pick of the NFL draft, stands with Chris Samuels, second from left, who was the third pick of the draft, Saturday, April 15, 2000 in New York. Both playes were taken by the Washington Redskins. On the left is NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Redskins co-owner Fred Drasner is on the right. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)
Washington Redskins kicker Michael Husted (4) celebrates after his winning field goal in overtime to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-17, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2000, at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Tampa Bay's Donnie Abraham (21) and Ronde Barber (20) look on.  (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Washington Nationals' Yunel Escobar (5) points to his hand after he was hit by a pitch, as manager Matt Williams stands at right, during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Nationals Park, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, in Washington. Escobar did not take the field for the next inning. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The Nationals' season already dead, Jonathan Papelbon tried to choke the life out of Bryce Harper Sunday for good measure. (Getty Images/Greg Fiume)
Rob Woodfork

Rob Woodfork is WTOP's Senior Sports Content Producer, which includes duties as producer and host of the DC Sports Huddle, nightside sports anchor and sports columnist on WTOP.com.

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