A season that began with Bryce Harper asking "where's my ring" ended with the firing of Nationals skipper Matt Williams.

Upon Washington adding Max Scherzer to an already stacked rotation spearheaded by Steven Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmerman, the Nationals automatically became the team to beat. And they were beat, by the Mets for the NL East, and ended up beating on each other as well.

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After New York overtook Washington and clinched the NL East for the first time since 2006, an ugly campaign turned even more morose when Harper and trade deadline acquisition Jonathan Papelbon came to blows in the dugout during a game.