Nats No Longer Have Longest World Series Odds

Needs nine wins. (By Richard Drew - AP)

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Think Adam Dunn hasn't dramatically shifted the wise guys' perception of the Nats? Think again. Last October, the club had 300-1 odds of winning the World Series, easily the worst in the bigs. By the first week of February, just before Dunn came on board, the Nats were down to 150-1. And now, with the season about to start, Bodog has sent around a batch of World Series odds in which the Nats are 125-1, and are no longer the longest of long shots in the majors. Hooray!

The new worst? That would be your Baltimore Orioles, at 150-1. Just imagine the excitement of that Orioles-Nats preseason game. Scalpers will clean up. Their shoes. After vomiting on them in anger. All proceeds are for charity, anyhow.

More Nats odds:

Adam Dunn home runs: Over/under is 34.5

Ryan Zimmerman home runs: Over/under is 21.5

John Lannan wins: Over/under is 9.5

Scott Olsen wins: Over/under is 8.5

NL East champion: Mets 7/5, Phillies 7/4, Braves 3/1, Marlins 10/1, Nats 18/1

(Last time I posted the Nats' World Series odds, one commenter said I was being a "snarky jerk," so let me say that I'm actually extremely excited about the dawn of the season. New food vendors, for one thing. (Three-cheese macaroni, one for every base!) Plus, you can actually hear the excitement in Adam Dunn's voice in this transcription of a conference call from yesterday, when he was asked about the Nats' talent level.

"It's been exactly what I thought," he said. "And that's saying a lot, because I really had high expectations. This is going to be a lot of fun. Most importantly we are going to win a lot of games."

Take the overs! All of 'em! And no, Bodog doesn't have an over/under on Nats Park attendance this year. And yes, I asked.)