The Marlins' improbable early season run continued Saturday with another late come-from-behind win, their second in two games against the Nationals, to run their record to 10-1 and make a very strong claim to being this year's Rays. Their starting pitching has been solid, their no-name bullpen sharp, and they've been scoring runs in bunches without a big contribution from Hanley Ramirez.

Or...

The Nationals' nightmarish early season start continued Saturday with another late collapse, as closer Joel Hanrahan gave up a ninth inning game-typing home run for the second consecutive game to drop their record to 1-9. They've already demoted their starting center fielder, their new starting center fielder celebrated his new job by showing up late for work, they can't keep their middle infield healthy and their bullpen is a Superfund site.

Florida and Washington have played five times so far this season, with the Fish winning all five meetings, so in all likelihood either the Nationals really are this bad (and the Marlins will come back to earth once they play better competition) or the Marlins really are this good (and the Nats will start winning some games once they get away from the south Florida buzzsaw.)

Which description do you think is more likely to be a harbinger of things to come? Which record is for real, and which is a mirage?