...finally won a final elimination postseason game. what a beautiful masterpiece, in a game that seemed like it would be so typically Nats.

the HBP instant replay that had always went against Washington in October. the broken bat flyball that drops, from all people, the former franchise player. and then *the hit*, misplayed for once by the other team.

oh, and Strasburg made it all possible. hope Bryce enjoyed from his couch.

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Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

Now off the win against a 106 win team without home field advantage and the Nationals 1-2 pitchers cashed for some or all of the first two games...

I get wanting Strasburg for a series to start and close out, but I don't trust Max in a must win spot, seeing how he peed the bed last time in the playoffs. An error by a rookie got him off the hook.

Bring on LA

<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up...
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Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect.
Game: Like Gladys Knight.
Jay: Aretha Franklin.
Game: Word, I like her too.
Jay: Nigga...

Davey Martinez doing what he wants out there (intentionally walking the tying run), but hey...win 2 out of 3 now

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like, kind of impossible

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I mean, why not?

it may end up in the same spot, but this postseason has been much more memorable (in a good way)

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Dave Martinez manages for his job after the first quarter of his second season, scraps for the wild card, just to end up where the team was always fated to be: The 5th Game of the NLDS.

Stras on full rest gives me hope though. I don't think it comes down to him though

Wild Card game in particular, and specifically the Soto hit, was the loudest I've ever heard a DC stadium/arena ever

I just want this day to end. Not this work day, I mean this DAY, so I can at least know if we win this thing or not.

I'm beside myself right now. Need the same god-level Stras we've had lately. Ideally, like 7 innings worth of that Stras so we don't need to see anyone else but maybe Corbin (Sanchez? Doo?) for an inning and Hudson.

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My god, I woke up the whole house with the grand slam

happy for the Nats

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It's our turn.
LFG.

They're going to the WS. They've been able to stay out of their bullpen for the most part. They have one of the best 1 - 6 in MLB and those dudes have been proving it.


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Fuck a sig, my presence is enough.

at least they're a very likable team. Max is the hometown homey and I've always been a really big fan of Stras. What an absolute throttling. Cards have given up. I called Cards/Yankees World Series...WRONG, WRONG! (c)Charlie Murphy

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

Are the cards throwing this game?

And Martinez is very apathetic as a outfielder and as a hitter. A must win
Game and dude shows no hustle.

Error after error. Strikeout after strikeout.

Fowler can't hit a beach ball right now, and Corbin walks him with two on...

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There is nothing like baseball.

Each aspect requires a high skill, from Catching to throwing to pitching to hitting, just so
many Nuances and intricacies.

In football and basketball you can get away with athleticism with lack of technique and skill. See it all the time. Can’t do that shit in baseball. You got to really start from the ground up and master each aspect to even be an average player.

You bring ion carpenter to pinch hit with the bases loaded?

Dude hasn’t done anything all season long!

Fockers! Messed up my fantasy

But Bryce somewhere crying in his blanket!

World Series appearance.

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

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"To Each His Reach"

but.....

Fuck aliens.

avenge the Expos

The offensively shot their load in the 1st inning and managed to hold on to the lead. WS is going to be tougher than anything, but you can't bet against the starting pitching.

Shark claps all around. Sorry Bryce

<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up...
__________________________

Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect.
Game: Like Gladys Knight.
Jay: Aretha Franklin.
Game: Word, I like her too.
Jay: Nigga...

>Sorry Bryce

He can enjoy his extra 10% on top of an amount of money he'll never be able spend anyway.

Hope it's worth it for him.

i had tix to Gm5 of the NLCS, they weren't necessary but gave me access to buy presale WS tix today. that turned out to be an exercise in futility.

no Gm3 tix were available; Gm4 tix sold out before i could even get them, like literally in minutes; same thing with Gm5 tix. i was on the National/MLB presale site for damn near an hour this morning and couldn't even sniff tix.

hopefully somebody fared better than i did...

anybody?

yes, yes he did

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He's one of the reasons the Nats weren't afraid to let Harper walk.

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Nationals really know how to sit on pitchers. They take what you give them and then open you up. They can hit or pull the ball. Something that the Yankees have a hard time doing . They can hit HR and pull the ball, but are always looking to do that.

Also Cole , even though he is basically unhittable, doesn’t pitch effectively after giving up runs or if you are able to touch him. Sale is the same way . You get some runs on him, it affects their pitching.

One thing that made Mark Burhle such a workhorse was that he could give up 3 runs, but still go the distance and prevent any further runs. He didn’t continue to leak runs. Verlander is similar. He can give up some runs , but then settle down and control the rest of the game

I think Verlander will get Astros back in it. But if they lose tonight. It’s over.

(and I think we're going to)

Shit. What the hell happens now?

Keep up the good work.

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

Is this the greatest hitting performance by a team in the postseason?

They know how sit and hit on all pitchers .. shit is crazy.

Verlander settled down after the first and got Into a groove, but
Nationals sat and sat, then the 7th came and then pow!

Both teams scored in the 1st...And after that both pitchers settled.
But the stros bats went dead.

However, Greinke has been solid and he knows the nationals. If the stros get that
Game they have a chance.

They gotta do it for the city.

And I personally don't think a sweep is out of the question. (though unlikely).
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"To Each His Reach"

but.....

Fuck aliens.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

Thank god they slept i their own bed.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

The Nats did better than anyone expected and took both on the road against the best pitchers in the league. I want to say Nats in 5 (no chance Astros go down in a sweep) but not sure who pitches Saturday and worried the bats could go quiet.

Still, they have pitched and batted one hell of a series so far. If they beat the Dodgers, why not beat the Astros? If Sanchez has a good night and gets the win Friday, you could see any and all hands on deck Saturday if the Nats go up. If not, Max (likely) or Stras (short rest, but I like him over Max) Sunday? Who knows. However it shakes out, it should be a wild weekend in DC

<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up...
__________________________

Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect.
Game: Like Gladys Knight.
Jay: Aretha Franklin.
Game: Word, I like her too.
Jay: Nigga...

If the Astros are pressing and starting Cole on short rest, make Scherzer available for 1 if they are carrying 1-2 run lead. Otherwise, just play the game and come back with the horses in 5 and 6. Astros don't have a 4th starter in the playoffs. If this goes deep, they're going to be throwing the kitchen sink by the end of Game 6.

Davey has done a really good job pushing the right buttons with the pen and managing match-ups/rest.Bunts, IBBs, and other stuff aside.

fucking

go

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average starts by Sanchez and Corbin, meaning Houston got to the actual bad parts of Washington's pen -- not the starters pitching in relief. with a lack of clutch hitting on the Nats' side.

Washington has their aces up, but so does Houston now. game 5 is humongous; can't let Houston get a sweep in DC and just need to split at home.

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Last night, while I wasn't sleeping after that game, I went back and looked at it. Based on Fangraphs ZiPS and WE%:

-They had a 13% chance of beating the Brewers in the bottom of the 8th with 2 outs

-Then they had a 26.3% of winning the series against the Dodgers after losing Game 3 of the NLDS. Then during Game 5, the Nationals had a win expectancy of 11% in the middle of the 7th.

-So now, down 3-2, they sit with a 21.2% after losing Game 5 to the Astros. I think for ZiPS projections they were penciling in Scherzer as the Game 7 starter, so it's probably much less than that.

It's been a pretty wild run to get down in the 10% range twice in an elimination game and advance from that. This was after their playoff odds dropped to 22.2% at their low point during the season. Not sure how much gas is left in the tank at this point though but it's been damn memorable.

I'm still keeping hope alive, but you can't do that in the World Series, man. You just can't.
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"To Each His Reach"

but.....

Fuck aliens.

is a copyright owned by the Caps longer than Disney & Mickey Mouse.

The Nats are gonna owe serious royalties.

Fine time for the bat sto go cold, but if Stephen can keep the score down and work 7 innings (that's going to be a tough call) he'll be a legend, win or lose.

<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up...
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Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect.
Game: Like Gladys Knight.
Jay: Aretha Franklin.
Game: Word, I like her too.
Jay: Nigga...

I don’t doubt he’s up for this. He’s evolved in such a huge way in the last two years.

My concern is whether he can Lee the pitch count low. He needs two quick innings. The Astros are monsters at dragging out ABs. Stras needs to get in and out in a hurry early on.

If we give him a lead early, and he gets a quick inning or two, we are very much in this game.

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they want to be the show so bad.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

ever

My biggest problem with all of the explanations is that nobody seems to address that Turner was ahead of the throw. He beat it by a step and it hits him in the back of the leg after he's gone through the bag.

Torre's rambling explanation necessitates the throw capable of beating him. But it wasn't. If the fielder lunges at the runner as the ball trails him, he is not protected by the rule.

Fuck you umps

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

"this World Series is all about YOU!"

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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

Shook off a bad start, figured out how not to tip his pitches, and went into the 9th with no more runs. The Nats better not screw up restructuring his deal and keeping him here.

All hands on deck tomorrow. Max had better come through

<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up...
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Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect.
Game: Like Gladys Knight.
Jay: Aretha Franklin.
Game: Word, I like her too.
Jay: Nigga...

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"To Each His Reach"

but.....

Fuck aliens.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

that's not what life is about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlSsgZIauJU

pretty much every homer was stargazed

it was beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZhDJi9yZVg&t=40s

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So happy we didn’t.

This game 7 is gonna be wild and fuck the umpires.

Scherzer looks and sound terrible....He is definitely forcing his stuff.

Scherzer looks and sound terrible....He is definitely forcing his stuff.

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

over 2/3rds of their runs in the series came in the 7-9th innings

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

Eaton is eating!

Clearly MVP of the series!

Man these cats got me At the top of one of the fandual games.

My flex lineup:

Eaton
Rendon
Soto
Hendricks
Correa ( houston)


They should have never pulled Greinke just because he gave up one HR. Nationals couldn’t hit him. .other than Cole and Verlander, there bullpen is shit.

World Series title.

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown