2019 MLB Playoffs

Bellinger has to start hitting. Strassbourg was lights out last night

Always reminds me how much more fun Natl Lge baseball is (this time if year does etc). The Braves - Cards games were both fantastic baseball games.

Go Braves.

I dont see anyone beating Houston....(except themselves...its possible, just lay an egg, team slump, injuries, but, i dont see it)

The Astros Verlander, Cole, Greinke trio is formidable.  The Rays will win a couple of games and push them a bit, but that's the team to win it.

Has anyone ever seen an intentional walk in a playoff game to bring the winning run to the plate?

It worked, but shew, Martinez would've gotten destroyed if the Dodgers won that game in the 9th.

>>>Has anyone ever seen an intentional walk in a playoff game to bring the winning run to the plate?

only in 'the Bad News Bears'

I'm a Cubs fan and seem to recall Andre Dawson getting a couple intentional walks with the bases loaded back when he was a bad, hard-hittin' motherfucker.

If I was a Nationals fan I would've been shitting myself in the bottom of the 9th. Glad it worked for Martinez. He said he didn't want to face Muncy but that takes some giant balls. 

Ive seen it before, but doubt it was a playoff game...i actually liked the move as Muncy just kills righties....i heard Arizona mngr on radio the other day, and when asked "how does one beat the Dodgers and that lineup?" He said, "only one way to even have a shot, throw a lefty at them, then another, and another."

Nats have Corbin, Doolittle, and idk who else, but, they sure arent "loaded" w lefties in their pen...no way they beat the Dodgers unless the just outslug them ...but, Braves (newcombe, fried, others in pen) would have a shot, and a lil less so, so would the Cards ( andrew miller, webb, others) etc

Astros will sweep the Ray's tomorrow.   It's only best of 5 right now.  We have 3 aces and Greinke will take care business tomorrow.   I was hoping the As would win the wildcard so I could go see my Astros in playoffs again.  I haven't been to a playoff game since the Astros played the Braves last when they were still in the National league. 

What a win for the Braves!

i like the blue team.

Yeah the Red Sox suck because they weren't able to do what no team has been able to do since 1998. And those three world series were bought and paid for by the Yankees. No coincidence that the luxury tax went into effect in 1997.

^ Lol,  who had the highest payroll in baseball this year? Give you a hint, it wasn't the Yankees.  

I drove by the Tampa Rays stadium this morning and I got some pics of the beautiful park and I even saw two Rays fans out in the wild! They’re practically extinct so I was pretty excited. 

I’m checking tix on stubhub and if they get to “$0” I might bite 

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>>>>Yeah the Red Sox suck because they weren't able to do what no team has been able to do since 1998. And those three world series were bought and paid for by the Yankees. No coincidence that the luxury tax went into effect in 1997.

i don’t really understand what this post means but I think it’s implying that the teams with the highest payrolls in baseball “buy” the World Series, which is an argument that in 2019 shows that the person has no idea what they’re talking about. 

Ok so the Sox had a horrible year, 4 rings in 15 years vs 1 for NY, and don't be that guy who talks about the 27 from last century, old news

No it was a great year for the Red Sox. They normally come in last after they win the series.  Now next year, after they sell off Betts and keep paying Price, Sale and Eovaldi,  that's going to be a horrible year. 

so true

>>>Astros will sweep the Ray's tomorrow.   It's only best of 5 right now.  We have 3 aces and Greinke will take care business tomorrow.

Well, THAT didn’t happen! 

>> Point being I saw great yankee teams bring home the glory as a kid, a teen, and as an adult.  Whereas sox fans had to endure year after year patheticness, finally making it to the promised land after most of their fan base had either died off or were so old, they can't even remember they won a thing.

and that somehow makes you better than red sox fans?

just wondering.

i feel sorry for you.

sports: they bring out the best in you!

>> Point being I saw great yankee teams bring home the glory as a kid, a teen, and as an adult.  Whereas sox fans had to endure year after year patheticness, finally making it to the promised land after most of their fan base had either died off or were so old, they can't even remember they won a thing.

the yankee fans I know don’t have the same opinion. they tend to celebrate their many accomplishments and the Red Sox (and Mets) are more like their unsuccessful little brothers. 

But yeah, if you want to support the team who had won the most and you’re still angry then well, why watch? Why not celebrate that your team is the best? 

>>> I feel nothing for you. Now suck my ass sox scum

how many drinks have you had today?

it's never enough, is it?

does that mean yes?

Whomever I root for has an 86% chance of losing.

GoodBYE Verlander... Have fun watching the ALCS from home on your couch with Katie.

Houston is DUNNNNZZO!!

Stick a fork in 'em folks!

Rays will destroy and roll right over this hapless buncha loser astros. 

Justin was **flash cooked** like a christmas goose.

Gerrit Cole is similarly gassed from wayyyyy too many pitches in game 2.

This series is OVERRRRRRRR!!!

Book it!  Mark it down..

You heard it here FIRST!!

Rays vs Yankmees in the ALCS 

woooooooHooooooooooooooooo!!!

Yeah baby YEAH!!!!

Astros were WAYYYYYY too cocky, arrogant and overconfident!!!

Now they're gonna have to pay the piper, and learn the HARD WAY... by paying the IRON PRICE!!

Bwahahahaha!!!

The Karma comes BACK baby....

yeah baby YEAH!!!!!

Rays will DESTROY Houston in game 5 in front of packed house of shocked fans @ Minute Maid Park.

GuARANTEED!!!

>  2nd greatest defensive play I've ever seen, after Jeters back hand flip toss against the A's<

Dave Parker is the best I've seen regarding outfield assists

Dwight Evans catch off Joe Morgan in 75 world series....and then turning it into a double play, is on my list of "best ever" defensive plays in playoffs, series etc...

Then , ya got Benentendi s catch off Bregman w bases loaded last year, his catch against wall, and mookies going over the wall, all in that same series as well...but, benentendi s to END the game....was nothing short of amazing.

Goodbye Dodgers.  Roberts will be questioned for not bringing Jansen in earlier.  Reminds me of when Buck Showalter left Zach Britton on the bench a few years back when Encarnacion hit the walk-off for Toronto against Baltimore.

West Coast baseball is done for 2019.

>>>Roberts will be questioned for not bringing Jansen in earlier<<<

Meh, Jansen is a bum.

I guess just like the great Clayton Kershaw is a bum in the post-season. Another fail in the BIGGEST games for CK.

Wow. Serious heartbreak for the Dodgers nation after a brilliant, dominating season.

There are a few Dodgers fans around here. Condolences, that was rough.

(GO GIANTS!!!)

Great win for the Nacionales

Way to come back.

Help yourselves to a pile of Dodger Dogs.

Bwahahahaha !!!

suck that Dick Kershaw !!! Suck it hard Joe Kelly!!

Bwahahahahaha!!!

Dodgers Eat SHIT!!!

OverRated, Gutless, Soft, Loser fckn franchise...

w/ a gutless honorless bandwagon-jumpin' frontrunnin' Fanbase....

All piling out the gates before the bottom of the tenth even began...

Bwahahahahahaha!!!

What sweet justice to see Dave Rodgers and that overHYPED buncha fckn BUMS get Exposed for exactly what they are AGAIN!!!!

baaaaaHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-HAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Rays will destroy the Astros !!!

Yankmees and Cardinals will duke it out for the chip...

with the Yankmees taking it home!!!

WooooHoooooo.... Yeah baby YeaH!!!!!

#PostSeason19

Maybe the failures of Kershaw and Max Scherzer in high profile relief situations will have managers rethink using their thoroughbreds in these roles.  Ian Snell got it done the other night for the Rays in their "bullpen game", and Patrick Corbin was solid last night though, so probably not.

The Dodgers bats never heated up in this series, and the Nats outpitched them.   With the monkey off their back of winning a post-season series, the Nats are a dangerous team with a couple of stud aces to go head to head with the best of what's left in Strasbourg and Scherzer.  Have to admit I enjoy the whole "Strasmas" thing.  I lived in DC in the years when there was no team and became an Orioles lifer, so it's a little weird for me following the Nats now.  Easy enough to root for them with the Orioles rebuild in full-swing, but I'm not jumping on their bandwagon.   For now, I'm hoping the Rays can upend the Astros tonight.  After that, I'm rooting for anyone vs. the Yankees.

^Kershaw blew it big time but he should have been taken out after the first hr. Actually he should have never been in the game in the first place

yeah disagree bringing him in as a closer/reliever. its not his bag. also, stick a fork in him. that was crushing.

i had a bad feeling when he came in. saw the 1st hr, and was pissed. looked down at my phone for 5 seconds and game is tied...?! fuck.

buehler pitched a very nice game, sucks for him.

maedea should have been brought in.

and not sure the dodgers are "a bunch of bums".

you can hate on la fans as others love to do, but dodger fans are among the most loyal in the league.

congrats to the nats. they fought hard and deserved to win.

who's your team again  dipshit?

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Thanks to Gerrit Cole, who should get the AL Cy Young, the Astros and their stable of a aces move on to face the Yankees.  I'll take Greinke, Verlander and Cole over Severino, Paxton and Tanaka.  This is the year of the home run, though, and the Bronx Bombers have a lot of big bats.  Should be a great series.  

The National League gets going tonight in St. Louis.  Couple of teams playing with a lot of confidence right now.   National League rules, so no DH.  I'd like to see Strasbourg hit a home run.

>>>This is the year of the home run, though<<<

It's also the era where every heaver is just trying to throw it 100mph and the art of pitching has faded, but IMO great pitching will still usually beat great hitting, it pretty much always comes down to that (having both is the best though).

It continues to amaze me how the value of a great bullpen, in the regular season but especially in the post-season, continues to be overlooked. I don't know too much about any of the four remaining teams, but whichever one has the deepest pitching staff from top to bottom with an assassin closer is the one I'd bet on.

And I'm just about anything but a Dodgers fan and Kershaw has had his way with my team his entire career, but as much as it pains me to say, that guy is a class act and it's kind of a bummer to see him take the fall.

I almost felt sorry for him.  I said almost.

And of course a certain segment of Dodgers fans were burning and running over his jersey with their cars after the game. That's some bull right there.

And I don't mean that as a knock on all Dodgers fans, it's a knock on that certain type of fan found in any sport, like those in Indy who booed Andrew Luck the night he announced his retirement.

You know, the type of fan that fucking sucks at being a fan.

I guess I'll be mildly rooting for the Nats against the Cardinals, just because in situations where I don't really care I always tend to root for the fans more than the millionaire players, and the Nationals & Senators before them have never won anything and the Cards are always winning. Plus I have sympathy for the Nationals fans who stayed to the end of the 18-inning playoff game against the Giants in 2014 when the Nats blew the game in the 9th and gave up the HR in the 18th to lose. That had to really suck.

In the AL, I like the Astros, and if the Yankees still played in Yankee Stadium I'd have no problem with them either because I love tradition, but in this case I'll be pulling for the 'stros.

Ultimately I just hope we get three really good, interesting series and that the best team wins.

F st. louis.

Have you been paying attention to the Yankees over the last few years? That’s their MO.

Did you notice they pulled their Japanese starting pitcher the other night after six when he was throwing a two-hitter and was about 70 pitches in? Par for the course for Boone and these NYY. 

Land the game went into the 11th, so I guess Boone’s move worked, as Green pitched middle innings. 

Because every game IS game "7" , when you manage playoff baseball...^^^ he had a day off following, and if they (the yankees) managed to steal the game, they wouldve been up 2-0 , and heading home for 3. Boone also knew in that first game at home, theyd be facing the hottest pitcher in baseball...

You manage to win....every game. There is no "saving the bullpen" for tmrw in the playoffs.

#69

Tonites game 3 for cards is a game 7....and down 7-1, every game here out will be a game 7 for them as well. Point being...a day off is plenty of rest for 99.9% of these relievers who come in to pitch to 3 batters etc...i wasnt referring to the starters arms at all ^, just more about how to manage a bullpen in playoffs...in my mind..they are all game 7 s, for that part of staff etc

West Coast Lunch Hour/Happy Hour Game 3 from the Bronx will be a good one today.

The Bombers at home with Severino against Gerrit Cole and his 18 game win streak.  

Should be a classic.  With a rainout likely for Wednesday, the bullpens will be wide open.

Meanwhile, the Cardinals are on life support.  With Corbin facing a rookie tonight, look for the Nats to finish them off.

I love that for as long as I live whenever a team goes down 3 - 0 in the playoffs Yankee fans will have to sit through the inevitable retelling of the steal and all that followed. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ-VM4UDq-E

obligatory (((1988))) for Turtle and Knots.

the last year the dodgers won, and coincidentally, the same year Clayton Curse-shaw was born.

Havent heard from Reardon since his Rays will beat Astros and Yanks will win whole thing rant-prediction....

Nite nite, Yankees....

Who let the air out of the yankees?

>>>>Havent heard from Reardon since his Rays will beat Astros and Yanks will win whole thing rant-prediction....

>>>>Nite nite, Yankees....

>>>Who let the air out of the yankees?

>>>>Yeah its all ovah but the Astro champagne spray. Nats Stros will be a great series.

Bwahahahaha !!!!

Everything is proceeding exactly as i have foreseen IT !!!

I'm afraid that Alla y'all hating on & sleepin' on my Yankmees.... spoke WAY TOO SOON!! LOL !! Bwahahahaha!!!

Prematurely Predicting their demise was a BAD BAD MISTAKE you'll ALL live to DEEPLY REGRET !! Starting TONIGHT!!

You should've known you had EGG on your face & been preparing to eat some serious SERIOUS freakin' CROW after my bombers jumped on Verlander last night and never looked back!!

Cause NOTHIN' & i DO mean NOTHIN'.. is stoppin' this New YORK Train now Baby!!!!  Woooo HOOOOOOOO!!!  Yeah Baby YEAH !!!!!

Greene will give us 5+ SOLID innings tonight

& My Bronx Bombin' Yankmees will DESTROY Peacock & the weak-ass Astros in game 6

before CRUSHING an exhausted gerrit cole in game 7 

like a buncha SAVAGES in the batter's box & take the series TRIUMPHANTLY !!!

***Yankmees and Nats will most certainly duke it out for the chip...

with the Yankmees being a bit much for the Nats Magic & taking the title home to the Bronx in 5 !!!

WooooHoooooo.... Yeah baby YeaH!!!!!

You Heard it here first folks!!! Mark it down!!! Book IT!!!!!!

#NewYorkYankMEES2019MLBworldCHAMPIONSbaby!!!!!!!

Read 'em & WEEP !!! WOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

#PostSeason19

LOL Yankee fans. Beaten by a dwarf no less. 

And a friend lamented...

"Ah, still reaching for that elusive 28th world championship."

Looking forward to a great World Series. 

Wow, first full decade in like, forever, the Yanks haven't been to a World Series.

Looks like someone might need to trade in their crystal ball for a newer model!

Come on, Raz, I'm no Yankee hater. Although,  my buddy's line about the elusive 28th world championship did make me chuckle. I'm in Jersey,  the only folks here that are happy about the Yankees are the Mutts' fans

>>first full decade in like, forever, the Yanks haven't been to a World Series

It's the new curse put on them in 2004, I swear. lol

Verlander vs. Scherzer

Still hard to believe with what the Tigers had that they couldn't bring it home at least one of those years

Proud yankee hater 

buh bye

Ras, calm down, bud. Just razzin' the Yankee fans. Sorry to get ya worked up. 

If you perceive jealousy, maybe you could take it as a compliment that your team has had so much success that they become a target. Think New England Patriots. 

Then again, some Yankee fans carry an arrogance that is fun to skutch, as if the rest of the league is so inferior the Yanks are expected to win the championship every year, and when they don't, the fans lose their shit and everyone has an opinion why. Kinda like the Patriots fans. I remember their arrogance at Super Bowl 42 and I happily joined Giant's fans in the chorus of "Eighteen and 0ne!" 

Me? I really don't give a rat's ass. All these guys make too much f'in money for me to care, to play a freakin' GAME, and it's priced out a lot of the fans.

But when I was young and living in NY, I ate, drank, and slept Yankees. My Mickey Mantle Christmas ornament is still the first thing on my tree every year. 

This is going to be a great World Series.  The pitching match-ups are ridiculous, with the Nationals having a slight edge with 4 quality starters to the Astros 3.  The Astros have the experience, the Nationals have the momentum and confidence after toppling the Dodgers and flushing the Cardinals.  

The Astros might pitch Garrit Cole and his 19 game win streak in Games 1, 4 & 7.  Scherzer seems to be finding his form, while Verlander has looked shaky.  

As for the Yankees, they didn't have enough pitching.  Enjoyed seeing Chapman being the goat.  Britton should have been their closer.  No sympathy for the Evil Empire.   I'm sure they'll buy another Death Star or two in the offseason.  

Scherzer vs Cole...Strasburg vs Verlander....

Great stuff...

Yes, agree w #6, its the Curse of Big Papi for the Stinking Jankees....goodnight New York, Goodnight Irene, (and Liam).

Go Nats??

Love to see themnwin their first, and as much as i predicted Houston over Atlanta above (braves fan), ill say Nationals in 7.

Houston bores me to tears-- goes back to the days when they were in the NL West - with the Giants.

As someone who used to make a living selling ads my heart goes out a little to individual sales people who lost the big ass LA vs. NY pay day, and are stuck with selling Houston (a town that doesn’t care about baseball) and DC (A town filled with outsiders) instead.

That said on a personal note I’m glad I won’t be throwing up in my mouth during this world series. Go Nats or Astros I really don’t care and would be happy with both teams winning.

BTW it isn’t the curse of Big Papi it is the curse of A Rod. The Yankees have never been the same since they thankfully stole him from the Red Sox.

Yeah, either could win and that would be OK. Houston won the year of the floods, wasn't it?  DC could use some help with a professional title. 

El Nino, did you mean A-Roid? 

They(almost everyone) ate Dexedrine in the 60's and 70's. Anybody that does not think dexies are performance enhancing?

And who knows what Babe Ruth was on. Probably at least cocaine.

Everyone screaming about peds have no clue.

>>>And who knows what Babe Ruth was on. Probably at least cocaine.

He only had to play against white people. Way bigger advantage than any PED. 

Hot Dogs and Schlitz equal

714

Ya, maybe it is curse of A-Rod...but, not so much for stealing him (because that was caused by players association blocking him from rearranging his contract and taking less money to play for Sox), but, the Evil Empire also hasnt won since A-Roid tried to knock ball out of Bronson Arroyo's glove. The biggest bush  league play ever.

Heaven's Gate, I've been past it on the train a few times, but never stopped.  

Billy Martin is buried out there.  So are Ralph Branca, James Cagney and Sal Mineo.

A different R. Zimmerman hitting it out of the park on the fall tour!

Great story, Raz....reminds me of when i went to Sox Spring Training. I was wrkng w New Britian Red Sox Radio Team, which included , at the time, one of only two blind sports announcers in the world, one amazing man- Don Wardlow.

Now, the trip was great, and full of baseball memories so priceless., but i gotta tell ya, traveling w a seeing eye dog is pretty damn cool. You get a lot of perks, and treated like a king everywhere. And i mean everywhere. After a cpl games , we had an off night, and somehow it came out that Don had never been to a strip club. I mean why would he??

Well, lets just say...if ya ever wanna have a night....go get yourself some cheap sunglasses and a german shephard...ya, they took a liking to Don, and sure showed him some southern hospitality. 

The next day at the ballpark, we heard one of the "dance" tunes played the night before, playing again now between innings. From the next booth (the Boston Radio Team) we hear a very familiar voice say , " i cant get this damn song outta my head."

Good times....

Hooray for domestic violence. Classic 

The Nationals put a beat-down on the Astros once they knocked Verlander out.  They're on a roll.  Strasbourg is dealing and set for Game 6, if necessary.

The fate of the Astros season lies with Zach Greinke, who has been underwhelming this post-season, vs. Anibel Sanchez, who almost no-hit the Cards in his last start.

Too bad for the likeable George Springer that he is looking like the goat for not running out what would be a double instead of a triple, perhaps costing Houston the tie run at the end of Game 1.

#nats

Did anyone really think the Astros were going to go away quietly?

Id love to see the Nats win, but...

Houston in 7.

     Excited for Gerrit...he's a great guy

No, there never has....as a matter of fact, if Nats win game 6, it will be the first time ever that the road team has won 6 straight....

     Insane call against the Never-Trumpers, huge controversy and rightly so, in the age of 2019 technology it's inexcusable.  Kudos to the Never-Trump fan base, although I'm feeling pretty strong about a game 7 Houston Astros win, I would advise everyone within the sound of my voice to bet against Chuck Todd's favorite team [free money].

     Game 7

     Houston Astros 11

     D.C. Pink Hats     2

     Ok...I understand the technical argument...the base runner steps foot in the grass to the left, it's insane, this play is certainly not what the rule was written for, a flaw in the rule book in need of a correction, poetic justice saved the day.  Houston wins game 7 big!  I'm not saying bet your life savings on it, but don't say I never told you.

     Game 7

     Houston Astros 11

     D.C. Pink Hats     2

We have never had a series in any sport go to 7 games where the home team hasn't won a game. Crazy

Wow, look whose complaining about inappropriate political content in a thread.

Doctor, heal thyself.

And go Nats.

Forget all the talk about the 2 starters, tonites hero will be Patrick Corbin for the Expos! Ill say both starters gone by time its decided late...old man Ryan zimmerman gets his second hit of series, bookending games 1 and 7 w his 2nd home run, as Nats win late...

I did predict astros in 7..(before series, and after they were down 2-0,) and i still feel that way....just rooting for the Nats, as im not an Astro fan at all, and also usually root for Natl Lge Team if Sox arent in it, just because its a better lge etc....

Game 7!

Enjoy

I can't believe the trump loving snowflakes infiltrated the MLB thread. Just terrible stinky trolling.

Scherzer was never hurt, it was a plan to have him start game seven. No way were we beating Cole twice in a row so they pulled Scherzer and Strasburg came through big time.

I'm just happy we made it to game seven. With the Caps winning the cup and the Mystics winning i feel DC may be up again here, Caps, Mystics and Nats!!!!!!!!

Should be a great game.

GO Nationals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow. This is big league ball. Down by two in the 7th on the road in the 7th game of the WS, and they come back.

Should he have taken Greinke out? Should he have brought Cole in?

Both these teams are great and deserving.

How can you not love baseball?

>>How can you not love baseball?

It's a beautiful thing.

Free taco with that stolen base !!!!!

Congrats Nats!

^^ haha, Fog, Trea Turner stole second base after a leadoff single in game 1, before the first out was made in this series....that stolen base was the deliverer of free tacos.....;)

Jambone you called it on Corbin, three strong innings. Good to see Strasburg get the MVP.. They replaced our Taco Bell with a Starbucks anyway..

Bring on the parade. Woo Hoo !

Nats Locked that shit up!

very cool

It was the perfect playoff series in my book. The home fans never got a chance to go home happy in any game and the fans of the team favored to win it all got to watch their team blow it in spectacular fashion. 

Just tremendous. 

The one thing that could put the cherry on the top is if the weather is absolutely horrible during the victory parade.

Houston was how much of a favorite? So sad. 

However,  home teams going 0 - 7 is pretty incredible 

What a great series!  Home team lost all 7 games. Never happened before in any major sport.  I had picked Houston to win it all when the playoffs began, but I was rooting for the Nats at every stage of the playoffs after the first game (I wanted the Brewers).

Thanks Fog....

Congrat Nats!

Rendon, pay the man!  It will be an interesting offseason for the Nats. The Cole bidding will be fun to watch also.

So glad its over so i don't have to listen to Joe Buck dominate the mic and not let John Smoltz barely get a word in here and there.

Time to celebrate. 

Smoltz is on the opioids. He couldn’t get another word in because he’s high, not because of Joe Buck, who is hardly a motor mouth. 

Congrats to the Nats!

team is mentally tough.

always nice to root for the underdog when i have no dog.

team doesn't quit or go away, also the oldest avg age? 

pretty cool.

Best series where I didn't care who won. My heart does go out to the Astros fans who spent thousands of dollars going to the show four times and never got to see a win. That is some pre 2000 Red Sox fan level disappointment

....and then there was the belly slide... scroll down to 2nd video...

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/nationals-fan-slides-across-dugout-after-world-...

what a great series! 

Congrats Nats welcome to club. Great to see DC going wild in the streets partying. Bill Simmons "Ewing Theory" at work here Bryce Harper leaves they win World Series.

>>>Bill Simmons "Ewing Theory" at work here Bryce Harper leaves they win World Series.

Only makes sense we have a Ewing Theory win for DC since the President is fully in the "Tyson Zone"

I always end up rooting for the fans, and in every shot of the fans in Washington I saw guys in my age range, 50 - 65, wearing old Senators hats. I even saw a couple of older guys wearing Expos hats, and I relate to all those guys, who have rooted for a hapless team their whole life, believing they'll never see their team win.

It's an unbelievable feeling when you actually see your boys win it all, so I'm happy for the Nats fans.

Congrats, Nats.

Now let's look ahead to 2020.

Over/Under for date of first fistfight between Bryce Harper and Joe Girardi:

August 1

^^ Lance, I'm in that age range and still looking for the Indians to prevail in my lifetime

At least we saw the Cavs win one!

Cleveland Rocks! 

Even Ian Hunter believes.

Good luck Leper van Atom.

Keep the faith.

It's am AMAZING feeling when it actually happens.

Baseball rules.

(And I'm saying that right after my 49ers won their 8th game in a row! GO NINERS!!!!!!)

Baseball rules.