Just ask the Rangers. Maybe it's a Washington 'curse'.
The Cards thinking is simple: try to make something of all 27 outs, every game.
This will be added to the depressing Washington sports lore history. Haven’t felt this bad since Clint Longley took Cowboys to a Thanksgiving day win against the Redskins - and that was 40 years ago ...
This will be added to the depressing Washington sports lore history. Haven’t felt this bad since Clint Longley took Cowboys to a Thanksgiving day win against the Redskins - and that was 40 years ago ...
...also in Europe for a few months; but a huge, lifelong Cardinals fan. I followed it online. I had to take my wife to the airport early this morning, and it was 6-1 (Nats) when I awoke and hit the Cardinals’ website, then 6-3 as we were leaving the hotel. When I got back form the airport, the Redbirds were up 9-7 in the bottom of the 9th! Absolutely amazing! Beltran had a huge series - but how about Descalso and Kozma!
Stan the Man 9is awesome!! No WAY the coulda done it without him.
Congrats to the Cards and their fans, a really gritty team. I followed the Nats this year, and they pretty much man-handled the Nats in that series even though it went 5 games. Back end position players really came through for the Cards, an epic performance.
Freegards
Axelrod Tweet:
@davidaxelrod: At Nats game..they came our of the gates like Joe Biden! 6-0 in the third!
LOL!
Drew Storen broke my heart!!!
If I'm the Giants watching that game I would see that the Cards didn't win it as much as the Nats beat themselves trying to sit on a lead.
The Nats were either stupid or arrogant.
Tiger fan here but I watched the game and gotta say that it was a great comeback for the Redbirds.
I expect The Kenyan would have tried to use it to his advantage just days before the election.
Fearless, popular, I'm-just-like-you leader throwing out the first pitch etc.
Apologies to Chris Wallace and all Nats. fans out there.
As a Cubs fan I must hate the Cardinals with a passion, but I’m glad they beat the Nats. They were not a mature team and by the end of the season they showed that. They started to get cocky and believe the hype. The Cardinals don’t do that, they just play and never quit. At this point though I think I want to see a Tigers-Giants WS.
Poor Charles Krauthammer will be crushed.....
Horrible night for baseball
This was one season where lack of playoff experience really counted.
1st the Orioles. It was clear they were so intimidated by the Yankees it was pathetic. Everytime the Orioles got someone on base the next batters up would be so nervous and eager they swing at anything.
Anytime an Oriole batter got 2 strikes, the Skankee pitcher would just throw a low curve ball 3 feet out of the strikezone and the Oriole batter would always swing and strike out.
If the Orioles and Nationals fought the hard fight and just lost out to the better playing team that would be one thing, but instead it was clear both just weren’t really for prime time and they embarrassed themselves. Hope neither one is around next year.
i blame the manager for poor management of pitchers. Storen ... 26 pitches on THUR and 33 more on FRI ... fatigue?
Did the pre-2004 Red Sox re-incarnate as the Nationals?
The Obama curse continues.
And I thought the Nate would win it all. Oh well ....