Posted on 09/10/2017 5:09:04 PM PDT by TBP
They who were the Montreal Expos in their previous incarnation, lol.
With the Dodgers’ slump, the Nationals could be the team to beat in the National League.
Indians/Nationals WS?
Nats in 7..Dusty Baker wins his first World Series ring.
He won one as a player, I believe.
As a Nats fan, I am a little stunned about how the season has turned out, especially with the injuries and awful bullpen we started out with.
The Dodgers’ skid has now hit 10. (It’s quite wonderful.) The Nats are now just 3 games behind LA for the National League’s best record.
That would mean the Dodgers would get the NL Central winner and the Nationals would get the wild card winner.
Depth wins. And the Nationals have depth. Difo and Goodwin have been particular finds.
What’s amazing is the organization’s depth. Most of their star players were on the DL for extended periods, and the replacements stepped up and continued to win. Then, most of the replacements were injured, and their replacements stepped up nicely. The Nationals won today’s game with at least five players who were in the minors at the start of the season, and three of those were in A and AA ball just last month.
Well, part of that is the expanded rosters, but you’re right about the depth.
Michael Tucker is hitting 30 points over his usual average as well. Out batting coaches need huge bonuses.
The Nat’s scouts and player development coaches deserve a huge amount of credit. I recall Michael A. Taylor in Single A ball three years ago. At the plate he looked like a six foot fourteen year-old swimming around in his uniform. What on earth is he doing on a professional team I wondered? In the outfield he was totally lost. When a fly ball came in his direction, he would run this way and that just like a frightened deer, until the ball fell to the ground twenty feet from where he wound up. Only a few years later, he is one of the team’s best fielders and a formidable hitter.
You want proof that the world is coming to an end? The Jaguars, Rams, and Bills are all alone atop their divisions at this hour.
Charles Krauthammer Will Be Very Happy.
Strange season. The Dodgers have lost 10 in a row after being so hot.
And the Indians now have the best record in the AL, and are going for number 18.
Ditto that. The hitting discipline has been impressive. The Nats aren't chasing bad pitches. The contrast with the last couple of years is marked.
WS: Indians vs Dodgers
1981 Dodgers.
18 in a row!
Is this the team with the running sausages?
Rams have won a Super Bowl. Bills were once champions in the old AFL. Jags are too new for anything yet.
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