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This World Series began like a treat when the Washington Nationals took a 2-0 lead over the Houston Astros … in Houston … in their best of 7 games. But then it seemed like a trick when the Astros came to Washington and won 3-consecutive games to take a 3-2 lead back to Houston. Even… Read more.
Trust me, you don’t have to like baseball to marvel at this curious thing: never before in the field of professional sports has a team paid so much to win so little. New York’s season-ending defeat to the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series on Saturday means that for the first time since… Read more.
It might seem petty, but the schadenfreude that punctuates this celebration is something any sports fan will appreciate: The Washington Nationals and Bryce Harper both celebrating on Wednesday: it’s his 27th birthday and for the Nats, they relished in the moment of clinching their first-ever trip to the World Series [by winning the National League… Read more.
My home team, the Washington Nationals, won the NL East Championship last night. Given the celebrations, though, you’d think we had won the World Series. Of course, the reason for this delirium is that this is the first postseason berth for Washington, DC in 79 years. But the irony or foreboding was not lost on… Read more.
