by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
FOCO is excited to introduce a new line of officially licensed products commemorating the Washington Nationals’ 2019 World Series victory over the Houston Astros. Every item in the collection of Washington Nationals championship products features the official 2019 World Series Champions logo.
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Anthony Rendon underneath Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX; Photo by Paul Kim
Before Game 6, I started on my customary report card for the 2019 Washington Nationals. And after handing out some A’s, B’s, C’s, D’s, etc., I ended up getting caught up in the drama and excitement of the game. The Nats won. Then on Wednesday, the Nats won again.
Sure, some players did better than others. There are some players I definitely want to see more of in 2020, and some players I could do without. But man, I’m high on this team. They’re having a parade this Saturday. Why would I want to, proverbially, rain on that parade? How can I give any 2019 National a failing grade when they collectively aced the year? Continue reading
The Game 7 “Watch Party” at Nats Park erupts in the rain after Daniel Hudson gets the final out; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
When the movie is made about these miracle 2019 Nats, the beginnings started in Montreal and all of the trials and tribulations of a rocky start in 2005 with a team that was stripped almost bare in the minor leagues except for Ian Desmond and Roger Bernadina were little help until the Nats were six years old. The Expos made a trade for Bartolo Colon in 2002 that depleted the farm system of their top prospects when they sent future stars away in Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and Lee Stevens for Colon. The Expos then got rid of Colon a few months later for almost nothing. Two draft picks that worked early on were Ryan Zimmerman in 2005 and Jordan Zimmermann in 2007 as key building blocks for the future of what would be part of the core of the 2012 playoff team. Continue reading
If you believe in crazy proclamations, the departing free agent stood in Clearwater Florida during Spring Training and talked about bringing a title back to D.C., and it has now happened. The miracle run is now complete. The Nationals went the hard way of having to win 12 games this postseason because they went the Wild Card route. Max Scherzer bent but did not break in this Game 7, and Howie Kendrick like he did to win Game 5 of the NLDS hit the game winning RBIs via a home run. The Nats are World Series champs with a 6-2 win in Houston. Continue reading
Howie Kendrick underneath Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX; Photo by Paul Kim
Before yesterday, the Nationals have never played more than five games in a series, and now this team goes to a winner-take-all Game 7 in the World Series. The Nationals enter their fifth elimination game of this postseason, and the Nats have pushed their opponents to four elimination games. The underdog Nats have seemed to relish those elimination games where they have stepped up and eliminated the Brewers and Dodgers in final elimination games and swept the Cardinals in a best-of-seven series. The Nats are +121 underdogs to win Game 7, and that should surprise no sports fans. Continue reading
When the Nats were in another elimination game, it was Stephen Strasburg to the rescue as he went 8 1/3 innings of 2 run baseball for his 5th win (a MLB record) of the postseason and the biggest win of his career. He absolutely etched his name alongside Sandy Koufax, Mariano Rivera and Madison Bumgarner as the best postseason pitchers in MLB history as he pushed Justin Verlander to a career 0-5 in World Series games. The Nats won this one by a final score of 7-2 to even the series, and Anthony Rendon drove in 5 runs and was a triple shy of a cycle. Continue reading
Anthony Rendon underneath Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX; Photo by Paul Kim
The Nationals enter their fourth elimination game of this postseason, and their first Game 6 in team history. The team will feature the same lineup as their first two wins in Houston with Asdrubal Cabrera at second base and Howie Kendrick at designated hitter as well as their Game 2 starter Stephen Strasburg who has four wins in this 2019 postseason. Stras has a 1.34 ERA in 47.0 innings in his postseason history, and for all the talk about Madison Bumgarner in 2014 and Gerrit Cole in 2019 — Strasburg should be in the same conversation as Sandy Koufax and receiving more accolades than Bumgarner and Cole as postseason starting pitchers — and maybe that will happen. Continue reading
One thing is for certain with your 2019 Washington Nationals, no matter what happens tomorrow and the next day this Nats team placed themselves in the pantheon of some of the greatest teams in baseball history. Certainly, this is one of the top three teams in Washington, D.C. baseball history. This team picked itself off of the mat when they had a 19-31 record on May 23rd and made it to the World Series as an underdog every step of the way. No longer can the critics and haters say that the Nats have never won a postseason series. With Max Scherzer unavailable due to a neck injury, the odds got a lot longer. The Nationals will have to win tomorrow to stay alive, and they have their best pitcher on the mound in Stephen Strasburg. Continue reading
This World Series is now tied at 2-2, and whoever wins tonight will push the other team to the brink of elimination of what is now a best-of-3 games to determine the World Series champ. The Washington Nationals and Houston Astros have now lined up their rotations from Game 1 and Game 2 for these next two games. Tonight’s weather forecast looks like it will cooperate with the heavy rain moving out of the area. It rained last night but not enough to cause any issues. Continue reading
Photo by Andrew Lang for TalkNats
Many might have missed this — that these Washington Nationals were on an 8-game postseason winning streak until that ended last night. As the Nats learned against the Dodgers, you just go 1-0 today and the Nats no longer need a winning streak — just two more wins to complete their magical season. The Nats were a disturbing 0-10 in RISP situations last night, and the lack of anything resembling clutch was missing other than Howie Kendrick‘s pinch-hit single and Victor Robles‘ triple that scored the Nats only runner from first base. BABIP. There was also a continuation of poor homeplate umpiring that bit the Nats last night. Time to turn the luck back to the Nats, and the team sends Patrick Corbin back to the mound in a start tonight. Continue reading
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