Congrats to the Nats

[Torridd]

Kudos to the Nats for winning 4 games on the road!

Just wanted to ask if Harper just left the team this year and who replaced him?

[DCAngelsFan]

Harper left after last season for the Phillies.

I guess you could say Adam Eaton replaced him?  Or Juan Soto?  

Or, as some would say, Patrick Corbin did - replacing Harper's salary with Corbin's.  

 

[T.G.]

Years from now when Bench Coach, Chip Hale becomes a hot commodity... Nats fans will be saying he's the real reason the Nationals won in 2019.

[Lhalo]

Congrats to Howie. 

[aznhockeyguy]

15 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Congrats to Howie. 

Was going to say the same thing.  Was rooting for Howie and the Nats but after that Assistant GM fiasco and how badly the Astros bungled it, I really wanted the Nats to win.

[kevinb]

Congrats to Howie. 

[Brandon]

Curious question that I don’t want to create a new thread for. 
 

Is this the first time in WS history that a series went 7 games with the road team winning every game?

Pretty interesting feat.

[T.G.]

Yes.

[mulwin444]

Con-Nats-ulations are in order...

[T.G.]

2 minutes ago, mulwin444 said:

Con-Nats-ulations are in order...

Said the guy who posts a lot of bad jokes.

[mpcincal]

As an Angels fan, happy for Howie, and as a San Diego State alum, happy for Strasburg.

[Angel Oracle]

Special congrats to the one Nats player who has been in their org since the first year as the Nats:  Ryan Zimmerman (drafted in 2005)   

Edited October 31, 2019 by Angel Oracle

[ten ocho recon scout]

This was one of the better matchups Ive seen in a bit. Someone mentioned the other day the middle games were "boring", with no drama. Meh, maybe. 

But i thought the SP matchups made it cool. Cant remember the last time 2 teams had bonafide top tier guys available for every start.

Then throw in both teams having a handful of superstars, Soto turning in a miguel cabrera 2003 performance, and Washingtons comebacks the last 2 nights... was cool to watch.

I thought houston would take it pretty easy. After the first two games it was like "wow, theyre gonna get upset!" Then they sweep in Washington, and scherzer cant pitch, and it was like "wow, those crazy bastards pulled it off". Early lead game 6, early lead game 7...

Yeah... congrats to the nats. 

Jose Guillen is still a bitch for 2005 though.

[aznhockeyguy]

Fun fact, the current World Series MVP and the Current NBA Finals MVP are from the same school (San Diego State).  Pretty sure it's the first time this has happened.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, aznhockeyguy said:

Fun fact, the current World Series MVP and the Current NBA Finals MVP are from the same school (San Diego State).  Pretty sure it's the first time this has happened.

is Marshall Faulk still playing?

[ten ocho recon scout]

The only down side about houston losing is that it in itself becomes the story. So not only does howies NLDS slam get forgotten, but chapmans "ive just lost my mind" smile after giving up the altuve walkoff probably gets forgotten.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

8 hours ago, True Grich said:

Said the guy who posts a lot of bad jokes.

[Brandon]

4 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

This was one of the better matchups Ive seen in a bit. Someone mentioned the other day the middle games were "boring", with no drama. Meh, maybe. 

But i thought the SP matchups made it cool. Cant remember the last time 2 teams had bonafide top tier guys available for every start.

Then throw in both teams having a handful of superstars, Soto turning in a miguel cabrera 2003 performance, and Washingtons comebacks the last 2 nights... was cool to watch.

I thought houston would take it pretty easy. After the first two games it was like "wow, theyre gonna get upset!" Then they sweep in Washington, and scherzer cant pitch, and it was like "wow, those crazy bastards pulled it off". Early lead game 6, early lead game 7...

Yeah... congrats to the nats. 

Jose Guillen is still a bitch for 2005 though.

First time two Cu Young winners have faced each other in a WS, too.

[Lou]

the threat title rhymes

[ten ocho recon scout]

49 minutes ago, Brandon said:

First time two Cu Young winners have faced each other in a WS, too.

Thats crazy. @Lou pointed out yesterday strasburg is the first 1st round pick to win WS MVP.

Youd think both of these would have happened by now 

[Brandon]

1 minute ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Thats crazy. @Lou pointed out yesterday strasburg is the first 1st round pick to win WS MVP.

Youd think both of these would have happened by now 

Yeah. Strasberg, two Cy Young winners (Scherzer and Greinke) in the same game, and a seven game series where the road team won every game.

[Tank]

9 hours ago, Brandon said:

Curious question that I don’t want to create a new thread for. 
 

Is this the first time in WS history that a series went 7 games with the road team winning every game?

Pretty interesting feat.

Not only that, I think this is the first time it’s happened in any playoff series in any major professional sport in American sports history.

[Lou]

16 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Thats crazy. @Lou pointed out yesterday strasburg is the first 1st round pick to win WS MVP.

Youd think both of these would have happened by now 

first overall #1 pick. 

[Lou]

11 minutes ago, Tank said:

Not only that, I think this is the first time it’s happened in any playoff series in any major professional sport in American sports history.

that is true 

[T.G.]