SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
I think Strasburg could've gone 9
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2019 MLB Postseason
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SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
Game 7! Let's go!
JO_75
Hall of Famer
First World Series where the Road Team won every game. Nats win it all tomorrow?
Your watching tomorrow?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the Nationals have to have as many people rooting them on as possible, including Oriole fans.
he absolutely could have finished the game.
This!
and of course I am a Nats fan.
I feel for all the Oriole fans, considering they just had b2b 100 game losses for the first time in their franchise history, dating back to 1954. If EBW was still around, this would get turned around quickly, he was a great owner. Hell the losses wouldn't have even happened.
balfan23
MVP
Well, I guess you can add me to the Nats side now. My rooting for Astros was all based on Verlander. I really wanted him to break the curse of the WS, because I HATE those narratives of "oh, he's a first ballot hall of famer, but couldn't win the big one" ... as if all the success he had in the postseason other than the WS doesn't count and like he didn't help propel the Astros into being the championship caliber team that they are now. Like - if Altuve singles in 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th and the Astros pen hold the lead, he'd somehow be a much more clutch pitcher than he is now.
My guy was running on fumes last night. Soto's eyes looked like beach balls when that pitch was 30 feet from the plate. That was a homer before his bat touched the ball.
SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
I don't hate the Nats as much as some other O's fans, so it doesn't really matter to me. But I still feel a little weird rooting for the Nats... I just want to see another fun game.
balfan23
MVP
As for EBW, I don't know. It was Jerry Hoffberger and his ownership group that brought in Cashen and Dalton that built the team that went on a glorious 20 year stretch. EBW basically inherited that he purchased the team in 1979. Once that core of great players had fallen away by 1984 and only Eddie and Cal were left, he embarked on a failed attempt to complete in the FA market, rather than focus on young talent and the farm system and the team took a turn for the worse.
But make no mistake ... I'd take him over the Angelos family, every day and twice on Sunday.
I thought Soto's homer was going to leave the stadium. BTW, well said on Verlander.
Thanks for that info, I wasn't aware of that as I started rooting for the Orioles back in 1977, when I got into baseball. Eddie is my favorite player and Cal is 2nd. I heard Cal Ripken speak once and he is an incredible motivational speaker.
Pats
Veteran
Giving monster contracts to glorified DH's like chris davis can always tank a team without high budgets, our own khris davis in oakland is starting to stink a bit too but his contract isnt nearly as bad. O's will turn around but not for another 2 seasons id wager.
balfan23
MVP
Let's not forget Ubaldo. Signing Davis ... and at the same time letting Nelson Cruz walk. There have been so many bad moves by this team over the years, they are hard to count. But perhaps the worst thing about this franchise is their apparent inability to develop pitching.
SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
Crushed
I'm proud of the Nationals win or lose, but I have to give the Astros and more specifically Greinke credit today. He has thrown a masterpiece.
SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
Rendon is good
SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
This is fun