In a little over an hour, the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros are going to start game 1 of the US Baseball World Series (I phrase it that way because "they" call it "The World Series" even though the Rest Of The World is not invited and that annoys me).
However, this is the 1st time the Washington Nationals or the team they came from (the Montreal Expos) have ever appeared in the World Series.
I am a pessimist when it comes to local sports teams. When they have a good year, they struggled. Even when one occasionally wins some championship, it is "just barely" and certainly not repeated the next year. Some cities have sports dynasties that last a decade. On rare occasions, we get "a year".
I am accustomed to seeing the local teams choke. But The Nationals have gotten this far and hope springs eternal...
Midnight update: ------ We won...
4 comments:
Hey - well done that team!
As for the so-called World Series: let me assure you Mark that the rest of the world just thinks the USA is a bit of a joke when it comes to such stuff. WE know that it's not really a world series, but we do allow for the possibility that you guys think it is! LOL
Megan
Sydney, Australia (God's Own Country! LOL)
And - as a lifelong Cleveland Indians fan - I can add that The #$%^ Yankees did NOT get to the WS.
In an rionic twist, Bryce Harper did NOT get to the p layoffs (and I really like the guy) and one of my ex-Indians favorites, Jan Gomes, IS !
They are doing well.
YAY! Go Nats!
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