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Amazing finish by the Nats last night... hard to not feel bad for Kershaw, dude is so dominant MOST of the time.. HRs on back to back pitches.. I can only imagine how crappy he has to feel this morning.
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I dont know why it’s such a trend for him to pitch crappy in the playoffs, but thats the case every year
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Only in the first inning yesterday haha
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Update:
Yankees vs Astros
Cardinals vs Nationals
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Nats pitching has been lights out thus far
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Update:
Nationals 2
Cardinals 0
Yankees 1
Astros 0
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Heck of a game last night ... Stros eek it out. 1-1 now. This one feels like a 7 gamer
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Looks like the Nats will be punching their ticket to the WS ... Cards are overmatched
So, we wait on the Astros/Yanks
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I love watching the Cards lose, and the Yankees in the same night? Dream night to watch baseball.
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Looks like it’ll be Stros vs Nats
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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I'm hoping Astros win but I wouldn't count the Yankees out yet
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I'm hoping Astros win but I wouldn't count the Yankees out yet It seems to me like Houston’s pitching is overmatching the Yankees .. Cole/Verlander against Stasburg/Scherzer will be special
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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j/c...
Good for the Nats. Lost Harper to no detriment. Great young talent and tremendous pitching.
A WSH vs HOU World Series will/should be outstanding.
Side note, happy for Yan Gomes.
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I'm hoping Astros win but I wouldn't count the Yankees out yet It seems to me like Houston’s pitching is overmatching the Yankees .. Cole/Verlander against Stasburg/Scherzer will be special I would love to watch that. I am a huge fan of good pitching , tough defense and strategic offense - hit and run, stealing bases, bunts. Not a fan of home run or strike out baseball which the Yankees epitomize.
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I agree, and the Yankees way is not the championship way IMO ... it doesn’t work in a series against good starting pitching
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Game 4 PPD for tonight .. that means its a LONG weekend ahead:
Thursday - HOU at NYY (8:08)
Friday - HOU at NYY (7:08)
Saturday - NYY at HOU (8:08)
Sunday - NYY at HOU (7:38)
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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I'm pulling for the Nats, got a lot of good friends who like them and they are an easy team to root for.. They should make a commercial..
2017, lost the NLDS - Heartbreaking
2018, missed the playoffs - Frustrating
2019, going to the world series - Bryceless
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That’s why I’m pulling for them over Houston as well ... that would be quite the kick to Harper’s ego
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Son of a ......LeMahieu just had a hell of a clutch hit.
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Astros vs Nationals
Give me Houston in 6
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Nats up 2-0 ... Stros are in trouble
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As a Braves fan this is painful.
The Braves took charge of the division in the second half.
They maintained the lead over the Nats. Every time the Nats played the Braves in the second half with the Nats trying to close ground the Braves took the series.
The key was play them tight till the 7th. Destroy their pen. The starters are good the pen horrible.
In the playoffs the starters have been used in key situations out of the pen.
The surprise has been their offense getting to Cole and Verlander.
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I agree ... flash back a few months and the nationals were the butt of jokes. They were an after thought. Now they’re 2 games from the title
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Baseball is so crazy.
A game dominated by analytics. Every stat that can be thought of is crunched.
Yet when they step on a field to play a game all that goes out the window. The playoffs prove it every year.
There are no favorites. That becomes a toy stat.
There is no explaining how players get hot or go cold.
Cole looked invincible. Nats got to him.
Baseball has fascinated me my whole life. I love the game.
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The contrast is the craziest aspect. The regular season is "around the world in 80 days", the post season is a top-fuel funny car revving for the quarter-mile.
HERE WE GO BROWNIES! HERE WE GO!!
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Some good analogies there Fate.
I have always looked at the regular season like a soap opera. A daily dose of what will happen next?
All kinds of "small things" happen daily. They get lost in the grind of 162 games. Managers are forced to pace the team.
Once the playoffs start. Every pitch is drama loaded.
My first introduction to sports was boxing. Second was baseball. Once I started playing. I could not get enough of the game. Hours meant nothing to me. I loved being on the field.
The game has gone through many changes over it's history. Yet somehow it feels the same.
I am in agreement with Ted Williams. The single hardest thing in sports is hitting major league pitching.
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The Nats are a fun team to watch.. The fact that they have racked up 17 runs in the first 2 games against Cole and Verlander is astounding... the most runs in the first 2 games of a WS since 1960 when the Yankees did it to the Pirates.
The good news for the Astros? The Yankees still ended up losing that WS...
Momentum in baseball means very little. You really are only as hot as your next starting pitcher. Right now the Astros are reeling, but they have a ton of talent and it would only take a few swings of the bad early in game 3 to put together a 4 run inning and suddenly all of that gets forgotten...
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Baseball teaches stern lessons.
It is never over till it is over.
It's not like the Astros can't come back. They are a great team. They have a complete lineup and a very good pitching staff.
The Nats are confident. They will be going home. Astros need game three bad.
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Finally we're getting a close game in this series.
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Outstanding performance tonight by Strasburg.
The bats came alive tonight for the Nats as well. Soto is a hell of a young talent.
No more flashers like in game 5.
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So it goes to Game 7 now, where Houston will have home-field disadvantage.
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a series where the visiting team has won every game this late into it
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a series where the visiting team has won every game this late into it You haven't. The most road games won in a world series is 5 according to Mad Dog Radio.
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a series where the visiting team has won every game this late into it You haven't. The most road games won in a world series is 5 according to Mad Dog Radio. Thanks. I remembered the Yanks/Braves series in 96 was 5 games
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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