My interests align with you sir. Better luck tomorrow.Who you got?
Washington, please ... I'm sick of the Carl Fredricksen Experience
It's going to be interesting to see how their other starters do. Obviously Hendricks was huge tonight. Lester has had a shit year, Arrieta is hurting, and Quintana, who has been great of late, is young and inexperienced. I have no idea what will happen.the Cubs are still good, but their rotation took a step back this year. To get two-hit at home... Nationals are just coming up small again.
They are a mentally weak team and have been for this whole run since 2012. They've never recovered from the 6-0 blown lead and ninth inning melt down against the Cardinals in the 2012 NLDS game 5. As a Nats fan it's infuriating to say the least.I can't figure out if the Nats are snakebitten or they're just chokers.
Bunt on LesterThey are a mentally weak team and have been for this whole run since 2012. They've never recovered from the 6-0 blown lead and ninth inning melt down against the Cardinals in the 2012 NLDS game 5. As a Nats fan it's infuriating to say the least.
Plus, and I know this is a cliche, the fans are pathetic. I was at game 5 last yr and game 1 tonight and both times people sitting behind my son and I were telling us to sit down all game. Last year in an elimination game no less. And tonight we stood only when Nats pitchers got to 2 strikes. And still they were telling us to sit down.
Sorry for the rambling, just got back from the game and I'm venting. At least the several thousand Cub fans there weren't too obnoxious.
God help us, the season rests on the fragile psyche of Gio Gonzalez tomorrow.
They're never going to be able to wash the Expos taint off of them, they should have just stayed in Montreal and continued coming up small like the Expos were famous for.I can't figure out if the Nats are snakebitten or they're just chokers.
Gibbs' Redskins, although there aren't series in football.Never pick a Washington sports team to win a playoff series. Never ever.
Having lived here for almost 8 years now, I've never really met a diehard Nats fan... and I've been to several Nats games. Most, if not all, seem to be primary fans of another team and the Nats are like their second favorite team. This is a very transient region.Man, being a Washington sports fan has to be absolutely agonizing. Great regular seasons, horrible playoffs, year after year.
I am a casual fan of the Wizards and Caps but have fallen hard for the Nats since 2005. I tell my kids it's like my childhood watching the Sox in the 70s and 80s.Man, being a Washington sports fan has to be absolutely agonizing. Great regular seasons, horrible playoffs, year after year.
My kids are.Having lived here for almost 8 years now, I've never really met a diehard Nats fan... and I've been to several Nats games. Most, if not all, seem to be primary fans of another team and the Nats are like their second favorite team. This is a very transient region.
That makes sense. Given that this iteration only came to be in 2005, they're the first generation growing up as Nats fans.My kids are.
The Caps have had a bunch of dominant regular seasons and always flame out in the playoffs. They are definitely the most disappointing playoff team in DC.That makes sense. Given that this iteration only came to be in 2005, they're the first generation growing up as Nats fans.
The Caps post-seasons are just as bad. The combination--wow.
You just described the Nats as well.The Caps have had a bunch of dominant regular seasons and always flame out in the playoffs. They are definitely the most disappointing playoff team in DC.
so some pitchers have that "it" factor and others don't? old-school here.Yesterday I commented on the need for a Jon Lester type pitcher and someone replied how terrible he has been this yea but tonight shows what I meant ie a pitcher who threw his best in the big games.
I was 10 for the 75 WS which set the tone for my childhood fandom so I have experience.Parenting is hard