It was a good year, but it ended disappointingly.
Yep, the Nats came up short against their NLDS opponent this year, similar to 2012. Although perhaps this year was worse because there were higher expectations and they lost in four games instead of 5 like two years ago.
Hmmmph.
The offense stalled in the almost all the post season games this fall, especially the second game where the teams went a record 18 innings, the Nats losing after 6 hours of play. Low scoring. 2-1? I think so.
The regular season ended up being very satisfying, despite some notable injuries.
Now we are afraid that they might have the Atlanta Braves syndrome, which is to win their division but not do much in the playoffs. We shall see.
As always.
Bryce is Harper is as done as Mike Trout now.
Talk on the radio says Adam LaRoche (who had great stuff in regular season) will be replaced at 1st place by long time National and traditional favorite Ryan Zimmerman, who was perhaps the most injured and affected player on the team this year. He only pinch hit in the National League Division Series.
And the Nats could not score enough. Simply put. Werth and LaRoche and others, even RBI producers Ian Desmond and Wilson Ramos could not.
The Giants are now on to putting the hurt on recent World Series victors Cardinals.
Both of the National League teams have won it recently, as in 2010 (Giants), 2011 (Cards), 2012 (Giants again!), and last year's outliers, the Boston Red Sox. Good for a city that took an iconic terrorist attack by Chechen ner' do-wells. And Big Papi threw in his two cents.
Good for the Boston faithful; they got three championships in the last 10 years.
Now on the American League side it boils down to the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles. After last night's second game it appears it will be Kansas. I will root for them or Baltimore, regardless of the NL outcome.
Go underdogs.
And go Nats, finish better next year. They have the talent and the experience to do a good trick on the diamond.
And as I wrote in the bracketed preface of this post:
Baseball may not be meaningful or matter much to many around the world. But it does mean something to millions of Americans, as in US citizens. But also, there are probably a good dose of Canadians who care, Mexicans, millions of the Caribbean, Central America, and Northern South America. Heck, I even know a hard core fan in Angol, Chile. Where they play baseball a lot less than US people play crickett. (There are those who play that sport here, I have seen it played on both coasts and within a mile of my current house, not to mention other places in this American county.)
And then there is the East Asian baseball zone, and growing parts of Australia, Europe...There is even a slight indentation into the great subcontinent, India.
So, maybe baseball will matter more and more to more parts of the earth. It seems to grow.
And some people may care to read my impressions of the Nationals, the season in 2014, and how baseball poetically captures a tiny part of our worldly matters.
Play on.
And go Nats. We will not give up on you. You are too good to disregard.
And this fall? Go Royals! Kansas City has not had a winner for a while.
Blog it. EMC
Yep, the Nats came up short against their NLDS opponent this year, similar to 2012. Although perhaps this year was worse because there were higher expectations and they lost in four games instead of 5 like two years ago.
Hmmmph.
The offense stalled in the almost all the post season games this fall, especially the second game where the teams went a record 18 innings, the Nats losing after 6 hours of play. Low scoring. 2-1? I think so.
The regular season ended up being very satisfying, despite some notable injuries.
Now we are afraid that they might have the Atlanta Braves syndrome, which is to win their division but not do much in the playoffs. We shall see.
As always.
Bryce is Harper is as done as Mike Trout now.
Talk on the radio says Adam LaRoche (who had great stuff in regular season) will be replaced at 1st place by long time National and traditional favorite Ryan Zimmerman, who was perhaps the most injured and affected player on the team this year. He only pinch hit in the National League Division Series.
And the Nats could not score enough. Simply put. Werth and LaRoche and others, even RBI producers Ian Desmond and Wilson Ramos could not.
The Giants are now on to putting the hurt on recent World Series victors Cardinals.
Both of the National League teams have won it recently, as in 2010 (Giants), 2011 (Cards), 2012 (Giants again!), and last year's outliers, the Boston Red Sox. Good for a city that took an iconic terrorist attack by Chechen ner' do-wells. And Big Papi threw in his two cents.
Good for the Boston faithful; they got three championships in the last 10 years.
Now on the American League side it boils down to the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles. After last night's second game it appears it will be Kansas. I will root for them or Baltimore, regardless of the NL outcome.
Go underdogs.
And go Nats, finish better next year. They have the talent and the experience to do a good trick on the diamond.
And as I wrote in the bracketed preface of this post:
Baseball may not be meaningful or matter much to many around the world. But it does mean something to millions of Americans, as in US citizens. But also, there are probably a good dose of Canadians who care, Mexicans, millions of the Caribbean, Central America, and Northern South America. Heck, I even know a hard core fan in Angol, Chile. Where they play baseball a lot less than US people play crickett. (There are those who play that sport here, I have seen it played on both coasts and within a mile of my current house, not to mention other places in this American county.)
And then there is the East Asian baseball zone, and growing parts of Australia, Europe...There is even a slight indentation into the great subcontinent, India.
So, maybe baseball will matter more and more to more parts of the earth. It seems to grow.
And some people may care to read my impressions of the Nationals, the season in 2014, and how baseball poetically captures a tiny part of our worldly matters.
Play on.
And go Nats. We will not give up on you. You are too good to disregard.
And this fall? Go Royals! Kansas City has not had a winner for a while.
Blog it. EMC
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