Now it is time for the playoffs. Baseball 2014 holds out hope for the Nats and others, for the Fall Classic. It. Could. Happen. I have been a fan of the organization since 1981, when they were eliminated by the Los Angeles Dodgers. I was 10. I am getting old waiting for this franchise to do it!
So the long awaited playoffs are finally to begin...
Starting...today! The last day of September. The American League has its play-in game between the long suffering Kansas City Royals and last half of the season folding Oakland Athletics. I would like to see the Royals win... A one game playoff.
Tomorrow the Nationals will eventually take on the winner of the San Francisco Giants and the long suffering Pittsburgh Pirates play-in game. I like the Pirates, aka the Bucs, for a few reasons: they have not won for a long time, while San Fran has won the World Series twice (argh!) in the last 4 years.
And hopefully the Bucs will be easier to be beat for the Nats.
The Nats collapsed in a series with the Cardinals two years ago; they are better and more experienced now, but we want them to advance to either play the Dodgers or Cards on the other side.
In the American League there are the Los Angeles Angels, the Detroit Tigers, and the close to home Baltimore Orioles.
It should be interesting.
The Nationals went out with some spectacularness (spell check alert) by first clinching National League supremecy with the most wins (spelling) and then Jordan Zimmerman getting a no-hitter against their last opponent, the last day of the season. (Sunday).
Wow. Fister, Strasburg, Zimmerman. And others, including an all-star middle reliever (Tyler Clippard) and hot new (former) closer Drew Storen. Plus a hard throwing cagey vet Matt Thornton.
Not to mention scrappy starters Geo Gonzalez and Tanner Roark.
If the bats show up at all, I will say the Nats have a chance.
Go Nats! Fall is here. Time to make memories.
Blog it, EMC.
So the long awaited playoffs are finally to begin...
Starting...today! The last day of September. The American League has its play-in game between the long suffering Kansas City Royals and last half of the season folding Oakland Athletics. I would like to see the Royals win... A one game playoff.
Tomorrow the Nationals will eventually take on the winner of the San Francisco Giants and the long suffering Pittsburgh Pirates play-in game. I like the Pirates, aka the Bucs, for a few reasons: they have not won for a long time, while San Fran has won the World Series twice (argh!) in the last 4 years.
And hopefully the Bucs will be easier to be beat for the Nats.
The Nats collapsed in a series with the Cardinals two years ago; they are better and more experienced now, but we want them to advance to either play the Dodgers or Cards on the other side.
In the American League there are the Los Angeles Angels, the Detroit Tigers, and the close to home Baltimore Orioles.
It should be interesting.
The Nationals went out with some spectacularness (spell check alert) by first clinching National League supremecy with the most wins (spelling) and then Jordan Zimmerman getting a no-hitter against their last opponent, the last day of the season. (Sunday).
Wow. Fister, Strasburg, Zimmerman. And others, including an all-star middle reliever (Tyler Clippard) and hot new (former) closer Drew Storen. Plus a hard throwing cagey vet Matt Thornton.
Not to mention scrappy starters Geo Gonzalez and Tanner Roark.
If the bats show up at all, I will say the Nats have a chance.
Go Nats! Fall is here. Time to make memories.
Blog it, EMC.
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