Posted on 10/13/2012 12:19:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The question of how baseball could be so cruel to this city may be answered some day. It existed in horrible form in the nation’s capital for decades, and then it vanished for 33 years. It came back gnarled and wretched for seven more seasons, only to yield to this blissful summer, to the moment Friday past midnight when Drew Storen stood on the mound at chilled Nationals Park and, with two outs in the ninth inning, threw 13 pitches that could have moved the Washington Nationals four wins from the World Series.
The St. Louis Cardinals would not allow it. Baseball, this town’s cold mistress, the sport that dares you to love it, would not let it happen. The Nationals led the Cardinals by six runs after three innings. They led by two runs after eight innings. Washington’s miserable relationship with baseball had been exorcised, until it materialized in a more wrenching, twisted fashion than ever seen before.
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LOL!
It was somewhat bitter-sweet for me. I grew up in NOVA (Annandale) and went to Senators games in the 70's and moved to STL after college. It's much better to be a Cardinals fan. ;)
Apparently Axelrod was at the game last night and tweeted “Nationals came out like Joe Biden 6-0” (paraphrasing). It’s ultra ironic that they ended up losing and a very good omen to boot!
In this political year, I did not want Washington to win.
lol, great pic! Used to live in SF, happy for them :)
Separate politics from sports, please lol.
LOL on Axlegrease.
Storen grew up just up the street from me. His dad is a sports talk radio guy here in Indy.
Storen and Lance Lynn from St. Louis were on the same hs team and won the state championship.
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