2019 World Series -- Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals

if you mean unprecedented, I believe so

I have a hard time believing the Nats can win two without Max at 100%.

it's baseball, dude

Morbs I’m looking for reassurance here.

Sheesh that call

The ball four pitch to Zimmerman was closer to the plate than the called strike three on Robles.

Maybe Nats fans will do "Lock him up" again when Osuna comes out

welp

Jfc

all I wanted was to not get swept. I guess i win at shitty expectations

Trump getting booed and making sadface is like the cherry on top

It was very heart warming.

I still think there will be 2 more games, u Gloomy Guses, one a 2-HR Soto game

Probably just my disappointment with the Nationals, but it feels like a lousy Series. Max coming back to win Game 7 would be a great storyline.

well the games haven't been close, mostly

Game 1 was close, Game 2 was close until the late innings, but neither was a classic or anything.

A Game 7 would be fun, but the Nats look done to me. Their bullpen has gone back to sucking and I have a feeling that in Game 6, we're in for a rerun of the Matt Harvey Game (WS 2005, Game 5), where Martinez rides Strasburg for an inning too many to avoid letting his bullpen blow the game, only for everything to blow up in his face regardless.

that could happen, certainly

but other things could happen

^^^^Listen to the good Doctor.

Nobody would have predicted that Houston would be down 2-0 (<4% probability) going to DC.

this might be the trauma talking but I do not see this going to a game 7

wait no way did the Nats only have a 4% shot at winning two in Houston. it's not like basketball playoff series where you can wear down players or solve an offense, anyone can beat anyone in the playoffs

Game 6 you have Strasburg (who is IMO the best pitcher in the series) vs. Verlander, who is obviously very good but also possibly kinda gassed? idk I still think the Nats have a better shot than everyone is saying. that said watching their offense be absolutely anemic through 3 home games is probably skewing everyone's expectations

momentum = the next game's pitcher(s)

undefeated in their blue unis

I agree, four percent? That would mean only a 20% shot at winning each individual game.

Reasons #1, 2, and 5 are pretty good reasons, I'd say.

https://www.mlb.com/news/nationals-reasons-2019-world-series-hope

It's all guesswork, especially because nobody knows what's going to happen with Scherzer. They could still win without Scherzer too!

Looking at the five games as a whole, Houston has clearly been the better team, I'd say. But it doesn't mean they won't lose two games in a row ...

Max Scherzer just threw in outfield. Told reporters afterward, “I’m good.”

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 29, 2019

lack of drama

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/why-has-the-world-series-felt-boring/

They had two great stories going in--imposing Goliath vs. insanely hot David, plus the six marquee starters--and while both stories have sort of played out (we've seen both sides of the first story, and some of the starters have been intermittently great), the whole thing hasn't clicked. Lack of lead changes certainly explains a lot.

stay winless, JV

That was a fun first inning.

Bregman is an asshole, I hadn't realized

hope he gets one in the ribs midgame

No one, especially not MLB sites, should use the verb "clinch" for winning the WS. No one "clinches" the WS, they win it

Rendon is incredible.

and will get an incredible contract (Dodgers they say)

I thought a blowout was imminent when Guriel launched that one in the first inning. The Nationals are hanging on.

I vote Rendon as the coolest looking player in the game.

badass batting stance for sure

terrible beard

Fox w/ shitty direction for a big-budget op

the youtube logo ugh

Verlander has been walking a tightrope act, mostly because of the walks, but then again the Nats haven't been hitting the ball hard.

Strauss looked really rough there until he finally got that strike over on Correa. They both might be a little gassed.

haaaa eat it Verlander

Drama!

well there's the lead change we've been waiting for

will bat carry be the new bat flip?

So much for the Nats not hitting the ball hard.

I’m ok with this devolving into a showboating hr derby.
Let he whom carries the most bats the furthest take the day!

Oh Tim Bogar is no doubt enraged by Soto’s behavior, John Smoltz! Can you imagine?!

this is the great game this series deserves

Whew...makes me sad to root against Altuve.