2019 World Series -- Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals

and I doubt he's going past 5 now

I don’t think I’ve seen Rendon and Soto get overmatched like that all season. Wow.
— Jamal Collier (@JamalCollier) October 23, 2019

― Andy K, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:18 PM (one hour ago)

Wow...

lol

Unreal piece of hitting by Soto to take that pitch to the opposite field.

Corbin warming up!

Five innings so Scherzer can get the curly w

that's no factor in the WS

it's just when the pitches ran out

Wasn't saying it was a factor for crying out loud

sorry. irony still fails on the interwebz!

I don't think that the Nats can win the WS by using only 4-5 multitasking pitchers like the 2001 Diamondbacks but it'll be fun watching them try.

their bullpen has yet to cost em a game, feels like they're due

looong road til Doolittle

dunno if you just wanna be cranking fastballs down the middle here

Hudson's the guy they traded for

Juan Soto seems like a big deal.

Got home from work what did I miss

whoa I don't think I've ever seen anyone tag up from first

daaamn that was in his glove

Doolittle is very good

If the Nationals had blown that, I wouldn't have been surprised by a Houston sweep. But they're in good shape now.

Crazy win. The Astros had better start hitting with RISP. They had their chances.

silly to get down on Springer given how godly he's been but man that double could've easily been a triple had he not spent 4-5 seconds watching it and he would've tied up the game on the next fly ball

Tucker was tagging (also a questionable play) so there was definite traffic on the paths.

had he not spent 4-5 seconds watching it and he would've tied up the game on the next fly ball

the ball was nearly caught!

also fallacy of the predetermined sac fly

Holy cow.

maybe Mike Minor could do better against these guys...

The fact that Washington was at +180 is nuts, Stras is the best pitcher in this series and Verlander might be gassed

JV did well not to let another run score, but again, about the best he can do is keep his team afloat.

That was a surprise. I believe conventional wisdom says the second out of an inning at third is okay--worth the risk.

srsly what the hell

not in a lineup like this xp

This is beautiful

These pitchers suck.

They're not hitting at all, though. Didn't work, and it of course looks bad when the next two guys get a hit, but I didn't think it was a bad move.

you have to assume they're *gonna* hit or they're sunk

PFP

apt to see some offense when the pens get in

Corbin again tonight?

Bizarre IBB right there. Alvarez has been striking out all postseason, and there's only one out!

jfc Stras walks a good tightrope

KURT

Good game. Want the Nationals.

next couple of at bats feel like they could determine the whole series

lol Bregman you dick

First IBB issued by the Astros this season!

Yes

when I used to fantasize about playing in the Major Leagues that was exactly my nightmare

Love watching this outcome

asdrubal is clutch

Even better

fuck it I'm heading over to the Astros subreddit

lmaoo

yeah I really disagree. you can either go or not go, and going is consciously rejecting not going

The invitation is to the White House as an institution, that's what this represents. It's not about the sitting president, because this tradition pre-dates him.

if the invitation were to the white house as an institution, various NBA teams wouldn't have been uninvited

trump is unlike previous sitting presidents, and taking part in his personal glorification/subsumption of others' victories is a choice. you can't go chill with mussolini on his balcony and claim innocence

Bringing up Mussolini and the Nazis undercuts the point you guys are trying to make. But I'm going to roll with it.

Yes, the Warriors and I think the Eagles were disinvited because of stuff they said about Trump. They were the winners in that exchange and Trump was the petulant loser.

But that's not the only way to win. If we're insisting on bringing the Nazis, then lots of people (artists, musicians, sports stars) showed up at Nazi-organized or sponsored events because they still wanted to bring class and culture to the people. Sometimes that's what the public likes and respects. And that's what I'm saying I don't have a problem with.

The Nationals going to the WH and continuing that tradition will live on in people's memories (at least for the people who care about this particular tradition), whereas the names of those who decided to stay home will be quickly forgotten. I'm not blaming anyone who chose to stay home. But that's the way it is.

Come on, you can care about the tradition AND understand that preventing a war criminal his photo-op is maybe more important. It's not like the tradition's going to fall apart or something, like players will just stop going in future years because eh it's no big deal.

I don't know how you arrive at that last point: to the contrary it will be the holdouts who are remembered for doing so decades later. Nobody's going to say at Ryan Zimmerman's funeral, "and he attended the WH event with the rest of his team as per custom." I didn't see a lot of the Nats this year but what I'll take away from a couple concentrated weeks of e.g. Anthony Rendon is 1) excellent baseball player and 2) has principles.

The White House: Home of War Criminals Since Teddy Roosevelt

(I thought it was strange, Hade, that you picked the descrip in which the OG is most like his predecessors)

what's funny is he's lagging in that dept. so far, let's give him another five years