One year ago my hometown baseball club, the Washington Nationals, were in second-to-last place in the NL East, struggling with issues on and off the field. (At least one well-known local writer–who has since repented–was calling for the manager’s dismissal.)<\/p>\n
On May 24, 2019, the Nats began to win. And win. And win. The rest of the season, playoffs included, they won two of three ballgames they played after that now-famous 19-31 start. Including their final contest of the season… Game Seven of the World Series.<\/p>\n
Of course the world is a little bit different today. I’m watching reruns of games past and silly “simulated” contests played out on computers. It’s cool, but just not the same, though I did enjoy watching the Nats\u2019 \u201cvirtual ring presentation.\u201d Flipping back and forth last night between that and the Tiger-Tom-Peyton-Phil golf match was a kind of bliss.<\/p>\n
But oh what I would give to watch real live sports.<\/p>\n
Even a second-to-last-place team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One year ago my hometown baseball club, the Washington Nationals, were in second-to-last place in the NL East, struggling with issues on and off the field. (At least one well-known local writer–who has since repented–was calling for the manager’s dismissal.) … Continue reading