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jrhooo t1_itjaypf wrote

Reply to comment by ernyc3777 in Philadelphia slugger Bryce Harper hits a go-ahead home run in Game 5 of the NLCS, giving the Phillies a chance to clinch their first pennant since 2009 by CaramelPhD

Also noteworthy for those who don’t know

Part of the story on “OMG How will the Nats ever recover from losing a talent like Harper???”

Was the idea that maybe just maybe the Nats thought they could make up for it with their new at the time elite young hitter (future 2019 Nats WS Champion, current SD Padre Juan Soto)

If you would have asked any ats fan between 2012 and 2018 what its going to take for a WS, most of them would have told you Harper and Strasburg to carry us there.

Reality Stras did his part, Harper was gone,

But 2019 will always be about

Soto, Scherzer, Rendon, and Turner, with some surprise heroics from Howie Kendrick, Parrashark, and Doo. Amazing that none literally none of those guys are still on the team.

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ernyc3777 t1_itjcwq4 wrote

Can’t forget the error in the bottom of the 8th inning by Trent Grisham that allowed them to even get out of the Wild Card game. Milwaukee was up by 2 and the play allowed 3 to score. And sucked the life out of the Brewers.

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jrhooo t1_itjedzm wrote

I will always cherish Howie's GS, almost as much as his WS clanger

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AerusFlameweaver t1_itjce8q wrote

As a Cleveland fan, I really appreciate that Yan Gomes and Asdrubal Cabrera got rings there.

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StrngBrew t1_itlt69c wrote

It’s wild that the Nats had Harper, Soto & Strasburg and the only one they’re left with is what appears to be a totally broken down Strasburg

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