NLDS: Washington Nationals vs. St. Louis Cardinals

[sweet_lou_14]

Continuing our annual tradition of dedicated threads for each playoff series ... enjoy!

[Battingly]

I got the Nats in this one.

[CardNYY]

Nationals in 3.

[geoffman]

Cards have always been my #2 team but I see the Nationals taking this series.

[NelsonMuntz]

I like the Nats but it's hard for me to take them seriously after shutting down their ace for the postseason. Thanks for protecting Strasburg so that he can pitch more years for the Yankees when he's a free agent

[HerbieLee20]

Gonna hate to see either one lose, so will root for whichever one gets into a deficit, to come back for stirring upset.

And if that doesn't happen, will root for whomever the "experts" aren't favoring.

[GordonGecko]

I like the Nats but it's hard for me to take them seriously after shutting down their ace for the postseason. Thanks for protecting Strasburg so that he can pitch more years for the Yankees when he's a free agent

One of the all time dumbest personnel moves in sports history. Ideally, he should have started pitching in June, but I can't really fault the the Nats for assuming they were going to be losers again and not sniff the playoffs. But when they were the best team in baseball half way through the season, they should have shut him down then and ramped him up again at the end of the year knowing his starts mean more in October than in July & August

[snapple]

Nats in 3. They're just too good.

[Pasco08]

Nats there pitching is just too amazing i think.

[MoVaughnEatsAlot]

Nats take an early 1-0 lead on a Kurt Suzuki single. Wainwright throwing a lot of curveballs.

[MoVaughnEatsAlot]

Gonzalez has zero control today, looks like trouble.

[Pasco08]

Gio looks like he has no command.

[Pasco08]

This could be the un-doing of the nats

[MoVaughnEatsAlot]

Not sure why they're trying to be cute up there with Wainwright batting, just throw fastballs down the middle.

[Pasco08]

Not sure why they're trying to be cute up there with Wainwright batting, just throw fastballs down the middle.

He doesn't look like he even has command of his FB i am surprised the nats pen isn't up.

[Pasco08]

2-1 Cards now.

[MoVaughnEatsAlot]

Lucky they only scored 2 there.

[MoVaughnEatsAlot]

Wainwright must have thrown about 90% curves so far.

[Pasco08]

Wainwright must have thrown about 90% curves so far.

Welp they are chasing it and can't seem to lay off of it.

[MoVaughnEatsAlot]

Welp they are chasing it and can't seem to lay off of it.

Certainly not blaming him. Nats need to recognize.

[MoVaughnEatsAlot]

Pretty crazy game. Both teams left a ton of runners on base. Nats take the game though and now it's theirs to lose.

[35Knucklecurve]

Gonzalez is one of those guys who does not hide his emotions and I guess it took him a while to settle down.

Wainwright's curve was lethal. I can't recall anytime this season where Harper looked that bad. I'm going with 'da Nats in 4.

[pleasepassthesoup]

Wainwright's curve was lethal. I can't recall anytime this season where Harper looked that bad. I'm going with 'da Nats in 4.

Andy dominated him back in June, if I remember correctly.

[MoVaughnEatsAlot]

Andy dominated him back in June, if I remember correctly.

Yeah Pettitte schooled him pretty hard in that game. Nats are a fun team to watch, I hope they make it to the WS, and then lose to us.

[35Knucklecurve]

Andy dominated him back in June, if I remember correctly.

I'm officially embarrassed. I was at that game. DUH.