For most Phillies fans, watching the Washington Nationals celebrate their first ever world championship was tough to take.
Is it really possible that this Nationals team, the one that just won five elimination games in which they trailed in each and every one, won a World Series after starting the season 19-31 and trailing our Phils by TEN GAMES in late May? Because it happened.
The Nationals did it with two things — outstanding starting pitching from a slew of veteran arms and clutch at-bats from an offense with a stout middle of the order and lots of greybeards everywhere else.