The Nationals completed a four-game sweep of the Cardinals on Tuesday night with a 7-4 win to deliver this city its first World Series in 86 years. Gomes passed the trophy to Ryan Zimmerman. The original National, the franchise's first draft pick, the first baseman who missed most of this season only to return as a key postseason piece, stared at it. He thought about everyone in the past 14 years who inched this team from the dark days of early relocation to this moment. One of those people, Jayson Werth, later stood feet away from him in the clubhouse.
How the Nationals celebrated Washington's first World Series berth in 86 years
