WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals fly four flags atop their scoreboard to honor three pennants won by the ancestors of … the Minnesota Twins. In Washington baseball, as in politics, the truth can be opaque.
The Twins descended from the Washington Senators, who played in the World Series in 1924, 1925 and 1933. Another version of the Senators became the Texas Rangers, but they never won a pennant here. And now we have the Nationals, who are eager to sew their own magic numerals onto a flag — someday.
“We come here to win, not only for the organization and ourselves, but the town,” Nationals Manager Dusty Baker said before Game 5 of this National League division series on Thursday.