Washington, as a city, was hoping to end an 84-year World Series drought since a D.C.-base team last hosted a World Series in 1933, and also end the nation’s capital’s 93-year drought since the lone World Series Championship, won by the Senators all the way back in 1924. That history, and the three NLDS losses in the five previous years were not on the minds of the 2017 Nationals heading into last night’s Game 5 with Chicago’s Cubs, however.
Washington Nationals’ 2017 campaign ends in disappointment: Baseball doesn’t always love you back...
