Anibal Sanchez #19 of the Washington Nationals throws against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning of a baseball game at Tropicana Field on September 15, 2020 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
On October 11, 2019, Anibal Sanchez spun a masterpiece in the first game of the National League Championship Series and I was not around to see it.
The Washington Nationals had just dispatched the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers and were descending upon the St. Louis Cardinals for game one of the NLCS. Little did Nationals fans know, we were about to get the best Anibal Sanchez could offer.