The second-round curse is broken. The Nats didn’t do it — it was, oddly, the Caps, whose odds to do so I would have only placed ahead of the Wizards, Redskins, and the Nats, and this makes sense now. No matter, the narrative is slowly dying, and as a bonus, these things transmit across sports — take Cleveland in 2016, for instance.
Let’s get the first Wire Taps of the post-curse era on the road:
Juan Soto's legend continues to grow
Soto is hitting monster home runs with a forceful, beautiful swing that is stifling pitchers across the board.