The moment that decided the 2019 World Series demands a deep rewind | Nats v Astros
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2023
- This is a bit of a David and Goliath story. Not because the Houston Astros were bigger and stronger than the Washington Nationals, but because the Nationals were so bad at the start of the 2019 season (19-31 in May) you could equate their chances of success to those of a child fighting a giant. And you could equate the Astros' chances of success to the giant because they won 100+ games three seasons in a row. And a championship in 2017.
By all accounts, the Nationals were not supposed to be in the World Series and the Astros absolutely were. But here we are in game 7. David was giving Goliath a run for his money. Or whatever they used back then. Lambs?
Goliath was a Megazoid made up of 7 all-stars including a trio of aces Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, and the newly acquired Zack Greinke.
How’d they do it? Well, they used an injured Max Scherzer, a doubted Stephen Strasburg, a… actually, there’s no negative adjective for Juan Soto he was pretty loved so we’ll just say… a young Juan Soto and a 34-year-old veteran a little over a year removed from an Achilles rupture combined to form a sort of Megazoid of their own. A team, I guess is what I’m trying to describe.
To fully understand how the Nats took down the Astros, how the weak took down the mighty, how the underdog took down the overdog, and how the child took down the giant, we have to rewind.
Zipzipzizpzip (rewind noise)
Written and produced by Clara Morris
Directed and edited by Jiazhen Zhang
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Beating the Astros with a clang off the foul pole was insanely poetic. As a Nats fan, 2019 genuinely felt like watching a movie in real time
Don’t forget beating STL/LA to avenge the past
Best description of that season was that it was a DnD game where we rolled like 20 natural 20s in a row starting with the Lolmets comeback. Absolutely insane run.
What is poetic about that?
@@SometimesCompitentBang Bang
My favorite clang sound to outdo the bad clanging.
One of the best moments as a Washington sports fan, alone with the Caps winning the Stanley Cup. Winning it big and especially against the Houston Astros was super sweet.
Yeah that deep Nationals Astros rivalry was intense 🙄
It sure was quick
An aspect that doesn't get talked nearly enough is that it ended a 95-year World Series drought for DC going back to the Senators. A shame the Nationals went immediately back to "first in war, first in peace, last in the NL East"
@@MrAndyhdz Nobody said anything about a rivalry, jackass.
Yup. Even though orioles are main team I was still pumped to root for the nats in the world series. Just like imma skins fan but was rooting for Baltimore in their superbowls.😂
As a Nats fan I will never forget the pure euphoria I had when Howie Kendrick hit that HR in the WS. That whole season was magical, I will never forget it.
I was so happy for Kendrick I loved him on the Dodgers
Howie was so great that season, just a very consistent hitter who had two of the clutchest moments of the post season for us
Loved him on the angels too. That squad was stacked
For years I was a nervous wreck whenever the Nats played in the postseason. The game 5 loss in 2012 was so devastating, and the years of alternating regular-season and postseason futility made it worse. But something eased a bit when Soto hit the line drive single off Hader in the wild card, and turned to relief when Kendrick hit the grand slam in the NLDS game 5. Honestly, I felt almost serene during the World Series that year. I'd just seen them keep fighting and come back so many times that season, that I KNEW we were going to win the second Greinke walked Soto, even before he was pulled.
Knowing Gerrit Cole was standing in the bullpen watching the game slip away will haunt me forever.
That’ll more than likely be Houston’s “Run the Ball” moment while they got a ring in 2022.
trash can jokes aside, that's one thing that wasn't touched on that makes the story even more interesting.
I completely forgot about Cole not being used that game
And Cole was so mad after the game he wore a blank hat while doing interviews and basically said I'm not coming back
I remember immediately after that game someone said on Twitter "Well, we now know what would have happened if Bochy didn't use Bumgarner in 2014", and four years later I still think that is the perfect description of it.
For me and every Nationals fan, words can’t describe just how emotionally insane this season, especially the playoff run was for us. But given all the other playoff chokes, the feeling of finally getting over the hump felt better than it ever could have
this is the World Series that got me back into baseball! Epic! also, RIP Stephen's Strasboug's career, at least he went out on a high note.
Seriously agree. With both takes
it's the world series that got me into baseball in the first play
2016 World Series was better. I am a Cubs fan so my opinion is possibly biased lol
The best part about this story is that nobody lost.
Washington got rid of Dusty Baker, then he went to Houston and made a couple of world series-winning one. Bryce Harper went to Philadelphia and became a freaking legend. He helped drag that seemed to a world series they had no business being in.
Max scherzer was on the team and he won the world series that year, validating his contract.
And his bank acct went out on a high note as well
The baseball ones are often my favorite Rewinder episodes. Hearing it narrated by Clara is icing on the cake.
Long time Nats fan and DC native here. I can't watch the clip of Kendrick's at bat without crying when the ball clangs. What a freaking year.
That Nationals team was special. Rendon, Soto, Turner, Strasberg, Scherzer, Corbin, Zimmerman, Eaton & Kendrick all helped the Nats win in their last chance. A great team.
the era of donks on trash cans ended with a donk on the foul poul
Astros kept winning tho👑
@@mattchristopher4192cuz they kept cheating though
@@user-rn1cu8cv8bwe ain’t cheating and haven’t cheated since 2019 tho
The way the commissioner went easy on the Astros is a huge oversight.
Should've been penalized to hell.
@@Ruderickle2424the other teams that cheated in the same way weren’t even investigated, so actually the Astros were unfairly punished. Still have consistently won in the subsequent years
I like to think there is an alternate universe where Greinke stayed in the game, put away the Nats in the 7th, finished the next two innings, and then gave the most hilariously awkward and terse World Series MVP speech of all time.
Or also we didn't keep Gerrit Cole on the bench
There is no situation where Greinke stays in and the Astros win that game. He was missing the zone the entire inning and walked the go ahead run to the plate. He was done. The call was a decision between Gerrit Cole, the best starter in baseball who has only pitched out of the bullpen once in his career, and Will Harris, the Astros best reliever and an allstar in his own right.
Hinch made the right call. Harris threw as perfect a cutter you could location wise and Kendrick just managed to hit it and keep it fair.
It’s a tip your cap and move on moment. There is no what-if in this scenario that doesn’t have predictable poor results or a complete unknown that nobody can predict.
@@unoriginalwebbGerrit “I’ve only ever pitched out of the pen once in my career and wasn’t particularly good” Cole over the best reliever on the Astros staff? Yeah that’s a no.
Houston would of gone B2B if they won in 21
With how consistently the Nats performed late in high-pressure games, it’s hard to say that keeping in Greinke or even putting in Cole guaranteed a victory here.
And now for the episode of Collapse about everything that happened next 😞
Strasburg was an animal this entire playoff run. One of the greatest pitching performances ever, no doubt, especially with the season on the line in game 6, throwing 114 pitches in 8.1 innings. Seemed like whenever the Nats needed a clutch pitching performance he delivered. And the entire lineup found their stride, Rendon calm as always delivering when it mattered most, and Soto becoming a superstar before everyone's eyes. Will never forget them going back-to-back on Kershaw down two in game 5 against the Dodgers. And so many fun memories from this team, Howie and Eaton driving cars in the dugout, Soto's shuffle, Davey getting ejected, and of course Baby Shark. Crazy the Nats won their first ring the season right after their best player left, never seen it before in recent memory, how sweet it must have been. Really sucks to see what happened to this team and the superstars after 2019, but so happy for them they were able to win one in their last hurrah. And shout out to Trent Grisham and Will Harris for their assists along the way :)
Also shoutouts to Dave Roberts for his assists too with Game 4 and Game 5 of the NLDS.
And Josh Hader for imploding in the Wild Card game.
The clanking of the trash bins was an amazing touch.
As a Nats fan and DMV native thank you for this video. Well done! What a magical year this was, something I’ll remember for the rest of my life. Truly a special group. Because of this team is why baby shark will forever have a special place in my heart.
Unforgettable October as a Nats fan... We needed SO MANY moments like these to stay alive. Juan Soto in the Wild Card, Stephen Strasburg and Howie Kendrick in the NLDS, and Howie Kendrick again in the WS, among so many other timely performances and clutch moments. Everything had to be perfect for the Nats to pull it off that season, and somehow all of the stars aligned. It's like we saved up all of our luck as a fanbase (and seemingly borrowed some luck from the future) to make that one month of baseball possible, and most of us will say it was totally worth it.
Team of destiny in 2019 for sure. So many things had to go just right for them and they did.
That great comeback earlier that year against the Mets (down 6-7 runs?) to win it? That was a great foreshadow of how amazing this team never gave up.
@@rjpg Yup, I clearly remember that. It was a home run from Kurt Suzuki that put them over the top in that one
Even as a Braves fan, I was ecstatic for the Nationals winning it all, especially for Strasburg and Zimmerman 😊
Speaking of the Braves, I'm hoping Jorge Soler's moonshot in the 2021 WS Game 6 will get a rewinder soon! How the Braves managed to win it all after spending most of the year under .500 and without Acuña will always amaze me
As a fellow Braves fan, I was literally looking for this comment! I totally agree with you on both points!
The sequence at 5:54, talking about how the Astros got good, killed me. Yes, its an easy joke, but it's a well done easy joke :D.
I can't tell you how freaking much I love this channel. That was awesome. So well done.
The slamming trash can noises starting at 6:09 just about made me die laughing. Absolutely genius.
Same 😂 I caught me so off guard and nearly fell out of my chair laughing. The timing too was impeccable
Since some of y'all have clearly failed to realize, no trash cans were required for the Astros to be great. 6 straight ALCS, 4 WS in 6 years and 2 titles (should've been 3 if not for Hinch). Both of those titles in spite of poor managers. And the fact that the innovator of the scandal (Alex Cora) was responsible for the 2018 ALCS loss to Boston. This Astros team of the past 7 years rivals the 96-01 Yankees as the greatest dynasty of the modern era.
@@matt_h_27 Damn, if they were so good then why did they even use the trash cans?
@@GazzyW007 first off, not everyone did. As for why… you’d have to ask Carlos Beltran (who told the young team they needed to catch up to the league in their sign stealing) and Alex Cora (who was the mastermind behind the method). The team obviously didn’t need to cheat, as they handled the Dodgers in two games in LA. And they also made it to 5 more ALCS after they stopped using them.
Stephane Matteau’s 1994 Game 7 double overtime goal needs a rewind
Absolutely
Or Richter’s game 3 penalty shot save against Bure
@@Chize41Game 4
That Howie Kendrick HR off that foul pole will always give me goosebumps!!!
I’m an Astros fan, I was at the section right next to the foul pole. I will never forget the sound of the ball hitting the pole. Everyone in the stadium knew that the Astros were going to loose.
Man… I was going to Nats games at RFK when I was a kid and I never thought I would see the day we’d not only be good, but win it all. Yanks and Nats are my two teams, but the Nats winning it all made me happier than almost anything the Yankees have done recently.
Bravo! Well done! This was a season for the ages.
The surge of momentum after May was truly unbelievable. So many little things and the chemistry this team had in the clubhouse and with the fans - after all, this was the year of the baby shark...
Winning that Wild Card game propelled us into the playoffs, besting some formidable matchups, ultimately marching right into the epic that was this historic 7-game WS. No home team ever won a game! An emotional ride that ended at a high point.
As a Nats fan, thank you for the memory. #finishedthefight
Most cathartic home run of the decade
I have been begging for this moment. YESSS!!! And this dagger shot means a lot to me as a former Halo fan with his making the last shot as the core we had in 2009. Napoli, Kendrick, Guerrero and Hunter was such a fun time and I always loved Kendrick so as Arte became Dan Snyder, I fell in love with the Nationals in 2011. I remember the joy and pain of it all and for Kendrick, the last piece of that core to get the ring was immensely needed closure to the former Angels side of me.
Also Rewinder Suggestion: Soto’s 2019 Wild Card Winning Hit.
Those late-00s Angels team were so good, it's crazy that they didn't go further. Whenever I watched them they seemed like an All Star team beating up on AAA teams. They just felt like the best team of that era, even though they never came close to winning it all. The 2007/8 playoff exits especially were baffling to watch.
@@jawbone78 yep. I have very fond memories of the 09 team the most with how we were a wagon. That was our chance and we could do it. Freaking A-Rod…
That’s why the 2019 team is one I will always cherish so much as Kendrick gave my newfound team the edge over the Astros Wagon which felt like they were a spiritual successor to our 09 team but in the last Hurrah of our window (2012-2021).
@@qshot9848 I was a Nats fan from birth, when they were the Expos, so I definitely appreciated the culmination of the long road in 2019. The mid-2010s Nats were actually a lot like the late-00s Angels, in that every single year they seemed like the obvious best team on paper, and you'd look at who they were running out there every day thinking, "who could possibly be better than this absolute embarrassment of riches?" only to watch them exit in the first round. 2019 was so cathartic.
@@jawbone78 Yeah. That NLCS Sweep was so damn cathartic especially from 2012 where as a kid, I learned sports heartbreak in real time from that double. Watching Eaton rip the souls of Cardinals Fans in half with that swing was euphoric combined with Kendrick cutting them down in game 3.
I am not fan of baseball, but I love the storytelling you guys do on this channel. On of the best on YT.
This is fantastic to re-live. Just want to point out that overall, Nats fans not only were ok with the Stras shutdown in the long-run, time has proven Rizzo correct. Stras signed his first extension with the Nats precisely because Rizzo protected him, and when he was healthy, he was among the best. He is one of the greatest postseason pitchers of all time (look it up). I am grateful that the Nats treated him well, and I'm only sad that his career ended so soon - but at least he brought the city a title, and flags fly forever.
Also, I HATE it when people frame the shutdown as "protecting Strasburg's arm for future postseason runs", because Rizzo was adamant from the beginning that he was doing it to protect Strasburg the person, not Strasburg the baseball asset. Rizzo believed (rightly or wrongly) that Strasburg's injury risk was too great to continue pitching that season, and he was willing to protect his player at the risk of losing baseball games. You can agree or disagree with his rationale, but the fact of the matter is he made a difficult decision to do what he thought was right and stuck to it despite the insane screaching of the rest of the baseball world.
Good work, Clara- I needed another baseball Rewinder, and I appreciate that this one had a postscript. More of these do, because of how often the biggest moments are not the final moments
As a stros fan you did not need to upload this lol, this one stings, a lot moreso than 2021, then we were hobbled and injured. 2019 we were absolutely dominant, then blew it when it mattered
As an astros fan, this will never not hurt
On god
Facts
Your team is defending champs. You have nothing to be upset about.
@@sdelmonteThey were 8 outs away of winning it and they blew it, still hurts still
@@sdelmontesteph curry has 4 rings, couldve had 5 if he didnt blow a 3-1 lead in 2016. obviously winning isnt just about winning once it’s about winning as much as possible
One of my most enjoyable moments as a fan of baseball for more than 3 decades. I absolutely loved the way this World Series turned out, i loved that Washington won it.
Not only was this a great world series (all wins by both teams were road wins) but it was a great postseason with plenty of drama. Washington beating Milwaukee in the WC game was epic and then upsetting the Dodgers in the NLCS.
They beat the cardinals in the nlcs the dodgers was the nlds
I've always maintained that Soto getting tagged out on the go-ahead hit helped the Nats ride the wave of momentum and close out the game.
@@SuperLvdr "They have Soto hung up, they tag him out, but nobody in this joint cares."
Great story, great storytelling. Thanks for this.
Clara, you are amazing. Shivers throughout the whole thing. Thank you.
I’ve been waiting for this since it happened!
I have been waiting for this video for 4 years
As a young (well, now 25 year old) Tigers fan who adopted the Nats as my second team, this World Series is still my favorite baseball memory.
the trashcan bit for the astros had me in stitches
Been waiting for this video since that night
The casual sarcasm in this was hilarious. Do more with this narrator.
As an Astros fan I can't believe I'm going watch this as it still haunts me to this very day
they continued their dominant run of ALCS runs and won in 2022 while the Nats turned into ash right after Game 7, I have no hauntings
Great video. Only thing I think they missed that was important was how Hinch decided not to bring in Cole. There was a lot of controversary behind not doing so.
Love these! Y’all should do one of these on the 2009 game 163 when the twins beat the tigers! That game was wild
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
Now you guys have to do a rewinder of Game 2 of the 2018 Stanley Cup finals, with Holtby's "The Save"
If it wasn't on video, I wouldn't believe it was possible.
I thought you would the Nats mangers speech from that year. It was very motivational
As a Washington sports fan I will say I don't hold it too much against Rizzo for shutting down Strasburg in 2012. The Redskins (Commanders) showed us the dangers of rushing back your team's star player with RG3. They rushed him back for that playoff run with a knee healthy enough to play but not healthy enough to stay intact. After he went down then he was never the same again. If we maybe rested him for the rest of the season and playoffs like Strasburg maybe they would have had a mini dynasty like the Nats did. Strasburg getting shut down I believe helped prolong his career just long enough for him to get through the title run. If we played him in 2012 he might've blown out his arm again in the playoffs and we might've nose-dived into a rebuild.
This was a magical postseason for us. Howie Kendrick was so clutch during it, dude was a beast.
I’ve been waiting 4 years for this video
Kansas vs Memphis. 2008 National Championship. Mario's Miracle deserves a Deep Rewind.
Watching this from Dacha Beer Garden across the street from Nats Park, I can attest that the place absolutely exploded. Just bedlam. In a series where the away team won all 7 games, this was the closest we could get to a home field crowd.
God i love baseball Rewinders so much, moments like these remind me why I adore the sport so much
I wanted the grand slam vs the Dodgers but you know what I’ll take it! Love to see some DC sports on this channel front and center for once
I remember being a block away from Nats Stadium when the fireworks went off and everybody was going crazy in the streets as they won 👏🏾🙌🏾
The *Bang*, “what was that?”, is a nice touch lol
Welp, I remember 2012 a little differently. I remember Strasburg giving up 7 runs to the lowly Marlins late in the season. I remember thinking he was spent. I remember agreeing with management to sit him.
And I also remember most fans agreeing with the decision in later years.
And if you’ll remember, Stras himself said he always appreciated the organization putting him first.
Oh, and then there’s the WS MVP thing.
So, yeah, not sure I agree with that part of the story so much.
But still a cool video! Thanks!!!
As an Astros fan, this one might be too painful to watch, but here we go!
Bah yall got your two rings lol
@@bmac4Should've been 3, if Hinch put Cole in
As an Angels fan I hated when Kendrick got traded but seeing him come up clutch all postseason and then to win it in Game 7 definitely made us all proud.
Thanks Secret Base, now my Tuesday is ruined. 😂
Dong! The sound of the Howie Kendrick Homer hitting the foul pole was so sweet.
2019 Astros, the best collection of talent ever on a roster that didn't win a a World Series.
Maybe they needed louder trash cans
@@sharkn8do958 wrong year buddy
@@royaltyyy9693 people don't forget
@@sharkn8do958 people are also stupid
i know a lot of it gets over looked by the cheating , but man that game is heartbreaking and as Greinke fan and an Astros fan:
Greinke is pitching the game of his life, making multiple gold glove assists to and strike outs. His iconic “it’s gonna be a big game” interview and then a brilliant performance while looked unbothered by being at the biggest stage. He gave up that homer and the gets Soto to two Strikes. Greinke throws a strike down the middle which blue calls a ball, making greinke throw another pitch out of the zone which led to the walk. While being red hot and not wanting to leave the game, and zack having too much anxiety to make a scene , he leaves the game and the astros give up the lead two pitches afterwards.
The rest is history, the scandal broke and the astros have been hated ever since; but the story of Greinke being pulled out is always a heart breaking one here in Houston.
Thanks for posting..I enjoy your observation of the fans...funny I do same thing when watching the game from home...who's eating steak or popcorn behind homeplate..etc..
Astros fans were not relaxed during game 7 having a 2-1 lead everyone was stressing
Yea idk what she was saying
My son was born in 2019. I vividly remember trying to rock him back to sleep when Kendrick hit his grand slam in Los Angeles. I've never shouted so silently in my life.
I'll never forget that magical season. But there was more that this video did not cover that needed to be there.
I think the only appropriate followup is the Jomboy Soto Shuffle vs Greinke video.
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Thank you Mike rizzo for everything you have done this far!!!
This was also off the heels of the Caps winning the Stanley Cup. What a magical 2 years it was to be a Washington Sports fan!!
That 2019 World Series hurt so bad as an Astros fan. That year was by far our best team over the last 6 years.
You guys literally cheated to win one in ‘17. You deserved to feel the pain this time you cheating bastards
As a nats fan I’ll forever tear up thinking about how much struggle it meant to get to that insane playoff run.
Howie Kendrick off the foul pole baby!!! That clang was BEAUTIFUL
Clara is GOATED for the trash can noises 😂😂😂
Would love, LOVE SBNation to do a rewind on Leicester city’s title win eventually. It’s hard because you have a few moments to select from: liverpool goal, breaking RVN’s goal record against United, but ofc the one that’ll come to mind didn’t even happen with them directly in hazard’s goal.
What a game. What a series. What a postseason. What a year.
"What's that noise?" 🤣🤣🤣
I can still see that image of howie with his hand in the air, it is engraved in my mind!!!!
I was at Nats park watching this game and it had been raining seemingly all game. I swear when Kendrick hit this home run the rain stopped.
As an Astros fan, my one regret from losing in 2019 and 2021 is that we couldn’t get Greinke a ring. At least we got him to the dance, something none of his other teams can say.
The trash cans werent around help.
@@BOLIS or in 2022. WS champs. Go Stros
@@gobster99typical fan since what..2017?? 😂
@@dannys1392 since 1985. When did you start hating? 2017???
@@gobster99 yeah cause thats when your so called "champs" got popped for cheating. Once a cheater, always one.
Great Doc, Clara is in her Bag!
I am not even into sports, i just like Clara Morris basically telling me sports themed stories with good editing.
“Anthony Rendon is the kind of guy that can make you pay for a mistake” - Jon Bois and the Angels
I still can’t believe Howie Kendrick hit that pitch, especially for a home run
This was the first ever season I watched. No clue who was playing, where and who the teams were, all I knew was there was something really special happening right in front of me.
2018 and 2019 were magical years for DC sports. Both the Caps and Nats were practically identical franchises -- both consistently awful until some time around 2010 when they locked in extremely talented rosters that consistently led their respective league in the regular season, but inevitably chocked in the first round of the playoffs. Even in some of their best years through the 2010s it felt like no one had hope once the postseason came around. But something just clicked those years and it felt like the entire town was buzzing with excitement for both of their runs right from the start. It was truly special.
I've always forgiven Rizzo for shutting down Strasburg in 2012. Why? Three words.
MATT FREAKING HARVEY
I just never understood why they didn't save some innings for the playoffs once it was clear the team was for real. They could have gone to a 6 man rotation, skipped a few starts, ANYTHING other than just running down the innings.
Sadly, in the end it only delayed things for Stephen. Long enough for him to get his contract, but both were on the long list of TJ recipients who didn't endure.
Ultimately it was nerve damage though, not the actual tendons.@@sdelmonte
A little too recent for a Rewind, but I appreciate a new episode and baseball analysis.
The trash can sound got me 😂
I still get chills for the ding
Awesome HR
When are we getting the rewinder on the 1994 game 163 between Billy Haywood’s Miracle Twins and the Mariners?
I didn’t need to relive this this. 😅
I'm glad yall did a rewind on this. I don't think enough people talk about how crazy that moment was.
Been an Astros fan since I was born and grew up in the teams lean years, but I can say confidently that no moment haunts me more than the clang of that ball off the foul pole
What about the part about you guys being cheaters? Astros, more like asterisks
@@ugottmedoesn’t haunt us. The players cheated, not the fans
I’d say the Albert Pujols home run in the 2005 NLCS, the whole 2005 World Series, and the 2015 losses in Game 4 and 5 to the Royals haunt me
I like how she continuously said the Astros traded away their future but they’re still on top all these years later.
Crazy. We need to at least one more championship
"Good night and good game" is such a great sign off.
In Game 7 Greinke was just slapping everyone around and plowing through them like they were nothing. As a Nats fan, I can say with full 100% confidence that if Greinke doesn't get pulled from the game at that moment, the Nats don't win the World Series. A move that still baffles me, by the way. I know the NLCS MVP was coming up to bat, but aside from the last 2 batters Greinke was DEALING and only had 80 pitches!! They hadn't been able to do anything against him all game long. No WAY they're able to muster up anything or have the comeback they did if Greinke's still in there. So thanks AJ Hinch for taking Greinke out and handing the World Series to us, because I'm fully confident we don't win it if you don't do that
Do a Rewinder for the 2019 NL Wildcard game!
I just love the Trashcan sound
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