Primarily, I'd prefer the Nationals don't play an NL east team in the NLDS. I think this rule change is a bit of crap and don't like it one bit. If the Nats need to play the Barves, it should be in the NLCS. I also think giving the Barves a chance to cool off a bit from their torrid run of the last few weeks might also be a help. The Nats are coming out of their mini slump and playing alright and moving towards good/great again. Need to play other teams on the downswing.