Only since I woke up this morning.
But the people in LA have it under control. The LA Times thinks it's a done deal.
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Basically the same Nats as in 2016? If that's what the LA Times is basing its optimism on ...
The eight 2016 Nats with the most plate appearances: Rendon, Harper, Werth, Espinosa, Murphy, Ramos, Revere and Zimmerman. The three pitchers with more than 25 starts: Scherzer, Roark and Gonzalez. None of the 19 pitchers who made relief appearances are on the team now.
The starting lineup for the fifth game in 2017 had Werth, Harper, Wieters, Murphy and Gonzalez.
This team is very different from either the 2016 or the 2017 team, much less those of 2012 or 2014.
They may lose tonight, but if so, it won't be because of how the four previous playoff teams performed.