I couldn't figure where to post this, so I guess I'll just throw it out here.
Major League baseball has never had a season before where there was a team in each league that won more than 105 games (during the regular season). The Nationals beat both of those teams. In that sense, they had the toughest path any World Series champion has ever faced -- and that's without getting into the wild-card status, and the comebacks that were required, both in-game and in-season.
Washington: First in war, first in peace, and
last in the American League first in baseball!
