Having lived in the DC suburbs of VA for all of my 76+ years, I'm so thrilled that my home-town team finally won a WS Championship during my lifetime!
Of course, I'd like my Nationals to win the NL East, but I wouldn't bet anything meaningful on it. Washington has very good starting pitching, seemingly much better relief pitching than last year, and a solid defense. What I fear they may by lacking is enough hitting, with Anthony Rendon, their best hitter last year, having departed during free agency. If Juan Soto hits 40+ homers and bats .310+, maybe they will have just enough hitting, plus the Nats will have to win a high percentage of close games.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, W575-1 E. S. Rice version, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also T216 Kotton "NGO" card of Hugh Jennings. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo.
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