Neal Pomea

Well, don't conclude you have to be in another time zone to be overlooked by the eastern press. I would say it's more like the NY-New England press. They overlook us here in Washington when it comes to sports!! The press corps here can barely conceal how much they would rather be in NY or Boston (most of them).

The Nationals have a few days to sign Adam LaRoche before he tests the free agent market. His agent is going for a contract lasting more years than DC would like. He missed most of '11 with an injury, then had a career year in '12, which makes it a tough call. I hope we sign him to three years. Sean Burnett is also likely to become a free agent. Wish we could hold on to him. He's been a big part of the bullpen's success, such as it has been.

Congratulations to the Giants and their fans! They outplayed all their opponents.

Looks like the days off for the Tigers threw them off. Baseball is largely about feel day by day. While a football team might benefit from extra days off, not a baseball team. There's no way in this tournament system to formulate some sort of incentive or advantage for winning your pennant early or even winning your division. Still, the Giants regular season was something to be proud of, and this tournament could have been much worse if St. Louis were in the WS. It WILL be crazy in the future with this system.

The lines for early voting today in Maryland were unbelievably long, so yes, I think this was affected by people worrying about power outages next week.

Snagged it. Thanks Allen!

Giants and Tigers have never met in the World Series. You would think so back in Ty Cobb's day.

Was his family name Americanized from the French Thibaut? The one that puzzles me is Favre, pronounced Farv. How is the r sound in front of the v? Favre is a pretty common name in Louisiana and I assume Mississippi, pronounced Fahv, silent re.

Still stinging from last Friday's game when DC had a 6-1 lead yet lost to St L, but I sort of hope St L takes it tonight so that they are messed up by as many days off as Detroit's going to get. COMPLETELY unfair and so Selig-like for the late season hot team with the inferior regular season record to win. Why even play 162 games? Let's see what happens if St L cools off. In the end I will root for the NL team because I still do root for my league representative in the World Series just about every year. Guess I am old fashioned that way. Irrational holding on to the League concept, I know.

A certain Spanish tinge

Felt bad for Rolen on that error. But it takes a whole lot of plays to win or lose a single game, much less a series.

Zimmermann and Clippard struck out the side in 7 and 8. Don't know what Storen did in 9, but the bullpen did better today! All bets off for tomorrow. The "Werth it" meme has to do with bitter fans who thought the owners spent too much on his contract. There's always people concerned about how somebody else spent their own money.

Thrashing by St L! Whoa! Is anybody rooting for the Cardinals? They're not like America's favorite middle of the country team anymore. Wish I could be at Wednesday's game in DC!

Late game dramatics in St. Louis, Nationals win! Werth saved the game with a great catch at the wall, and the relievers came through, with help from a generous strike zone!

I'm rooting for Baltimore. For Mike Flanagan.

Yes, Oakland and Baltimore deserve a lot of credit! This one's gonna hurt the loser a long, long time.

True. We had the Washington Homestead Grays for a decade.

That's funny! In honor of Selig, name 'em Money Stunt I and Money Stunt II.

Where would you locate two new teams? Is it time for Monterey yet? That would be awesome. San Juan? The Expos were stationed there part time for a year. I'm just glad the league didn't contract a few years ago, or else DC would not have a team at all.

Not a bad idea! Best 2 out of 3.

Who's pitching for Atlanta and St. Louis on Friday?

They are all in the playoffs, but what is at stake is winning the division and home field "advantage," which will be a real advantage in the future but not so much this year. Division winners Yankees Tigers Athletics Wild card Orioles Rangers UNLESS Orioles win tonight v Tampa and Yankees lose to Red Sox, which would tie them with NY. Not sure but I believe they would actually play a one game playoff to decide which one is division champ and which one is wild card. I might be wrong about that. Bottom line: It's not so much your argument but your sentiment I agree with, that Selig is an idiot.

Congratulations to Oakland, but look out Texas! What a final day of the season! Not quite like last year, but pretty darn good. Still to come: Orioles drama.

Nationals top Philly 5-1. We will be playing the winner of Braves and Cardinals Sunday. And I hope the days off don't hurt us.

Also, congratulations to Baltimore! They were my local team from 1985 when I moved to Maryland until 2005 when the Expos moved to DC. There has NEVER been a year in MLB when both Washington and Baltimore were in the post-season. No other World Series match up would be more improbable this year.