{"id":16229,"date":"2019-10-16T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16229"},"modified":"2019-10-23T18:04:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T22:04:41","slug":"operation-ewing-theory-nearly-complete-nats-to-the-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16229","title":{"rendered":"Operation Ewing Theory nearly complete: Nats to the World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kendrick<\/a>

Kendrick deservedly wins NLCS MVP. Photo via bleacherreport.com<\/p><\/div>\n

So, I chose a rather inopportune time to take a 6-day vacation.\u00a0 In those 6 days, the Nats managed to absolutely obliterate the NL Central champs to complete a pretty improbable sweep and make the World Series.<\/p>\n

(by the way, if you didn’t know what the “Ewing Theory” is … see this link<\/a>.\u00a0 The theory basically is that a team that sees a dominant star player depart immediately performs better than they ever did with said player for a variety of reasons.)<\/p>\n

I mostly “watched” the series on my MLB-app, pulling it up again and again and being in shock at the scores I was seeing.\u00a0 \u00a0Seven runs in the first in a clincher?\u00a0 Get out!\u00a0 Four runs against the Card’s Ace\u00a0Jack Flaherty<\/strong> in game 3 to knock him out?\u00a0 Amazing.\u00a0 Two near-no hitters on foreign soil, one of them by our fourth starter?\u00a0 Yeah.<\/p>\n

Here was some of the more amazing take-aways for me in this series:<\/p>\n