On October 15, 2019, the Seattle Mariners hit an inflection point. This was through no action of their own on that date—they’d endured a miserable 94-loss season and were long since home for the winter—rather, it was because their last remaining partner in pennantless misery had shaken the ghost. The Washington Nationals polished off a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2019 National League pennant and guarantee a trip to the World Series.
Through 36 seasons as the Montreal Expos and 14 more as the Nats after relocation, it had been a half-century of pain for the franchise, from Blue Monday and 1994 in Montreal to Daniel
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