"I'm sorry. We'll make it up to 'em next year. It was a fun ride. Lot of character. Really enjoyed managing this year. You know, I've been on the other end of the stick where there's one out, and you live on, and we couldn't get it. We had the right people there, just got a little too cautious."
(Davey Johnson, 10/13/2012)
NLDS Game 5: Cardinals 9, Nationals 7. Gutted. One strike away in the 9th, and somehow the wrong team ended up popping champagne and spraying beer in a clubhouse at Nationals Park.
There's heartbreak, and then there's what happened tonight.
Amazing season. How many days until pitchers and catchers report?
It was Teddy, plain and simple.
It was ironic that just hours before, the Baseball Gods continued to make Duquette pay for one presumptous action defying them in October 2003.
Coose one: Join Red Sox Nation, become Lovable Losers, or treat The Game with the respect it deserves, and let sideshow entertainment stay sideshow entertainment.
Posted by: Nor'Easter | October 13, 2012 at 01:24 AM
BTW - Pitchers and Catchers report in 130 days.
Posted by: Nor'Easter | October 13, 2012 at 01:26 AM
Nats Enquirer, thank you for not being negative. This is our team and they gave us a wonderful year of baseball. Too bad it ended this way, but we'll be back.
Posted by: Section 109 | October 13, 2012 at 02:01 AM
AMAZING season is right. I can't believe it either - woke up this mining hoping it was a bad dream. But alas.
Now we've 'been there' so we know how to do it again. What a fun ride this season was.
Posted by: Kara | October 13, 2012 at 08:47 AM