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Despite the win, no MLB team from the nation's capital had won a home game in the World Series since 1933. Along with the Washington Capitals winning the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals, the Nationals and Capitals brought the first major league championships to D.C. since 1992, when the Washington Redskins won Super Bowl XXVI.
The 2019 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2019 season. The 115th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Houston Astros and the National League champion Washington Nationals. The series was played from October 22 to October 30. [2]
Pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness (May 12, Mother's Day) "Play Ball" patch in partnership with USA Baseball and USA Softball (June 1–2) Blue ribbons for prostate cancer awareness (June 16, Father's Day) No July 4 uniforms this season but special Stars and Stripes fauxback caps July 4–7 [216] Gold ribbons for childhood cancer (August 30)
The 2019 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series in Major League Baseball’s 2019 postseason between the two winners of the 2019 National League Division Series, the third-seeded St. Louis Cardinals and the fourth-seeded Washington Nationals, for the National League (NL) pennant and the right to play in the 2019 World Series.
Year American League Champion National League Champion World Series / Chronicle-Telegraph Cup Champion 1900 – Brooklyn Superbas: Brooklyn Superbas () : 1901
Marco Hernández played in his first MLB game since the 2017 season, and Jackie Bradley Jr. hit his fifth home run of the season. The second game of the doubleheader was a 5–1 Red Sox win, as David Price held the Rays to one run in six innings, with 10 strikeouts.
The 2019 National League Wild Card game would be a sign of things to come for the Nationals. The Nats would thrive in playing in elimination games during the 2019 postseason, as they went 5–0 in such games, on the way to their first championship in franchise history and first for a Washington D.C. baseball team since 1924.
On January 5, 1989, Major League Baseball signed a $400 million deal with ESPN, who would show over 175 games beginning in 1990.For the next four years, ESPN would televise six games a week (Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball and doubleheaders on Tuesdays and Fridays), as well as multiple games on Opening Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day.