{"id":24691,"date":"2015-08-12T09:18:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T13:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=24691"},"modified":"2015-08-12T09:18:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T13:18:15","slug":"nats-the-curse-of-mr-walk-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2015\/08\/nats-the-curse-of-mr-walk-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats: The Curse of Mr. Walk-Off?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watching Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong> hit walk off home runs<\/a> has been an important part of being a Washington Nationals fan. I gave him his Mr. Walk-Off nickname<\/a> (DC Sports Bog, The Post<\/em>) back in 2008 after he beat the Atlanta Braves on Opening Night at Nationals Park.
\n<\/p>\n

Zimmerman was about the only joy we had as Nats fans for several seasons it seems and I think the a high percentage of DC fans have dreamed of him hitting a game-winning homer to win the pennant\/World Series, etc. He’s OUR guy – he grew up with the franchise. I want him to succeed more than anybody else in Washington uniform, any sport. Is it too much to ask for a little divine providence?<\/p>\n

There’s one problem though – check out the years Zimmerman has hit walkoffs:<\/p>\n

2006
\n2007
\n2008
\n2009
\n2010
\n2011
\n2013
\n2015<\/p>\n

There are two years missing there, two pretty notable years:<\/p>\n

2012
\n2014<\/p>\n

To date, those are the only two years that the Nats have made the playoffs, winning the division both times.<\/p>\n

\"correlation\"<\/a>
\nFrom xkcd 552: Correlation<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh and Bryce Harper thinks he has a bone-bruise and the Nats are 2.5 back of the New York Mets with a finale in L.A. against Clayton Kershaw followed by road trips to San Francisco and Colorado.<\/p>\n

Gulp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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