About the World Series.
Haven’t done one of these in a long time. I think I even neglected to write when Keith Hernandez was a guest back when his latest memoir — I’m Keith Hernandez: A Memoir
But with the Washington Nationals winning the first championship for the nation’s capital since the Senators did so 1924, the national pastime was once again included in one of my favorite NPR shows.
SAGAL: All right. Here is your last quote.
WHITCOMB: OK.
KURTIS: You’re a freaking bulldog, bro.
SAGAL: That was Davey Martinez talking to a man named Max Scherzer after their team, the Washington Nationals, did what this week?
WHITCOMB: They won their first World Series.
SAGAL: They did.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: They won their first World Series.
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: The Washington Nationals won it in seven games against the Astros, and for the first time in history, the winning team won all the road games. It makes sense. They were just so happy to be away from D.C.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: By the way, among many other interesting things, this is the oldest World Series roster of players ever. For example, pitcher Fernando Rodney is 42 years old, and their shortstop is Joe Biden.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: It was, in fact, the first World Series win in Washington since 1924, and things have changed tremendously. Back then, President Calvin Coolidge threw out the first pitch. And today, Calvin Coolidge is dead.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: Now, as you know, our current president attended game five in Washington. He did not throw out the first pitch. He didn’t want to do it when they told him he couldn’t drive his golf cart right onto the pitcher’s mound. Instead, the president just attended the game. And when he was shown on the scoreboard, and the whole stadium booed him, it was terrible, and it couldn’t have felt any better when Melania kind of joined in.
(LAUGHTER)
GONDELMAN: Interestingly, if Calvin Coolidge were at this year’s World Series, he would have been the one saying, (imitating ghost) ooh.
SAGAL: (Imitating ghost) Ooh.
(LAUGHTER)
GONDELMAN: They’re not all good jokes.
SAGAL: Yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
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