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[quote=Anonymous]The end of the regular season is the end of September, and Washington has a very small (3.8% chance, according to today's WaPo) of making into the playoffs.

To do this, they have to get the second of two "wild card" spots.  (After the 3 division winners in the standings, the two teams with the next-best win/loss records on the season.)  Their competitor for this "wild card" slot is the Cincinnati Reds.  Right now the Cincinnati Reds are 4.5 games ahead of the Nats for this spot, with 12 games left to play in the season.  Which means if the Nationals win all 12 of their remaining games, the Reds have to lose 5 of their remaining games for the Nationals to get the spot.  A long shot, and complicated if you're unfamiliar with the game, but it's exciting.  (This is called a "pennant race"--the team that wins the entire National League after the playoffs is referred to as winning the "pennant," and they get to go to the World Series to play against the American League pennant winner.)

The Nationals beat the Braves (our division leader) twice yesterday in a doubleheader (which is two games in one day).  If we beat them again tonight it will be a "sweep" of the 3-game series.  After the Braves leave town, we play mostly the Philadelphia Phillies and the Florida Marlins for the rest of the season.  Both of those teams are pretty bad, and most of the teams the Reds play for the rest of the season are pretty good, which makes our chance of catching them for the wild card spot a little more exciting.  
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