Rooting for Nationals was easy

Howie Kendrick was my favorite Angel. I loved his intensity. I loved the look on his face when he was at the plate. He looked like the meanest guy on the planet and ready to rip the pitcher into little pieces. Yet he had the sweetest temperament and the broadest smile. I was very upset when they traded him, except he went to the Dodgers, except he was traded for my favorite Dodger, Dee Gordon, who also had a great smile and turned out to be a wonderful and very intense player as well. To see Howie as still the great player he is in the playoffs and World Series was a treat I’ll never forget.

Ed Masciana

Torrance

Hopefully, it will be some consolation for Dodgers fans that the team that they lost to in a thrilling series now are World Series champions.

It has been a long wait but I, as a Washington native (while no longer residing in that city), finally have seen a Washington team as not only league champions but World Series ones.

As an individual who benefited from being a safety school patrol member and thus eligible for a free admission to the game, I saw my first Major League Baseball game in 1933 in Washington D.C., albeit not a World Series one. For me, contrary to the general opinion of fans everywhere, it seems like yesterday.

Nelson Marans

Manhattan, N.Y.

There is unity in Washington! It is because of the Nationals. The grand slam by Howie Kendrick against the Dodgers was part of a fairy-tale story. D.C. deserves the championship after losing two baseball franchises and enduring decades of noncontending teams.

Al Delay

Riverside

Perhaps if the Dodgers still had Howie Kendrick, they would have won the World Series this year.

Jeff Hershow

Woodland Hills

Wow! I was 1 year old when Washington had that World Series victory back in 1924. I am now 96 years old and still getting so much enjoyment from our great game of baseball.

I can’t help but think about Bryce Harper sitting here in Las Vegas watching all this happen without him. It reminds me that it doesn’t take one Bryce Harper to win, it takes a village. Everyone on that team played an important part.

Thank you, Washington Nationals, for an amazing World Series.

Edee Shuman

Las Vegas

Four reasons to celebrate the Nationals’ World Series championship and Astros’ loss:

1. The Nationals won without Bryce Harper, whose team did not even make the playoffs.

2. Zack Greinke still has no championship after rejecting the Dodgers’ great $30-million-plus multi-year offer.

3. Astros fans in attendance at Game 7 now know partially what I felt like attending Game 7 in 2017.

4. Good guy Howie Kendrick hit a homer in Game 7 and finally has a ring.

Ken Feldman

Tarzana

For great moments in sports history, it’s hard to beat the image of Washington Nationals fans greeting the president with boos, catcalls, chants of “Lock him up” and a huge banner, “Impeach Trump!”

A World Series memory to cherish.

Ray Mungo

Signal Hill

As a 99-year old veteran of World War II and the Korean War, I take issue with the Washington Nationals fans who showed disrespect to the president during Game 5 of the World Series.

I was taught by my parents, immigrants from Italy, that even though you might not like the president, you should still respect the office. I was actually pulling for the Nationals, as I often root for the underdog and Washington hadn’t been in the World Series since the ’30s, but that changed after President Trump was booed.

Dan Alessini

Los Angeles

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