Clobbering The Nats: Let’s Go ‘Stros

I’ve been a Braves fan ever since the days of Hammerin’ Hank Aaron.  After a season of “rebuilding”, the team was poised to bring back the glory days of their 14 back-to-back Division Titles from 1991-2005.

I wasn’t interested in the World Series this year because their nemesis, the Washington Nationals, were playing inspired baseball coming back from 12 games under .500 (19-31) to make the postseason.

The Braves lost to the Cards in the NLDS and their dreams of a return to the World Series were snuffed out.

I was shocked when the Astros lost the first two games at home.  Ditto when they won three straight at Nationals Park over the weekend.  Now, I will be watching Game 6 when the Nats return to Minute Maid Park and a decidedly different crowd.  The Astros lead the series 3-2 and the Nationals have no more room for a loss.  They face the ‘Stros pitching ace Justin Verlander.

You may wonder, hey, you’re pulling for Houston because the Braves didn’t make it to the show.  You’d be wrong.  I’m rooting for them because of the shameful way the partisan DC Beltway fans disgraced themselves during Game 5 Sunday.

While Game 4 was being played, a years-long manhunt for the world’s most wanted terrorist, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, culminated in U.S. commandos killing him.

It’s not the booing of President Trump that got me upset. That sort of thing happens with every president.  No, no. It was the two banners displayed behind home plate in near perfect view of television cameras which read “Veterans for Impeachment” and the chants of “Lock Him Up”.  Absolutely no one is more pro-veteran than this president. 

According to Stars and Stripes, “The banners were the work of Common Defense, a liberal veterans advocacy group that numbers fewer than a dozen members of the veterans community which polls show gives Trump widespread support.”

The Washington crowd’s mockery may have felt good, but it will have unintended consequences.  The world is a safer place now that al-Baghdadi has breathed his last breath.  Many view the actions President Trump took as his finest hour. The world owes this president a debt of gratitude for approving, unlike his predecessor, the aggressive military actions that crushed ISIS and killed its commander.  I hope a ton of fans in Houston wave the American flag and chant “Four More Years” to show the world the DC Beltway does not speak for the rest of the country.

Not so fast everybody, Astros might have to fly back to DC to wrap this up.#TakeItBack pic.twitter.com/FpniK5cHHG

— TheFederalist Tweets (@federalistmemes) October 28, 2019