Washington Nationals: 0.1% chance of winning the World Series to Champions

In May, the Washington Nationals were 19-31 and had a 0.1% chance of winning the World Series. Now, they are the champs. Watch the best moments of their season!
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[@趙祖睿]

I'm so happy for Ryan Zimmerman,the first ever nationals draft pick, endure so many highs and lows with the team, unlike others,he still stay with the team with loyalty, right now as a champion,what a story for the Mr. Washington

[@streaksfn4386]

Unlike oThErS

[@savageforce8452]

@@streaksfn4386 cough cough Bryce Harper cough cough

[@BmoreAkuma]

I have forgetten he was their "first pick". Good thing for another old vet that stuck it out like Ovekhin for the Caps

[@JeevesAnthrozaurUS]

The definitive Franchise Player

[@peggymicsky8607]

Ryan is SOLID GOLD, as a MAN as well as a Nat!

[@ivancalabi3414]

Nationals: “So you’re telling me there’s a chance” 🤓

[@crash72z86]

Yes sir that’s right

[@crash72z86]

There is a chance.

[@DrewParker-ls2yz]

Yez🤓☝️

[@mmafights8064]

Thank God they won this world series accidentally at the start of a rebuild and had NO IDEA of the caliber roster they built. And now my phillies have both Bryce Harper and Trae Turner. In the playoffs this year, Harper has 5 HRs on a .319 avg and Turner has 11 game post season hitting streak with 3 HRs , a team high 17 hits on a CRAZY .459 batting average and .512 on base percentage. 🔥🔥🔥 i can definitely watch these guys on this phillies team for another 5 years. BTW they are 5 wins away from a world series ring as Philadelphia Phillies.!! Thanks nationals !! 😊

[@GuitarMatt]

Jim Carery! ( not to be confused with the goaltender who gave us a chance before our first Stanley Cup appearance in the 1990s)

[@andrewshemon1994]

I truly believe that the Nationals are one of the best underdog teams in MLB history

[@dbass9767]

Agreed

[@cpt.honklerof3rdkekistania400]

Definitely

[@Tommycat4888]

Andrew Shemon easily

[@pstash78]

in any pro sports team. (not just MLB)

[@julesbadguy5878]

Maybe THE best. I've never seen anything like this.

[@stoddard1953]

St Louis Blues: last place in January. Cup champions in June. Washington Nationals: Written off in June. World Series champs in October. This is why sports is awesome.

[@MrSonicspeed59]

Miami Dolphins Super Bowl Champions 2020!

[@jessiecutie1709]

Avi Scheinberg Dolphins might be pushing it 😅

[@kashbhajii]

why not both?

[@Hockeyfiend8]

Avi Scheinberg sorry but that’s like the redskins winning the super bowl too 💀

[@Musicrecords10]

Wow a bottom team won the championship, you guys act like this happens every year, sports are literally the same teams winning over and over for the most part

[@maxwellcooper2]

2019: Blues, Raptors, Nationals, year of surprise champions

[@claytonstone2825]

Ehhhh the raptors weren't that much of a surprise.

[@reeeeeeee-e2g]

@@claytonstone2825 KD and klay got injured, if not for that they wouldn't have won. Of course it was a surprise.

[@jordanpetersonon200mgdiaze3]

What if this is the year that pro sports are no longer fixed?

[@jakeyyad03]

NHL, NBA & MLB Winners this year was the team's 1st Championship unbelievable

[@dbass9767]

True, NATIONALS and Raptors, first time in their history, not sure about the Blues

[@DocWalker202]

beating two hundred win teams on the way... sweeping the cardinals..well deserved.. that Houston offense is a juggernaut and they kept them tame

[@TreadlightlyWR]

A big part of their success is just being really good at learning how to read tipped pitches and stealing catcher signs

[@kevin6293]

Luke Mendelsohn, keep crying. 😭😢

[@elcidredleg]

The Luke Mendelsohn salt mine is officially open for business, folks!!

[@davonduffey6653]

💯 GOD IS GOOD

[@ssj2camaro21]

Games 3 4 5 proves you wrong. They got lucky that Hinch made the horrible decision to switch pitchers and basically handled the win to them.

[@seadav0183]

"What will the Nationals be without Bryce Harper?" Champions.

[@peggymicsky8607]

World Series Winners - NATIONAL BASEBAL CHAMPIONS! 💖

[@Patrick61804]

Lilly Rose AND against cheaters too

[@robertharvey9047]

new York Yankees stadium

[@robertharvey9047]

new York Yankees

[@kellsm784]

Period.

[@dustinstoner6195]

Walgreens for the win

[@nickvoivoda4327]

violinprodigy 2.0 I think the nats has it before Walgreens, like the senators used the same logo

[@brandanb9735]

@@nickvoivoda4327 That's right. Virtually identical to the curly W sported by the expansion Senators.

[@Zachary-ro6eg]

W

[@johnleber3369]

Whats wrong with i???? OLD Senators had same logo W was on 1901 to 1960 GriffithnStadium Senators Whrn grass was green.

[@marilynloy916]

Dustin Stoner funny I never realized that till you just mentioned it. Still happy for them❤️

[@DamageLLC]

That was a great World Series match up. For the first time in MLB history not a single home game was won by the home team. It was simply amazing.

[@andrewserrano921]

That was crazy

[@samesame998]

I’m soo happy for the nats I’m a Yankees fan So I’m happy they won after a while

[@mattdamon1323]

after a while? They’ve never won! 🥳

[@gospos1]

Thanks very much!!

[@mrasmussen90]

No subs with No vids I’m also a Yankees fan and I almost always root for the AL team(Red Sox excluded) and I just couldn’t with the Astros. I’m so glad the Nats won.

[@BL-hu6ns]

Same Same And you’re happy we demolish the cheaters for you guys

[@MidwestDIY]

From last to first within months: Washington Nationals and St. Louis Blues 2019

[@zacharyschiefelbein4956]

Arlan T. And your 2019 Miami Dolphins :)

[@hvinsonj]

Arlan T. They weren’t first

[@Spamus]

@@zacharyschiefelbein4956 the Dolphins aren't gonna win a game

[@mbdg6810]

@@hvinsonj i think the guy meant first as in "won the ws"

[@dbass9767]

Regardless if were last or not they still had only a 0.1 percent to make the World Series

[@ethan60645]

as a cubs fan, i was rooting for washington from the beginning of the playoffs, and they didn’t disappoint with milwaukee, la, and st. louis let alone houston

[@Hat65]

David Ross next year as manager. I'm loving it!!!

[@ethan60645]

Avacado and Greens yesss bringing back the 2016 vibes, i’m trying to see our dugout like the nationals’, kendrick and rendon and parra all having fun playing great ball

[@miamidolphinsfan]

I hope Bryce Harper stopped counting his money long enough to give some props to his former team mates....LOL

[@moneyshea1]

Bryce who?

[@marcelparizal838]

You wish you had Bryce Harper type money

[@miamidolphinsfan]

@@marcelparizal838 do you understand context ? Or do I have to explain it ? I'm guessing I have to explain. It's not about being jealous of Harper's money, it's that he could have had a ring too, but he choose to take more money than stay with Washington.

[@westonwheeler2311]

@@miamidolphinsfan which honestly I would've done what Harper did as well.

[@dustinnunez5077]

Kevin Clements old news New year new era we don’t care

[@airplane381]

The Nationals have proved the critics wrong. Congratulations to them of winning the World Series.

[@zcorpalpha2462]

Daniel Bazalar Now, they can rub it in ‼️🔥

[@callmesoftware8633]

@@zcorpalpha2462 especially to Bryce

[@zcorpalpha2462]

TM_Software I’m a huge Atlanta Braves fan. I want them to trade Freeman, so we can get a decent starting pitcher ⚾️

[@wsmokr]

@@zcorpalpha2462 Really?? Tell you what the Yankees will give you J.A Happ for Freeman.

[@ivyhoursstrikes2324proter]

Since they beat the 2 best 1st seed teams Dodgers and cardinals and no. 2 Astros

[@kevinarndt6110]

A sincerest thank you from this Cubs fan for knocking out the Brewers and sweeping the Cards!!! Well earned NATS!!

[@tatialo37]

I hear ya! Grew up near Wrigley Field!!! Go cubbies!!!! Congrats gnats!!!!

[@jeremystark3350]

Anthony Rendon single handidly saved Major league baseball with one swing of the bat!!

[@kevenash]

You are correct.....

[@MopUser]

also that kendrick homer in game 7 upped their odds of winning by like 20 and they were still down 2

[@ryanfontenot2073]

Which one?

[@ryanfontenot2073]

Forget what I said about which one, i thought you said Kendrick

[@SY35_Productions]

Bryce Harper: signs with Phillies Nationals after winning WS: who’s the joke now???

[@KevinJStoll]

If there was ever a team that deserves this. The Nationals are it. They worked hard to get there and won. That's the sign of a championship team. Well done Nationals !!!

[@mauriciorosales9488]

1:09 "The Nationals have hit, back to back. to back to back homeruns" EPIC

[@mauriciorosales9488]

@win2008workstation Damn right

[@HollowPoint_762]

@win2008workstation and what's even crazier, is that wasn't the first time the Nats have done that.

[@gospos1]

Have been an Expo/Nats fan since 1972 and thought I would never see a championship in my lifetime...Thank you for making this video..something I will never forget ..

[@nehemiasrodriguez1659]

Don"t let anyone tell you what your odds are.

[@DarKKnightt07]

you make your own path to glory

[@Emper0rH0rde]

I don't think the ramifications of what happened last month have fully sunk in yet. That was one of the biggest upsets in baseball history.

[@jakwiq]

Me either man. I don't even watch baseball much and I'll only check out the Nats in the postseason. But this has got me watching their regular season highlights on youtube. I'll prob check them out during the reg season next year too. They need to make the right re-signings and keep the right people.

[@jakwiq]

@ASTROS fan Winning four games in Houston is lucky? Hahahahaha

[@samuela9245]

what a season 4 this team.what a playoffs. damn

[@cameronavirus772]

I still love the astros there was a bandwagon in my Houston neighborhood on Halloween. It's sad you can't love a team after mistakes.

[@crimsonnight9150]

A memorable season for the nationals. From being one fo the worst teams in the beginning of the season to world champs. Baseball is amazing

[@simpsonsfan09]

The most unlikely championship run in my lifetime. Congrats to the Nats.

[@andrewserrano921]

Lester city in the world of futbol was pretty crazy. Chances were SLIIIM

[@hajlee2004]

Good thing about the Nationals was that there was no 'I' in team. Any player in the team would've won the MVP. Rendon, Soto, Kendrick and Scherzer would've been the MVP but in the end, Strasburg won the World Series MVP. Congrats to the Nationals!

[@johnleber3369]

Team effort including Voth andbRoss stepping up whenMax went down for weeks.

[@mirquellasantos2716]

Did you notice that when the Nationals won Astro fans emptied the whole stadium. What a sour bunch.......

[@cyrushub4645]

The dodgers rly did tho

[@chrissypop84]

This game me chills

[@ckendall67]

I remember reading the baseball standings on May 23rd of this year and seeing the Nationals 4th in the NL East at 19-31. I thought 'Man the Nats playing terrible so far' meanwhile Bryce Harper & the Phils actually were leading the division, & at that point I bet a lot of us thought that was how the NL East would be decided. Little did anyone know....how the Nationals would gradually turn their season around, gradually move all the way up to grab the lead in the wildcard race, & yet even folks like me still kinda had doubts about the Nats considering they didn't exactly have a winning pedigree in the postseason. All those years when the Nats were the favorites only to fall flat in October. But THIS year....they entered comfortably as 'underdogs'( although they finished the reg. season on an 8-game winning streak, perhaps that should've been a sign that things would be different this time. ), rallied to beat the Brewers in the WC game, upset the Dodgers in the NLDS, swept past the Cardinals, & finally went the distance vs the powerful Astros & took all 4 games down at Minute Maid Park & won the Series in 7 games. Amazing run! And a lot of the older guys on the team that had come over from other organizations, or were cast aside elsewhere, they all came together and brought home a title back to D.C. Yeah, just like Bryce Harper said would happen, right folks? ;-) Anyways, Congratulations to the World Series champion Washington Nationals!! Just goes to show once again that anything really CAN happen in sports, no matter how much some folks( myself included )might not always think it can be possible.

[@NateandNoahTryLife]

Rendon is a great player to watch. So talented and such a cool customer.

[@johnleber3369]

Anthony Rendon follows The Word ofGod First like other Nats have said to reporters about their Faith.

[@chaseklein774]

This team was pretty much the Indians from the movie Major League.

[@thegothicmetalhead2877]

The toughest road to the world series defeating the top 2 teams of the NL Central, defeated the #1 seeded Dodgers, and defeated arguably the best astros team in history on the road. Still amazing baseball!

[@mroceans8336]

The moment they booed Trump I knew they were America’s team and that they deserved victory.

[@jngaming8479]

Well Harper wasn't lying when he said he was going to bring the tutle back to D.C.

[@semperfi1042]

They should of edited that in. He was right🤣🤣🤣

[@railsimsproductions]

And right after Bryce Harper left too....Ummm

[@Jordan64Games]

Noah Railfanning he was the one who predicted it as well

[@Blackout.1644]

Harper leaving allowed the Nats to get Corbin and Anibal though

[@alanconnelly3921]

Now rendon gone

[@jesuschavez3987]

From A Dodgers Fan Congratulations Washington 🏆!!! Thank You For Beating Houston amakes it 100x better

[@francoalfaro1187]

Congratulations nationals, greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@Doommaster677]

This team was an absolute joy to watch during the playoffs, a true underdog from rags to riches story come to fruition at last! Congrats D.C. inhabitants, you certainly deserve it for putting up with all the government clowns in office 😊

[@averma32]

This is exactly why you have got to love MLB postseason. Everyone has equal chance. On there day anyone can knockout anyone else. In NBA its almost a forgone conclusion that the top 3 team in the league would almost always win the finals.

[@kevinbryant3938]

My team my city GO NATS

[@skinsfan413]

This just never gets old. The greatest comeback. Magical season. Thank you Nats for bringing the World Series trophy home to DC.

[@ThePastAnalysis]

Ditto. It just is fun to go back and remember how it all went. I think most Nats fans can tell you they knew exactly where they were when they won! ^^

[@ericcarmi3146]

No one: Nationals: Baby Shark

[@97Senator]

My grandkids: What was the Nationals' fight song when they won the World Series in 2019 Me: Uhhh... long story.

[@cynthiacalderon2343]

NOBODY thought they would be Champions but I had FAITH in them. To win it against the Houston Astros was the BEST!!!! I don’t like them because they are a bunch of arrogant men who think that they are unbeatable and they “knew” they were going to win but in baseball you can never “know” something because things change in the blink of an eye. So there you go Houston, pack up and go your separate ways. WASHINGTON NATIONALS, YOU ENJOY YOUR PARADE AND ALL THAT COMES WITH BEING WORLD CHAMPS!!!! Congratulations to all of you and may God bless you over this winter and all of your days! Nice going, I LOVED IT!!!!⚾️👏🏻❤️🏆🦈

[@VMan29397]

To "A-line from the nineties braves documentary the moment you think you've got it this game will humble you quickly

[@quickman1047]

All of MLB blew a 31-19 lead smh

[@Iwillnotbepushed]

Congtrats Nats. Enjoy your spotlight. You deserve it.

[@No.1LatinaLover]

Rendon finally getting attention. He could of/ should of been world series mvp

[@el_ingeniero_87]

Lucas Blakemore he will be NL MVP

[@Blackout.1644]

Soto should've won World Series MVP, I'm surprised he didn't

[@CapeFearKoi]

May be one of the best sports stories ever.

[@boydotero4239]

An incredible year,a team for "the ages",Baby Sharks and all! Thank you Nats for the amazing season,postseason,and World Series! "Now I'm a Believer"!!!

[@TravelAnthony]

What a magical season. The most magical season ever

[@erics2739]

Patrick corbin made up for blowing the chris sale trade when the red sox swooped in

[@michaelbacon8698]

What an amazing postseason beginning with that WILD card game. Wow!

[@Flitez3]

*Bryce Harper cries when he sees that the Nationals won the world series*

[@TheDCGuitar13]

This is why Peter Angelos of the Orioles was the only owner to vote against the nationals being founded. I’m happy for strasburg. He carried this team when they were bad and he hid the stench of a historically bad bullpen. it shifted when he decided to go no less than 7 every start and they started winning. Next thing you know we start doing the baby shark, get Hudson and he turns into chad Cordero (nats original closer who had 46 saves in the inaugural year and was amazing until an arm blowout. Haven’t had a closer since) and can’t stop winning. They were winning despite mad max being injured. They were winning TOGETHER. This fan base was set on fire by the summertime and the ballpark got louder and louder. You just had that feeling from june and so on. Then when the Braves beat them again, we thought it was over but the Nats AGAIN shut us up and got to the wild card. Everything that happened after only shocked the rest of America. To DC they’ve been champions since they came back 6 runs to the Mets in the bottom of the ninth in September. Nothing could beat these men’s spirits. I will never as long as I live stop telling the story of the 2019 nationals even if they win ten in a row. Nothing will ever top this group of special players.

[@Tommycat4888]

Finally the good guys win I’m in Houston but f the Astros ❤️

[@chris42690]

this is the greatest run in mlb history

[@23ofSeptember]

Its actually quite bizarre the "experts" had them ranked so low because Scherzer and Strasburg are 2 of baseball's top starters. Corbin had an an incredible 2018 season with Arizona (5th in CY voting) and Sanchez had a respectable 2.83 ERA coming from Atlanta. Along with a decent batting lineup, Washington should have had a more favorable chance. I think it was mainly Bryce Harper's departure that really influenced the "experts".

[@michaelriddick7116]

I still get goosebumps watching this :)

[@Ivars.S]

Now i can die happy after Nats win World Series.

[@markinnes4264]

not too soon... they might win repeat....

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Great year for the Nats.

[@kerinasher-galloway5508]

This almost makes me cry

[@WaRDc85]

Thank you Nationals for bringing joy to the DMV.

[@johnleber3369]

It came out that Nats were a praying team.Soto and Robles prayed together,Rendon quoted that he lived First by Gods Word, and team chaplain prayed with players when asked. All above facts about power of prayer at anytime. A praying team in the heart of a secular nation!.God gets the glory of this fantastic year.Believe it.

[@samararodrigues5857]

exciting!! war team, united fought to the end, a hug to all the Nationals fans a fan of heart here from Brazil

[@richardoki8320]

Who’s laughing at the Nats now

[@damonweaselhead1803]

2019 year of the Underdog St Louis Blues 2019 Stanley Cup Champions (Beat Hungry Bruins) Toronto Raptors 2019 NBA Champions (Defeated Deadly Warriors) Washington Nationals 2019 World Series Champions (Chumped a Bunch of Cheating "Champs") Truly a Great year for Sports.

[@tytosian3455]

Congrats from a die hard Atlanta Braves fan, the only team in the division I respect.

[@bxdrmal]

I'm a Yankees Fan but Congrats to them it was Fun watching them Play!

[@miamidolphinsfan]

A lot like the 2003 Marlins story. Were 17 games under .500 in May when Jeff Torborg was fired & Jack McKeon was hired. The rest was history - with a World Series win in 6 games over the Yankees...and did it from the Wildcard as well....beat the Cubs in Chicago in the NLCS too....improbable but they did it

[@jcngokai-76]

1st DC team winning the World Series since the original Washington Senators in 1924, and 1st World Series win for a franchise that was imported from another country much less crossing from one city to another. 95 years of hopes and dreams FINALLY realized for the Washington Nationals. Congratulations from a Giants fan.

[@howards5695]

I love my Nats. Can’t stop watching highlights!

[@johnreed5242]

I'm an Astro fan and I gotta tell ya, the Nationals deserve this. They did an amazing job! The only players on their team who don't deserve it is Soto and Turner. Disrespectful guys. Other than that I'm proud of them.

[@Metsfan1986]

I'm a Mets fan. But you can't deny that what they did was ridiculous. Good for them.

[@cappy2282]

They deserve it... congrats to Nats. God bless em

[@spontaneouz1000-sr6ls]

This team is probably the cardiac cats of all time in baseball. In both game 7s in LA (nlcs) and in Houston (world series) the overcame 4 and 5 run deficits in the 9 inning

[@bmravdeo]

Nats reminds me of 2010 SFGiants. Congrats National who needs BHarper.

[@PassiveWealth]

First the Blues now the Nationals. What a year for the come-from-behind underdog story.

[@twiston43]

What a great Baseball club. They have really refreshed the league since their existence.

[@jnyerere]

A lot of us Nats fans were just grateful to have had our team make it to the WS. I for one had zero expectations and was having fun throughout the whole series. Them winning it was just the icing on the cake.

[@peggymicsky8607]

I waited a long time and it was worth the wait! What an exciting year and a fabulous team - all of them! And they did it without Harper. They were clicking, playing great baseball and having fun! They were all "all-stars", not just Harper and Scherzer! Stwas was so great he couldn't be ignored again! Love, love my Nats! 💖💖

[@anonymousg9711]

As a Yankee fan. The Nationals have done the impossible and something that is rlly difficult for a baseball team to ever do. It doesn’t matter now what their record is... Im just saying that They were the only team to do the impossible and comeback from heart breaking losses to heart warming wins

[@illusions5192]

It's like whenever there is a clutch opportunity, the nationals come clutch. #natsfan4eva

[@pilitiger]

Congratulations!!

[@dimitrisbright9807]

Chills man...chills

[@amurik3n]

the second best world series I have seen after the 2016 Cubs.

[@TheDCGuitar13]

I think the best analogies for the 2019 nationals are the 07 New York giants, 2012 ravens 2018 capitals, 2019 blues or the 95- rockets. These teams were thought of as garbage after losing players or having a bad record but got hot and beat a bunch of teams deemed unbeatable.

[@torreseze69]

Everytime I see the world series I just imagine them young dreaming one day they be there and when they win it all you can see it in there face

[@Tortaslayer07]

Next year #Dodgers

[@Futulutoogan]

3:05 the beginning of the theme song for the nats

[@NebMunb]

Once they went into the playoffs as the 4 seed and won the wild card in a dramatic fashion, I had a feeling they were gonna win the WS. I've been watching baseball long enough to somewhat be able to notice the similarities of teams who end up winning it all

[@MPB059]

NATITUDE for life! Congratulations 2019 nationals for winning the World Series!!!

[@peggymicsky8607]

Best days of 2019! I miss baseball! I miss my Nats!

[@jamariwilliams5932]

Now that’s a real championship title run that’s my team !

[@schumi246]

This year reminds me of the 2011 Cardinals, 999-1 to win it all on September 1, and they won it all.

[@brianthiebold]

As I dodgers fan I was SO happy for them a very well deserved win

[@christophergrathwohl9862]

A’S fan and giants fan here congrats

[@christophergrathwohl9862]

Those are my favorite teams One American League team and one National League team

[@alompe3]

Here is the proof that money isn't everything. The Nats believed it and they made it. Im so proud of these guys. Their mind set made a turn of 360 degrees. I live in DC. I Love you guys.

[@Steve-jm6yv]

One can measure the chances of winning but you can not measure the heart of a winner. That's what we've witnessed in the Nationals. #greatseries #mlbchamps

[@kjmartin8100]

i can’t make my smile go away bro😊😊😊

[@ralphstevens2776]

I believe that when they started having fun after a 19-31 start, that's when a championship team came alive