There’s finally some universal joy in DC as the Washington Nationals completed an unlikely (maybe even unthinkable) journey to the World Series championship. SI’s Tom Verducci: Nationals’ Dream Season Nothing Short of a Miracle. “The 2019 Washington Nationals are world champions that never shall be forgotten, as much for how they did it as who they are. They came from 12 games down (19-31) to win the World Series, a resuscitation bettered only by the Miracle Braves.”

+ ESPN: Inside the Nationals’ astonishing World Series run.

+ “We’re better at prediction than ever, and—thank goodness—we still know next to nothing.” The New Yorker: The Washington Nationals Won the Most Memorable World Series in Years.

+ WaPo: The 12 crazy stats that define the Nationals’ World Series title.