Q: What's the only thing worse than heading to bed after your favorite team just suffered the indignity of losing the biggest lead in a postseason elimination game in baseball history?
A: Waking up to find that your favorite team would like to sell you World Series tickets.
No, this is not a joke. Check out what Washington Nationals season ticket holders found in their email inboxes at 7 a.m. on Saturday, just hours after the team had been eliminated from the postseason by blowing a six-run lead in a stunning 9-7 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the NLDS on Friday night:
No, Nationals, those games won't be necessary, a fact that probably should have sent one of your ticket interns to shut off the email automation thingamajig before heading home last night. As one of our tipsters pointed out, this is a true "Natinals" moment if there ever was one.
As of 12:30 on Saturday, our tipster says he has not received any sort of apology or correction from the team. Which leads me to a funny thought: Do you think there's a poor Nationals fan out there who went to bed assuming the team won, woke up to this email seemingly confirming that news and is making plans for the NLCS right now?
Make sure all your bases are covered this postseason ...
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