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The never-ending story.

Now, I don't care.

I had nothing else to do.

But many people, belly aching and complaining and bitching about how long the NLDS game number five,

the seminal moment between the Cubs and Nationals went, oh, my, it would not end.

It went 18 hours, or so it seemed, watching the game.

But in the end, the War of Attrition goes to the Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs win.

Cubs win.

They're going to the NLCS for the second consecutive year. We know the national tragedy

last year when the Cubs somehow beat the Dodgers. Those shenanians aren't going to happen this time.

But to sum up, and I guess we'll get right into it. The question is, how would you describe

what happened in the NLDS?

The final game there.

It was sloppy.

It was, you know, we had offense.

We had offense, which was not bad.

Offense is not a bad thing.

There were plenty of run score, which I liked.

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