in World News Trump Curse? Nasty Nats Lose Three in a Row at Home in World Series After Dissing POTUS
After winning the first two games on the road, the Washington Nationals lost three games in a row in their World Series home stand against the Houston Astros this weekend following several snubs of President Trump by the team and protests by fans. After scoring a combined 17 runs in their two opening victories the Nationals have only scored one run per game while getting blown out at home by the Astros who have scored a combined 19 runs in their three road victories.
When Trump announced he would be attending a possible Game 5 on Sunday, the Nationals announced Trump antagonist chef Jose Andres would throw out the ceremonial first pitch for that game. (Trump had already said he was not interested in throwing the first pitch.)
The Nationals have announced that humanitarian and Trump critic José Andrés will throw out the first pitch ahead of World Series Game 5 on Sunday, should the series extend that long. On Thursday, Trump announced that he planned to attend Game 5. https://t.co/eAT7Kx93Ur
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 25, 2019
Confirmed by @Nationals: Trump not scheduled to throw out the first pitch if there’s a Game 5 of the World Series. Instead, he’ll watch @chefjoseandres — a critic who pulled out of Trump’s DC hotel — throw the ceremonial pitch
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) October 25, 2019
This from Trump on why he likely won’t throw out the first pitch at Game 5 of the World Series, which he plans to attend:
“I don’t know. They gotta dress me up in a lot of heavy armor. I’ll look too heavy. I don’t like that.”— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) October 24, 2019
That was followed by a report the team owners did not want to sit with Trump and quietly let it be known he should not ask them to do so.