Willson Contreras celebrates after Bryce Harper strikes out for the final out in Game 5 of the 2017 NLDS. “I knew [the Nationals] were going to lose,” the 60-year-old Bledsoe, who watched Game 5 from the comfort of his Alexandria home, said in a phone interview this week. “When you talk to people about the [Nationals'] curse, their reaction is, ‘You can’t be cursed because you’ve only been around since 2005,’” he said. “I knew there was a curse, and I knew it went back to Montreal. After a series of twists, turns and red herrings, he finally reveals the “murderer.” No major spoilers here, but it’s not Drew Storen.

Source: Washington Post April 18, 2019 17:26 UTC