4 reasons for Washington Nationals to get out of bed today

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Dusty Baker #12 of the Washington Nationals looks on against the Chicago Cubs during the fifth inning in game five of the National League Division Series at Nationals Park on October 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) /

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HOMER, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2015/10/11: Pumpkin patch. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) /

3. More time for Fall activities

I like Fall. It’s a top-four season in my opinion. The temperature on the East Coast is finally dropping, most of the Hurricanes are done for the year, the leaves are changing, Americans everywhere are appropriating German culture by staging Oktoberfests at all 1,500 craft breweries within their city limits, you can “lose” your kids at a corn maze and not get arrested, the Redskins have a quarterback (for now) and there are only six months until Cherry Blossom SZN.

Fall is a very good time to be a resident of The District, and frankly, it’s much more enjoyable without baseball, which is a Summer pastime encroaching on all the good things that go on in the autumnal season.

Truth is, there are very many fine things to do in Washington right now, and you will get a chance to enjoy them without having to spend an extra $5 on a pumpkin-spice latte at Starbucks because you won’t be staying up until 12 in the morning watching the Nationals lose Game 5 of the NLCS. Really, you should be thanking the Nationals for doing you a favor.

Baseball was only meant to be enjoyed in the first two weeks of the month of October anyway. After that, it just gets too cold and miserable at the ballpark for a prime-time game. Nationals fans get the best of both worlds thanks to the annual NLDS losses — a little taste of the playoffs without missing out on the true meaning of Fall.

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