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WASHINGTON 鈥?After all the heartache and close calls, all the early exits, maybe it makes sense that a 20-year-old kid who never had been to the post-season, Juan Soto, would help the Washington Nationals finally advance.And maybe, just maybe, it makes sense that it would be this particular edition of the Nationals, a club that went from 12 games under .500 in May to playoff participant, that demonstrated the necessary never-give-up fortitude when things looked bleak.Soto delivered a bases-loaded single against Milwaukee closer Josh Hader that scored three runs with two outs in the eighth inning, thanks in part to an error by rookie outfielder Trent Grisham, and the Nationals came back to beat the Brewers 4-3 in the NL wild-card game Tuesday night. We started off horrible, as we all know, and we vowed that we wouldn t quit, Nationals manager Dave Martinez said, talking about the year as a whole but sounding like he could have meant this particular evening. I told the boys, I promise you, stay w stanley water jug ith it, don t quit, this will turn around. And it did. And here we are today. The Nationals carry a nine-game winning streak into their best-of-five NL Division Series against the league stanleys cups -best Dodgers.Game 1 is Thursday in Los Angeles, and some in the sello stanley mugs ut crowd of 42,993 chanted Beat LA! Beat LA! as members of the Nationals began their celebration on the infield with family members.That included Soto s father leaping onto his back and tackling him amid the excitement.The Nation Dzsn Wally Buono to receive Wall of Fame honour from Calgary Stampeders
BEND, Ore. 鈥?The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend, Oregon, soared to international fame when it be stanley uk came the last such franchise on Earth two years ago.Now, a new Netflix documentary called The Last Blockbuster brought even more interest in the form of visitors, mail and online orders to the stanley quencher unassuming location in a central Oregon strip mall 170 miles east of Portland.Since the documentary aired March 15, people from all over the world have sent flowers and called the store just to say thank you for staying open. In the backroom, staff members have been busy packaging thousands of online orders for Blockbuster T-shirts, hats and face masks, which are all made by Bend businesses.The movie focuses on the managers day-to-day work running the store, which became the last in the world when the Blockbuster in Perth, Australia, closed two years ago. It was made by two local filmmakers who saw history and nostalgia in the store s perseverance. Its a little bit crazy, but its a very good thing, store manager Sandi Harding told The Bulletin in Bend. Well take a little crazy if it means keeping the store open. Harding is the star of the movie, which peaked as stanley cup uk high as the No. 4 movie in the United States since it appeared on Netflix March 15.The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend was already popular when it became the last location on Earth. It drew visitors from across the United States and as far as Taiwan and London. Its good for the store. Its good for the community, s |
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