VIDEO: Watch Washington Nationals Clinch World Series Berth for First Time in Franchise History

There has not been a World Series in our nation's capital since 1933, and you'd be hard-pressed to pick a more worthy representative after so many years than these Nationals. This Nats team spun a 19-31 record at the end of May and a left-for-dead 3-1 deficit in the eighth inning of the Wild Card Game into a World Series berth, closing out a journey that really began in 2012, the first year of this era of DC baseball contention. And when Victor Robles squeezed this pill, the last little bit of that seven years worth of pressure finally rolled off the team's shoulders (especially Ryan Zimmerman's).

While many thought the Nationals' superlative pitching could outlast the Cardinals, did anyone really expect a four-game sweep? After all, this was seasoning vs. demons, a glory-packed franchise against the walking symbol of October failure.

Even this game was wrought with narrative destruction; evoking the 6-0 Game 5 lead the Nats blew in this building to the Cardinals in 2012 at the start of this run, the Cards shaved a 7-0 deficit to 7-4, loading the bases with two outs in the eighth.

Daniel Hudson left all three men right where they were. This team's different, and they'll have several more chances to prove it against the juggernaut Astros or Yankees.

Hands in the air if you think Scherzer, Strasburg, and Corbin care who they face.