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SportsPulse: The 2019 Washington Nationals should always be remembered for slaying Goliath and winning their first ever title. But as Trysta Krick puts it, maybe they were Goliath all along. USA TODAY

In theory, it was a good idea.

Hop on a plane headed hundreds of miles per hour away from the Worst Season Ever to a continent where baseball isn’t a national pastime, much less played on television in the wee hours of the morning.

Don’t check email.

Disappear.

But, as it went, Anibal Sanchez had a no-hitter through six innings that night.