Bud Black to Manage The Washington Nationals in 2016

The Washington Nationals hired former San Diego Padres Manager Bud Black on Wednesday, to take the reigns in the Nations Capital. Black will take over for Matt Williams who managed the Nationals in 2014 and 2015. Williams won National League Manager of the Year in 2014, but the Nationals failed to make the playoffs in 2015 after a disappointing season. Bud Black managed the San Diego Padres for almost nine year and had a record of 649-713. Black won the NL Manager of the Year in 2010 when he guided the Padres to a 90-72 record, although he never got San Diego to the playoffs.

Royals Take 2-0 World Series Lead on Mets

On Wednesday night the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets 2-0, to take a 2-0 series lead in the Fall Classic. Johnny Cueto out-battled 2014 National League Rookie of the Year, Jacob deGrom in a gutsy matchup. Cueto threw a complete game 2-hitter. The Mets now find themselves in a hole as they need to win the next 4 of possible five games in the series. In other words, the Mets cant lose two more games. Game 1 was played on Tuesday where the Royals won in fourteen innings. That game was anyone's game but it came down to who wanted to win more, and the Royals came through. The Royals were down by one run going into the bottom of the ninth inning when Royals outfielder Alex Gordon hit a game tying home run to send the game to extra innings where the Royals came out victorious. Game three will be at 8 ET on Friday night.

Family Over Everything

Edinson Volquez, a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals threw game one of the World Series on Tuesday Night, but did not know about the passing of his father that happened prior to the game. Volquez's family asked for the team to notify him after he was finished pitching in game one. Daniel Volquez, 63, of the Dominican Republic died due to heart complications. Royals Manager Ned Yost had to break the news to Volquez after the game. "It was just, you know, it was sad, a sad situation...You find out an hour before the game that your starting pitcher's father passed away and it was hard. But again, you wanted to honor the family's wishes, as they requested, 'Don't tell Eddie. Let him go out and pitch Game 1 of the World Series.' Volquez left the stadium immediately after he exited the game to be with family. "You could tell he was devastated", teammate Jeremy Guthrie said. "I had never seen him like that before. He was very quiet, very subdued, very quiet. I could tell he was in a lot of emotional pain." Volquez is currently with his family in the Dominican Republic.

Mets Sweep Cubs, Win NLCS

The Cubs didn't have Steve Bartman to blame this time around, as the Cubs lost the first four games of the NLCS against the New York Mets, sending the Mets to the Fall Classic. Cubs fans had a lot of hope going into the series, but that New York pitching staff was too much for the Cubs to handle. New York Mets Second Basemen Daniel Murphy was the MVP of the series after a record-setting series. In the four game sweep, he went 9-17 (.529) with four home runs, a double, six RBI and six runs scored. Murphy had a home run in every game of the series, and has homered in six consecutive postseason games, breaking a record set by Carlos Beltran of the Houston Astros in 2004. The Mets will play the Kansas City Royals in the 2015 World Series starting tomorrow night at 8 PM ET.

Cubs Take The NLDS

The Chicago Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908, and now they are among the final four teams competing for the World Series in the Major Leagues. The Cubs did not even win their division this year, coming in third place in the National League Central Division behind the St. Louis Cardinals who won the division, and the Pittsburgh Pirates who came in second place. Since there are two wild card spots (teams that did not win their division but can still make the playoffs), the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cubs were able to play one game to see who would play the Cardinals in the National League Division Series (NLDS). The Cubs won, and then just recently knocked off the best regular season team in the MLB, the St. Louis Cardinals. In a best-of five game series, the Cubs won 3 games, and lost one to advance to the NLCS (National League Championship Series) for the first time since 2003. Chicago fans must be very excited, for this is the first time since 2008 that their team has been in the playoffs at all.