The Washington Nationals are facing off against an old divisional foe in Jacob Degrom. Degrom was one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball with the Mets. After a few injury plagued years, Degrom is back to dominating,

At this point, the jokes kind of write themselves. Like this: The last time the Rangers played a game shorter than Friday was the final day of the 1984 season when California’s Mike Witt threw a perfect game in 1:49. Hey, at that point, the Rangers were just anxious to get things over with. Has this season reached that stage?