Two years ago today the Washington Nationals celebrated, it feels like a lifetime ago

Two years ago today the Washington Nationals took to Consitution Ave to celebrate the city's first World Series championship in 95 years.

Between the COVID-19 pandemic and between the retirements, trades, signings of free agents, the Washington Nationals 2019 team is somewhat history and the Nationals winning the World Series feels like 2019 was lifetimes ago.

The only eight players that remain from the 2019 team include Juan Soto, Ryan Zimmerman, Andrew Stevenson, Stephen Strasburg, Patrick Corbin, Joe Ross, and Gerardo Parra.

Yes, a lot of the players from 2019 were towards the end of their careers, and it was completely normal for those players who were free agents to find a higher paycheck somewhere else, but is it normal that two years out from a championship that this team is now in complete re-build mode? Shouldn't teams have a longer shelf life than less than two years?

Over the past few days, I've been talking to a friend about 2019 and that season, (actually we talk about it a lot), and as much as that season was incredible, magical, or whatever you want to say one thought keeps on bothering me: Did the 2019 World Series Championship set the Washington Nationals back? I'll get back to answering that question soon, but however, only two years removed from that great day, the Nationals are at the beginning of a "reboot" that might take a while for another celebration to take place in D.C.

It will happen, obviously, when is the big question left to be answered. But one question that has an easy answer to it is what that 2019 Nationals team did for the franchise can be summed up in one simple word: AMAZING.

It's pretty obvious to see how our world changed so much since that day two years ago, however, it's hard to not think about two what if's surrounding this team and organization.

What if... the Nationals had a true chance to defend their World Series Championship in 2020. Would the "core" of the 2019 run have been the team to beat in 2020?

What if.... the Nationals as an organization had the opportunity to experience a true uptick in ticket sales, gear, and other important benefits of winning the World Series in 2019? How would that have impacted the future signings and contract offerings? Would Max Scherzer and Trea Turner be a part of the team for the whole 2021 season?

Maybe these two questions should be left unanswered because we can't re-write history.

The one thing that is for sure, that day today, two years ago was a magical moment that no one should ever forget about. Enjoy today, Washington Nationals fans, because as the offseason approaches and the possibility of a work-stoppage there are going to be many What ifs to answer and think about.