Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

Pitch-tipping has become a hot topic in the postseason this year and with the Astros reaching the World Series, suspicions will linger.

The Washington Nationals have advanced to the first World Series in their franchise history, an odd and curious past that began in Montreal and landed just south of the Capitol in 2005.

St. Louis has managed just two runs through the first three games of the NLCS and find themselves in a 3-0 hole.

Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle had some choice words for those criticizing teammate Daniel Hudson for taking paternity leave during NLCS.

Daniel Hudson, who missed Game 1 of the NLCS to witness birth of his child, returned to the Nationals for Game 2 on Saturday against the Cardinals.

An Angels PR employee told federal investigators he supplied late pitcher Tyler Skaggs with oxycodone and abused it with him. Skaggs died in July.

Anibal Sanchez, the man who takes a back seat in the Nationals rotation, dominated Game 1 of the NLCS.

Anibal Sanchez went 7 2/3 innings before allowing his first hit as the Nationals beat the Cardinals 2-0 in Game 1 of the NCLS.

Nationals closer Daniel Hudson goes on paternity leave to start the NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals — a handy reminder that baseball isn’t life.