The math — not ‘Baby Shark’ — was the quirkiest thing about the Nationals’ World Series rings

How did 108 diamonds add up?

Like many folks, I paid a lot of attention to the Washington Nationals engraving Baby Shark on their 2019 World Series rings.

It’s a neat little quirk and one that makes a lot of sense given how Nats fans and the team rallied around Gerardo Parra’s walk-up tune during the run to a title.

But then, like others, I also scratched my head a little bit when looking at how the franchise added up all the jewels embedded in the ring. These days, the numbers usually carry significance — the total wins on the way to a title, for example.

The Nats’ math? It feels like a little bit of a stretch, particularly adding up 108 diamonds (105 wins total, a World Series title and 2 for “a nod to the duality of franchise history”? What? What do the Expos have to do with anything here?)

Still, nice work on the rings.

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