Archive for November, 2004

BREAKING NEWS: FIRST BALLPARK VOTE IS APPROVED!

Williams’s Plan Gets Preliminary Approval – The Post
Bill Faces Final Vote on Dec. 14 or 21
WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO! The council in a 6-4-3 double play, err, 6 yays, 4 nays, and 3 absentions, voted to approve ballpark funding. We have one more tough hurdle to get through and the next two or three weeks will be [...]

IS TODAY THE DAY?

Will there be agony or ecstasy? Has Linda Cropp fouled it all up again? Will they even vote? I am going to try and avoid the news while I am at work, this is the sort of thing that can kill productivity.
Cropp Offers Alternate Funding Plan – The Post
I am simply shocked, shocked that Cropp [...]

SOLOMON SAYS

George Solomon – Wishing the Home Team Would Hurry Up and Arrive – The Post
The D.C. Council has the power to make the home team arrive for good by passing the funding bill tomorrow. Make it happen!

PENN STATE 2004 POST-MORTEM
A few media outlets did their season review over the last few days. Here they are:

Defense [...]

BLACK FRIDAY

Today is the busiest shopping day of the year, they say. I am going to celebrate the way I always do, by going to work and avoiding malls and big box stores at all costs.

SEASON TICKET CLARIFICATION
After a long absence, an alert reader in Fairfax e-mailed me to clarify how many season tickets have been [...]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

You see, back in those days, rich men would ride around in Zeppelins, dropping coins on people, and one day I seen J. D. Rockefeller flying by. So I run of the house with a big washtub and… hey! Where are you going?
… Anyway, about my washtub. I’d just used it that morning to wash [...]

BLACK WEDNESDAY

A happy busiest travel day of the year to you and yours. I will celebrate it the way I always do — not traveling!

COUNCIL DOES NOT LIKE ANGELO$ SUBSIDY
Council’s Stadium Opponents Question Prospective TV Deal – The Post
Most of Network’s Profits Would Go to Angelos
That is a really good point and hopefully that will lead [...]

DON’T MESS WITH CHARLIE!

Thom Loverro – Brotman is willing to fight for team – The Wash. Times
Note to the D.C. council, pass the funding bill or Charlie “Bad News” Brotman is going to get upset. Brotman, 76, the first guy to pull that obnoxious protestor away from the podium. Also, Loverro makes the case for D.C. baseball again, [...]

IT IS OFFICIAL: WASHINGTON NATIONALS

D.C.’s Team Officially Renamed the Nationals – The Post
It is official, they are the Nationals (new and improved Web site) and have a logo and the two hat designs I posted earlier today. Everyone was wearing the red cap (see video from The Post) on the stage, so I have to wonder if the MLB [...]

NATS HATS

Take a look at the new Nationals merchandise, minutes before the official unveiling.
Home cap

Road cap

SOURCE: Nats Blog & MLB Shop
NOTA BENE: The MLB shop originally had the caps reversed.

NATIONALS NAME AND UNIFORMS DEBUT TODAY

Ribbon Helps Tie Together Main Logo For Nationals – The Post
The unveiling will be at noon in Union Station, which is a great venue for this sort of thing. I am getting used to the name Nationals, even though I preferred Senators or Grays. Of course, the name could change when they move to their [...]

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