William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Redskins, Capitals, D.C. life, transportation, not so much Penn State anymore,

Mike Rizzo: D.C. could become ‘primarily a baseball town’ – DC Sports Bog, The Post
I think that every professional sports team ought to be “aspirational” in everything they do. An example is trying to be the #1 team in a market. Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo seems to think so too:
“I think that [...]

The great Paul Lukas of Uni-Watch and ESPN Playbook has ranked the uniforms of the 122 MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA teams. This is similar to a feature he did over five years ago called the most livable Uni-Cities which I blogged about back then: Ranking cities by team uniforms. Lukas explains how he [...]

Yesterday, three D.C. teams played concurrently and all won — two over Boston area teams. The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 in the second overtime in the game 2 of the NHL playoffs to take home ice advantage.
Just minutes earlier, the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 behind Edwin Jackson’s complete game [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently I started putting pennants up in my son’s room. My alma mater and my father’s alma mater are represented on one wall. On the opposite wall, I have started putting up D.C. team pennants, starting with the Washington Nationals and Capitals. I’ll eventually get a Redskins pennant for him [...]

The Washington Wizards come in second to last in Facebook Likes. The Los Angeles Lakers come in first with over 12,000,000 Likes, highest of any North American team. The Charlotte Bobcasts have the least amount of Likes. This data was collected on March 28, 2012.

Team
Conference
Division
Facebook Likes

1
Los Angeles Lakers
Western
Pacific
12,653,114

2
Boston Celtics
Eastern
Atlantic
6,317,127

3
Chicago Bulls
Eastern
Central
5,700,844

4
Miami Heat
Eastern
Southeast
5,239,520

5
New York Knickerbockers
Eastern
Atlantic
2,329,348

6
Dallas Mavericks
Western
Southwest
2,078,480

7
Orlando Magic
Eastern
Southeast
1,347,447

8
San [...]

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year, let us remember the greats who have worn #11 as part of Washington D.C. teams. The argument can be made that #11 is the most prolific number in D.C. annals — worn by two Hall of Famers, retired by [...]

Rooting Interests: Who are D.C. fans? – The Post
The Post did a survey on Washington D.C. sports fans attitudes, favorite teams/owners, etc. recently. It mostly confirms what we already know about D.C. area fans:
“Washington fans are really a wonderful blend of the best parts of Northern tier fans and Sun Belt fans,” former Washington Nationals [...]

I think we have a new worst ceremonial first pitch in Washington Nationals history:

Maybe Washington Wizards star John Wall thought he was playing stickball or cricket when he bounced the pitch about 15 feet in front of the right batter’s box. That was a good snag by Drew Storen though.
Despite the errant pitch, I’m always [...]

Yesterday, Dan Steinberg of DC Sports Bog posted about DC’s place in ESPN The Magazine’s Ultimate Standings. Here’s the upshot:
Washington Capitals (27th), Washington Nationals (78th), Washington Wizards (110th) and Washington Redskins (121st). Last year, the Caps were 11th, followed by the Nats (94th), Redskins (102nd) and Wizards (120th).

I would have had more to say, but [...]

After a long build-up, the new Washington Wizards uniforms debuted yesterday. I had come up with a mock-up of my own that got a bit of attention and asked if the official Wizards uniforms were better than mine. So far, the real deal is beating my design which is probably a good thing.
Now, I’m going [...]