We are 3 days removed from the final 2010 Washington Nationals game of the season. The playoffs are starting up today and two franchises that used to call D.C. home are in. Here is why you should root against the Minnesota Twins (in D.C. 1901-1960) and the Texas Rangers (in D.C. 1961-1971). I’m also rooting [...]
A big project at work and illnesses at home (we’ll be fine) have cut into time for EVERYTHING this week, so I have not been keeping up with blogging. All I have to write about is Nats Blogger Day and a week at Disney World. In the meantime, I have a few observations about the [...]
There are have been a couple of blog posts out there supporting Hall of Famer Frank Robinson’s enshrinement in the Nationals Park Ring of Honor.
Still waiting for Frank Robinson Day – Nationals Enquirer
THOM LOVERRO – Nationals “Ring of Honor” fails to connect with Washington baseball – WTEM 980
It won’t happen because there is already precedent [...]
Tomorrow, former Montréal Expos outfielder Andre Dawson will be honored by the Washington Nationals for entering the Hall of Fame even though he never played a game in D.C. The Nats of course, used to be the Expos, but as I have mentioned before I don’t think the former needs to recognize the latter. Since [...]
There was a legend that Fidel Castro was scouted by the Washington Senators (Snopes) but didn’t make the cut, leading to countless “what if” scenarios. It didn’t happen of course, but I seem to recall The Simpsons mentioning it once.
While Castro failing in his bid to play for a D.C. team would have made the [...]
Twin Cities paper goes way back in time for Strasburg headline – Big League StewThe headline writer for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune used “Senators” in a headline about Stephen Strasburg (or as I call him Prometheus). The Senators of course were the name the original Washington MLB franchise was best known as though it was [...]
Yankees Sweep Twins to Advance to A.L.C.S. – The TimesThe New York Yankees 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins means several things. Most importantly, it means the Yankees advance to ALCS to face the The Angels of the Angles of Anaheim. It means the Yankees swept the Twins. It also means that the joke [...]
Last night the Minnesota Twins beat the Tigers in 12 innings to claim the AL Central crown and a playoff series with the New York Yankees. I noticed a few Nats fans on Twitter pulling for the Twins to win last night. The Twins had been the original Washington Senators. Do you know why thy [...]
DICK HELLER – Johnson’s kin argue this call – The Wash. TimesHenry Thomas, grandson of Walter Johnson, does not appreciate the statue of his grandfather at Nationals Park:
“I went out there last September to see the finished clay model, and I expressed to Omri in no uncertain terms that I was appalled,” Thomas said. “He [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – I always though that statues of D.C. baseball legends was a must-have for the Nationals permanent home and I am pleased that they are now installed at the Centerfield entrance area. I was kind of skeptical of how they were going to turn out after I read Nats320’s interviews with the sculptor. [...]
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