Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Personally, I'd like to see the team go to Vegas. Although it seems fitting to have baseball in the nation's capital, two teams have failed there. It could be argued, however, that those two failures were the result of the owners, not the fans.
1 posted on 07/23/2004 5:20:36 AM PDT by BluegrassScholar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


To: BluegrassScholar

With either of these locations, Angelos is gonna be pi$$ed. The Orioles are no longer the only game in town.


2 posted on 07/23/2004 5:24:14 AM PDT by brewcrew
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar
Expos players were told this week that a decision on their 2005 home is near, that it won't be Montreal and that there is a strong likelihood they will be living in the Washington, D.C., area.

First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League. (Oops - strike that last part).

3 posted on 07/23/2004 5:26:08 AM PDT by asgardshill ("I like the yellow ones")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar

Would they be the Senators? I like to se them called the lobbyists. Of course the options are numerous...the Washington Burglars? the Crackpipes?


4 posted on 07/23/2004 5:28:45 AM PDT by byteback
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar

Woo-Hoo!


6 posted on 07/23/2004 5:32:44 AM PDT by rabidralph (If you can read this tagline, then stop.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar
I propose Washington Exposes or Washington SINators.

Pretty sure it will be Senators if they move to DC.

8 posted on 07/23/2004 5:44:17 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar

The stadium will be less than 5 miles from my house if they come to Northern Virginia. That will make it a VIRGINIA team NOT a Washington team.


10 posted on 07/23/2004 5:55:36 AM PDT by LetsRok
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar

Blast! Looks like Norfolk is out of the running. All that wasted effort by our area's leaders down the tubes when any third grader could have told them their effort would be a failure.


11 posted on 07/23/2004 5:59:20 AM PDT by vabeachrepub
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar
Personally, I'd like to see the team go to Vegas.

So would I, but they would first need a ballpark with a retractable roof, like Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix. Build it right on the Strip, make it hold 60,000 people, and they would sell out every game and make nearly as much money as the Yankees.

And the franchise could hire Pete Rose as Vice President of Community Relations (hee, hee!)

14 posted on 07/23/2004 6:14:25 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar
What will this do to Qubeci self esteem? A major city loosing a professional sports franchise is a very detrimental occurrence.

How will they be able to lift their heads in pride?
17 posted on 07/23/2004 6:26:26 AM PDT by bert (Peace is only halftime !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar

The Red, White and Blue Sox.


18 posted on 07/23/2004 6:29:57 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar

Definately the owners. I'm sure there were a lot of 'Nat's fans who were PO's when the Twins won in '65 after having been so lousy in Washington from the 30's though the 50's.

I'm not as angry about this move as I normally would be. Being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan (even though I was born in 1966), I'm no friend of those who would move teams. However the case of the Expos is different. Montreal's and Quebec's English speaking population, the backbone of the Expo's fan base have been slowly driven out by hostile Quebec Party (Parti Quebecious) governments in Quebec City. They are now in Toronto or Alberta and are Blue Jays fans. It's a real shame what happened to a once great baseball town.

Washington, First in War, First in Peace, ? in the National League.

FYI the NL had a team in Washington until 1899 when the league folded four teams, Cleveland, Louisville, & one I can't remember being the others.


20 posted on 07/23/2004 6:31:00 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Shock Theater - Dr. Creep Lives! www.drcreep.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar

The Washington Deep Throats?


24 posted on 07/23/2004 6:36:22 AM PDT by mhking (John Kerry & Al Gore: Cut from the same tree.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar

Now the Washington seems to have the prospects of a baseball team, maybe they can get a NFL team.


28 posted on 07/23/2004 7:32:02 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: BluegrassScholar

These guys should be happy. If you're hitting .305, that's only .226 Canadian.


29 posted on 07/23/2004 7:39:52 AM PDT by GallopingGhost
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson