With either of these locations, Angelos is gonna be pi$$ed. The Orioles are no longer the only game in town.
First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League. (Oops - strike that last part).
Would they be the Senators? I like to se them called the lobbyists. Of course the options are numerous...the Washington Burglars? the Crackpipes?
Woo-Hoo!
Pretty sure it will be Senators if they move to DC.
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.
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.
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!)
The Red, White and Blue Sox.
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.
The Washington Deep Throats?
Now the Washington seems to have the prospects of a baseball team, maybe they can get a NFL team.
These guys should be happy. If you're hitting .305, that's only .226 Canadian.