Posted on 09/29/2004 2:33:12 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
The Beltway Bandits seems appropriate.
Frankly the Os have done little for me to stay a fan. My beloved is an Os fan, from the Ripkin days and before. He has always had good memories of the team.
However, the last 5 years has really gotten the best of him. They were over paid thought they could get away with anything. They worried about the buck more then the game.
To go for just 2, would cost us over 100.00. Maybe a little competition will do some good.
In the end you will have 2 football teams and 2 baseball teams in spitting range. Should be interesting.
Here is a thought, perhaps the new team can get Cal to come on board. Now that would be worth watching for sure.
I cannot stop laughing. That was good, the immigrants. But wait don't they speak French?
Who wants to go into DC to see a bunch of overpaid starlets, when you can see the real game for a fraction of the price, and in your own county?
Like the Redskins, this is going to be another prestige team that all of the hip people follow. It will be unbearable.
That should be Les Immigrés de Washington
Holy smokes, I wouldn't drive a $440 Subaru along the banks of the Ann-Accost-Ya for fear of carjacking...
Thanks, FMC. I've heard it's very likely they'll go back to their original name, the Senators.
Hmm, well I guess that would work, I mean we expect so little from our congress critters that it might be an easy name to live up to. :)
Anything to hurt that Castro-loving Angelos is good for me.
I think Bureaucrats would be a good name, and it would certainly fit. Just imagine if they got hold of some of those fat, washed up players, then it would be a Bloated Bureaucracy....
It's hard to see how this will be a moneymaker for MLB. You're going to split attendance and tv viewership between two urban areas, and DC's is far more affluent and populous than Baltimore.
It would have been more interesting to bring the Expos to San Juan, Havana or Santa Domingo. Those areas would bring back real competition to the sport. (anti-castro feelings on FR not withstanding)
Two teams in a population of 7 million only works if theyre both winning. Its Catch 22, you lose and your revenues drop, and then its hard to get out of the rut if the money's not there, etc. No more Tejadas and Javy Lopez's, Im afraid.
Exactly! And when Washington says that the City is going to pay for the Stadium, they really mean you and me, since the Feds subsidize the City financially in a big way.. So, Baltimoreans are paying taxes so their own economy and prestige can be sapped by the rich kids down the street! Aint that fair!
I was listening to Radio Canada last night. One commentator reminded people that Montreal was on track to the World
Series, then league players went on strike. Montreal's management started selling off the good players.
The implication being that a successful year at that time could have spurred interest.
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