Expos to be renamed Washington Nationals

liskddksil

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Fri Nov-19-04 11:14 PM
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Expos to be renamed Washington Nationals

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1927144

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WMliberal

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Fri Nov-19-04 11:15 PM
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1. not generals?

i mean, they get beat like them

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hijinx87

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Tue Nov-23-04 12:25 AM
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11. aaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhh !!!!

from MLB.com

The Nationals' baseball cap logo will be a modern script "W," while the secondary logo will feature an interlocking "DC."

Will it never stop !?!?!?!?!?

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tmooses

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Fri Nov-19-04 11:22 PM
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2. What was the name of the team the Globetrotters whipped up on all the time

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Tom Kitten

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Fri Nov-19-04 11:47 PM
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3. hint

see post #1... :)

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liskddksil

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Fri Nov-19-04 11:53 PM
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4. the generals

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Tom Kitten

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Sat Nov-20-04 12:05 AM
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5. Better than

the Washington Washingtonians I suppose...

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lazarus

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Sat Nov-20-04 03:37 AM
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6. I was pulling for Grays

A shout out to the old Negro League team.

Nationals is okay, though.

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Socialist Dem

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Sat Nov-20-04 10:09 AM
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7. The reason they're not the Senators

is because the Mayor is using it as a protest. "They won't be called the Senators because DC has no Senators. Give us 2 Senators and then they can be called "Senators"."

At least the "Nats" has some history as well.

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hijinx87

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Mon Nov-22-04 11:27 PM
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10. it'll take about 5 seconds . . . .

before some broadcaster somewhere starts calling them the "Gnats".

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DrGonzoLives

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Sun Nov-28-04 12:58 AM
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13. Actually

It's because the Senators were unmitigated jokes in MLB. Though your theory has merit as well.

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denverbill

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Mon Nov-22-04 11:36 AM
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8. Shoulda called them the Fatcats or Lobbyists.

It would be a helluva lot more accurate.

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2sheds

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Mon Nov-22-04 07:26 PM
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9. How long 'til they get renamed ...

The Reagan Nationals?

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geomon666

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Sat Nov-27-04 05:39 PM
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12. You just know...

the stadium will have some form of Reagan in it. You know...for all the good he did. :puke:

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HuckleB

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Sun Nov-28-04 11:35 AM
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14. Has the city agreed to give MLB its $600 plus million bribe yet?

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The Jacobin

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Tue Nov-30-04 07:20 PM
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15. Doesn't MLB still own the team?

I guess they could take it out of the team before they sell it.

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HuckleB

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Wed Dec-01-04 11:59 AM
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16. Yes, and they will make a large profit on the sale.

Just as long as DC pays the $600 million plus for a ballpark, something the mayor said would be "no problem." The ballpark proposal is ridiculous. The club pays nothing for the park and it gets parking and concessions and just about every possible piece of revenue that could come from the park. The city is just tossing its money away on this one. It's quite pitiful.

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davidinalameda

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Wed Dec-01-04 01:13 PM
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17. the Texas Rangers still hold the rights to the name

Washington Senators

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hijinx87

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Wed Dec-01-04 06:29 PM
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18. I read that the real reason was . . . .

the reason the name "senators" was rejected was because the mayor of DC thought it was unfair to call their baseball team the senators when they had no actual representation in the senate.

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