It's official: Commissioner Bud Selig has made the Expos move to D.C. official in a call to Mayor Anthony Williams. A press conference is scheduled for 5 p.m. [video link]
Now the question is what to name the team? I say stick with a classic...
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Damn Senators - The Story of Washington's Only World Series Championship
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How about "The D.C. Pages?"... (Below threshold)1. Posted by david | September 29, 2004 4:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How about "The D.C. Pages?" Or "The Washingtoniennes?"
1. Posted by david | September 29, 2004 4:43 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 16:43
2. Posted by Patrick | September 29, 2004 4:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Grays or Nationals.
But Comics would be good.
2. Posted by Patrick | September 29, 2004 4:45 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 16:45
3. Posted by Schwerv | September 29, 2004 4:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What was the Expos??
3. Posted by Schwerv | September 29, 2004 4:46 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 16:46
4. Posted by Pat | September 29, 2004 4:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm with you, Kevin. The Senators. I remember the team well and what a great team they were!
4. Posted by Pat | September 29, 2004 4:50 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 16:50
5. Posted by Laurence Simon | September 29, 2004 5:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Washington Hoagies.
5. Posted by Laurence Simon | September 29, 2004 5:00 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 17:00
6. Posted by caltechgirl | September 29, 2004 5:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"I'm with you, Kevin. The Senators. I remember the team well and what a great team they were!"
Don't you mean what a great team they both were?
6. Posted by caltechgirl | September 29, 2004 5:09 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 17:09
7. Posted by LargeBill | September 29, 2004 5:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
No real surprise with this announcement. But it says a lot about baseball. Need a home for a team? Hey, lets try a city that failed twice before.
7. Posted by LargeBill | September 29, 2004 5:11 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 17:11
8. Posted by Madfish Willie | September 29, 2004 5:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If they want to be the Senators, they'll have to get the name from the Texas Rangers... the Rangers still hold the rights to that team name... I wonder what it's worth???
8. Posted by Madfish Willie | September 29, 2004 5:15 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 17:15
9. Posted by Nathan | September 29, 2004 5:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I have to go with the Grays. In fact, make it totally historical and call them the Homestead Grays.
9. Posted by Nathan | September 29, 2004 5:25 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 17:25
10. Posted by david | September 29, 2004 5:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How about "The Supremes?"
10. Posted by david | September 29, 2004 5:26 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 17:26
11. Posted by Jess | September 29, 2004 5:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"The Washington Senators" sounds so right, but I have to agree with others that it would be a really classy move to go with the Washington Grays.
11. Posted by Jess | September 29, 2004 5:45 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 17:45
12. Posted by Dear Johns | September 29, 2004 5:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A "man on the street" interviewer got the recommendation "The Expose(s)". Other suggestions:
1) The PAC
2) The Columbians (as in "District of")
3) The K Street Knife Fight
4) Filibusters
5) The Diplomatic Immunities
6) Fuck the FBI, I'm Marion Barry
12. Posted by Dear Johns | September 29, 2004 5:53 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 17:53
13. Posted by Master of None | September 29, 2004 6:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How about the Washington Interns?
13. Posted by Master of None | September 29, 2004 6:01 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 18:01
14. Posted by VerukaSalt | September 29, 2004 6:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
how about the Washington Barrys
14. Posted by VerukaSalt | September 29, 2004 6:06 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 18:06
15. Posted by Aaron | September 29, 2004 6:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Lewinsky's, since they blew so much in Montreal.
15. Posted by Aaron | September 29, 2004 6:17 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 18:17
16. Posted by -S- | September 29, 2004 6:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I thought of a name that uses "DC" in there but I just can't write it here.
But, use your imagination: The D-c-s.
So sue me.
16. Posted by -S- | September 29, 2004 6:19 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 18:19
17. Posted by arb | September 29, 2004 6:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There's always "The Washington Monuments."
Brings to mind the classic line from Charley Dryden - "Washington - First in war, first in peace,
and last in the American League."
arb
17. Posted by arb | September 29, 2004 6:32 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 18:32
18. Posted by McGehee | September 29, 2004 6:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Georges?
My wife suggests, "The D.C. Current."
18. Posted by McGehee | September 29, 2004 6:51 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 18:51
19. Posted by pennywit | September 29, 2004 7:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I gotta go with the Senators. If nothing else, at least people will recognize the teams in Damn Yankees again.
--|PW|--
19. Posted by pennywit | September 29, 2004 7:25 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 19:25
20. Posted by zipity | September 29, 2004 8:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hmm... How about :
The Washington Omnibus's
The Washington Continuing Resolutions
The Washington Lobbyists
The Washington PACs
The Washington Lame Ducks
The Washington Beltways
The Washington Filibusters
The Washington Talking Heads
20. Posted by zipity | September 29, 2004 8:04 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 20:04
21. Posted by Dear Johns | September 29, 2004 9:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hey zipity,
Quit bitin' my rap
:)
21. Posted by Dear Johns | September 29, 2004 9:06 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 21:06
22. Posted by Jeffrey Boulier | September 29, 2004 9:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Washington IUEDTSYPFMS - "I'm Using Eminent Domain To Seize Your Property For My Stadium".
Thank goodness they're not winding up in Virginia.
22. Posted by Jeffrey Boulier | September 29, 2004 9:10 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 21:10
23. Posted by Rollins | September 29, 2004 10:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Grays - I would like to know more about the history of it. Can't be Senators, because we don't have senators (or representatives for that matter) and it would simply be insulting.
But who really gets to decide? And who decides the name of the stadium?
23. Posted by Rollins | September 29, 2004 10:56 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 22:56
24. Posted by Jeff | September 29, 2004 11:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Schwerv,
The 1967 World's Fair in Montreal was called Expo 67.
I'm guessing it had something to do with that.
24. Posted by Jeff | September 29, 2004 11:31 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 23:31
25. Posted by tony | September 30, 2004 12:21 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Rollins-
The "Grays" is from the Homestead Grays, of the Negro Leagues. Not sure where they were based, though. Seems like a cool name, in the era of "X-Games" nicknames.
I personally hope they take the Senators name, and pay the Rangers the national debt in return. Maybe *THEN* they'd get some pitching... *sigh*
25. Posted by tony | September 30, 2004 12:21 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2004 00:21
26. Posted by Jim in Chicago | September 30, 2004 12:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Great. Now we can revive that oldie but goodie:
Washington: first in war, first in peace . . . last in the American, er National, League.
26. Posted by Jim in Chicago | September 30, 2004 12:54 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2004 00:54
27. Posted by Macker | September 30, 2004 12:57 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yeah, SENATORS. It'll be real weird saying "...and last in the NATIONAL LEAGUE??????"
I don't think the Rangers will give the DC franchise too much trouble with the name. The New York Jets held the rights to the name "Titans"...and Tennessee got it without too much hassle.
27. Posted by Macker | September 30, 2004 12:57 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2004 00:57
28. Posted by El Jefe | September 30, 2004 1:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How much is the team name (Senators) worth?
I would have to think it's worth about a bus pass and a pack of Milk Duds.
28. Posted by El Jefe | September 30, 2004 1:09 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2004 01:09
29. Posted by McGehee | September 30, 2004 4:25 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How much is the team name (Senators) worth? ...
I would have to think it's worth about a bus pass and a pack of Milk Duds.
Not unlike the namesake political body.
29. Posted by McGehee | September 30, 2004 4:25 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2004 04:25
30. Posted by murdoc | September 30, 2004 8:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The 527s.
30. Posted by murdoc | September 30, 2004 8:50 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2004 08:50
31. Posted by MahaRichie | September 30, 2004 10:12 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Washington Lewinski's
31. Posted by MahaRichie | September 30, 2004 10:12 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2004 10:12
32. Posted by MahaRichie | September 30, 2004 10:17 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I just noticed someone beat me to the Lewinski's so I'll go with:
The Empty Shirts
32. Posted by MahaRichie | September 30, 2004 10:17 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2004 10:17
33. Posted by Bamolalo | October 1, 2004 6:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Three serious names to consider....
1) D.C. Diablos
2) D.C. Demons
3) ***D.C. EAGLES***
What do you think?
33. Posted by Bamolalo | October 1, 2004 6:53 AM |
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Posted on October 1, 2004 06:53
34. Posted by Bob Timperio | October 6, 2004 2:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
i suggest the following possible names
Washington Capitals
Represenatatives (Reps for short)
Diplomats
Presidents
Legislators
Lobbyists
Speakers
Leaders
Electors
governors
Americans
Nationals
and the many times suggested Senators
along with thier present name of Expos
34. Posted by Bob Timperio | October 6, 2004 2:42 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2004 14:42
35. Posted by Don Stewart | October 6, 2004 10:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How about the Washington Deputy Assistant Executive Administrators...
lovingly shortened to the Bureaucrats? They could have a mascot of some blue-haired lady in tennis shoes and a business suit, with rhinestone cats-eye-glasses and carrying a clipboard.
35. Posted by Don Stewart | October 6, 2004 10:34 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2004 22:34
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