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Washington Nationals: doing their best to make Dan Snyder look likea teddy bear

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Flying Headbutt, Jul 10, 2008.

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  1. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    The government is a bunch of morons who actually took it up the ass from MLB at a time when MLB had zero leverage and the city could have made Bud Selig stand on K Street and spin a hula hoop around his waist. So it's no surprise the Lerners are trying to pull this.

    If I'm the city, I evacuate the stadium, pad lock all the gates and say no one is playing an inning of baseball until they get their rent check paid in full. Make the fuckers go play up at Shirley Povich field in Bethesda.

    Besides, that place is probably better suited capacity-wise for the city.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Jul 11, 2008
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  2. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    Meanwhile, fans are grumbling that the Post doesn't cover the Nats enough, and when presented with actual facts that contradict this angry view, they do not give a crap:

    http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/07/nats_fans_vs_the_posts_coverag.html

    http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/07/nats_fans_vs_the_posts_coverag_1.html
     
    Double Down, Jul 11, 2008
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  3. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    I don't have a problem with the Post's coverage of the Nationals.

    I have a big problem with the Post covering the Blowrioles any more than they cover, say, the Seattle Mariners.
     
    forever_town, Jul 11, 2008
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  4. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    OK, that's just asinine. I'm sure there are ton of Orioles fans in the area who didn't suddenly just flip a switch when the Expos loaded up the moving vans and rolled south.
     
    dixiehack, Jul 11, 2008
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  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    That's because the Nationals work so hard! They deserve coverage too! The Post only covers them when they don't pay their rent.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Jul 11, 2008
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  6. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    F_T, I have to agree with dixiehack. The Orioles were the local team for readers in the Post's coverage area for a long time.
     
    outofplace, Jul 11, 2008
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  7. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Re: Washington Nationals: doing their best to make Dan Snyder look likea teddy

    Ding. D.C. was an Orioles town for a good 30 years. I'm a D.C.-area native who grew up with the O's and no baseball in Washington. I'm not switching allegiances.
     
    Cosmo, Jul 11, 2008
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  8. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Oriole games get more viewers in DC than the Nationals do. True story.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Jul 11, 2008
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  9. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    This may in fact be the funniest thing anyone's posted all year.

    Outstanding work, sir.
     
    BYH, Jul 11, 2008
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  10. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    I don't have a dog in the race, but if the city picked the next time the Nationals are supposed to be at home for a national broadcast and shut the place down about 90 minutes before first pitch I'd have to laugh.
     
    Shoeless Joe, Jul 11, 2008
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  11. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    Or better yet, picked that occasion to send all the contractors out to finish the construction.
     
    PeteyPirate, Jul 11, 2008
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