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For my local heroes, and my hometown team, today marks an opening day with markedly different expectations.
I don’t know what slogan the Nats have come up with to replace “Natitude,” although I know that Davey Johnson is going with “World Series or Bust.”
And while the Sox are in a bit of a rebuilding year (demolition and replacement?), I hope the post-Valentine era gives them a chance to do what hasn’t been done in decades… help put the Yankees in last place, starting today!
So Go Nats, Go Sawx, and welcome back, baseball!
It looks like the Nationals want to make sure President Taft starts his inaugural racing season with an inferiority complex.
The Racing Presidents took a trip to visit their likenesses at Mount Rushmore to celebrate President’s Day.
Of course it wouldn’t be right if they weren’t racing, so fans were able to vote on who would reach the monument first — Teddy or new President Taft.
Teddy won by a large margin, proving that it’ll take Bill more than just a fancy suit and a handsome mustache to win over Nats fans. (via Racing Presidents at Mount Rushmore)
It didn’t happen last night, but today, Teddy finally won the #Nationals Presidents Race!
Watching the NL East Champion Nationals (or at least their bench players… The Goon Squad) on a foggy night.
Sadly, the division championship didn’t lead to a Teddy win in the Presidents Race. Maybe tomorrow?
Bryce Harper, on growing up:
“I just need to stop getting angry and just live with it and there’s nothing you can change. I just need to grow up in that mentality a little bit. Try not to bash stuff in and things like that I’ve always done my whole life and those need to change.”
(Photo via USATODAY.com)
It’s not how I’d draw up a winning play, but the Nats will take last night’s “Bad News Bears” defense from the Astros.
Bryce Harper named his dog Swag. Of course he did.
But the way Harper is portrayed in this wonderful Washington Post piece, he actually seems too low-key (yes, I did just use that phrase about this guy) to have a dog named Swag.
Which, naturally, just makes me like the kid even more.
This article made my day. It’s nice to hear someone not bash DC once in awhile.
Naturally: ‘That’s a Clown Question, Bro’ Gets Its Own Beer: DCist
Sadly, it will only be available in Denver. Although I can’t remember any recent hankering to have a Canadian-style lager closer to home.
Tornadoes Postponed Baseball, But Couldn’t Stop Army of Trombones
“76 Trombones” — performed by almost 5 times that many.
