sportingnews.com - 6/25/2009
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Here in Washington, everyone knew that this week would be among the most depressing weeks of the year. The Nationals have the worst record in the Major Leagues. They have shaky attendance that's threatening to descend into the realm of the embarrassing; 27th in the majors, in the second year of ...
sportressofblogitude.com - 6/26/2009
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sportressofblogitude.com —
In situations where you know you have really
fucked up, sometimes it’s best not to say anything...
- as the old saying goes, “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.” Unfortunately for Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten ...
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This Statement Must Be Encouraging To The Remaining Five ...
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/24/2009
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com —
Nationals' negotiations not going 103 mph The Nationals
are off to a slow start in negotiations with...
No. 1 choice Stephen Strasburg , the San Diego State phenom who supposedly has hit 103 mph on the gun. People close to the situation say Strasburg's ...
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Joe Torre and Jim Tracy headline this season's ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/24/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
What absurd and childish commentary to characterize visiting
fans as "suckers." Real fans travel to support their...
teams and most are probably aware of the economics of their decision to do so. Your implication that visiting fans are "suckers" that can ...
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Nats Fans Have Last Laugh on Red Sox Invasion
Stet Sports Blog —
How could a team regarded league wide for failure possibly have trumped one of the most famous franchises in all of professional sports?
With Nats fans sending inquiring Red Sox fans to gay bars, of course.
Technorati Tags: Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals
A Very Important Lesson
Three Idiots on Sports —
Dan Steinberg of the Sporting blog reports that fans of the Washington Nationals may have sent visiting Red Sox fans to gay bars. Since this happened to Red Sox fans, I find this completely hilarious, but it does teach us all an important lesson - never go to fans of the opposing team for recommendations on ANYTHING. ...
Nats fans send Bosox fan to gay bar
DC Pro Sports Report —
... Well, it appears that at least one Nats fan responded by sending a clueless visiting Bostonian to Remingtons, a gay country & western themed bar on Capitol Hill. ...
Grim Reaper Was Busy Today - Here’s Some Lighten Up Links
InGameNow —
... Meanwhile, here’s what else you may have missed around the internets:
Follow InGameNow on Facebook [Facebook]
RIP Ed Thomas [Predominantly Orange]
Farrah Fawcett Creams Joe Namath [Sports Rubbish]
Allen Iverson Will Miss Michael Jackson [Josh Q. Public]
TNT’s David Aldridge goes one-on-one with NBA Bloggers [NBA.com]
Nats Fans Send Bosox Fans to Gay Bar [The Sporting Blog]
See the pics of Gov. Mark Sanford’s mistress: Maria Belen Chapur [Fits News] ...
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Nats fans send Bosox fan to gay bar
dcprosportsreport.com 6/25/2009 — Well, the Red Sox came into town this week and promptly started pummeling our hapless home town Nats and dominating the crowd to an extent that it was much easier to find a Boston fan than a Washington fan at the games. So, the visiting team is better and their fans are more numerous in your ...
Nationals fans send Red Sox fans to gay bar
FanIQ.com 6/26/2009 — The Nationals are terrible. And apparently their fans have resorted to other sources of entertainment, including misleading Red Sox fans who were heading to Washington for their series.
Here are some excerpts from a Nationals MLB.com forum:
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Nationals 1, Red Sox 0
sonsofstevegarvey.com 6/26/2009 — Via Big League Stew :
Red Sox fan goes on Nationals message board for DC bar recommendation. Annoyed Nats fans send Sox fans to area gay bar. Sox fan doesn't notice until one drink in. Hilarity ensues. [ MLB.com via Federal Baseball ]
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You Nationals fans are ...
The Nationals Would Be in First If...
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 6/25/2009 — The Washington Nationals would be in first place if...if the games were only three or four innings long. The Nationals have played 69 games and have lost 49 of them. The Fan follows the games every night and it always seems like the Nationals are in the lead. In fact, tonight, the Fan saw the ...
Record Attendance, Giving Up, and Gay Bars
thenatsblog.com 6/25/2009 —
Well D.C already had a Chinatown, but evidently we have just created a Little-Boston, that’s the way it has looked this week at least.
Nationals Park has been overrun by the local Red Sox nation. Whether or not that is a good thing is still uncertain, but the matter of the fact is ...
Are Baseball Fans More Likely To Blog?
redwhiteandbluepresident.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — Ballhype is a web site that tracks sports blogs and ranks blogs based on certain criteria that is not important right now. What is important is that it is the place to go to find all the blogs about a certain team, how many posts they have per week, and their rankings. After checking out the ...
International Signing Deadline
natsfarm.com 6/25/2009 — Given the struggles on the field in 2009, many Nationals fans had circled June 9 on their calendars. It was on that date the Nationals selected right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the first overall selection in the Rule 4 Draft.
What most fans do not realize is that July 2 is almost as ...
The Nats' first round pick will sign quickly
bases.newsvine.com 6/10/2009 — While the Stephen Strasburg negotiations could be long and nasty, the Nats apparently aren't going to have any trouble with their second first round pick:
The Nationals, who took San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the No.
Reading Material —
Nationals Journal 6/25/2009
The last two nights, I've tried to figure out the number of Red Sox fans at Nationals Park. This requires a good bit of guesswork. First of all, no other fanbase has a greater affection for T-shirt jerseys; Sox fans own T-shirt jerseys honoring ...
Some Guy Named Smoltz —
Nationals Journal 6/25/2009
The big item of the night between the Boston and Washington is that John Smoltz is making his Red Sox debut. Smoltz's 21-season tenure with the Atlanta Braves ended in an ugly fashion. After Atlanta failed to sign him as a free agent, Smoltz vocalized ...
