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September 29, 2004 Sports 37 Comments

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]

Baseball returns to D.C

Now the question is what to name the team? I say stick with a classic…

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37 Comments

  1. david September 29, 2004

    How about “The D.C. Pages?” Or “The Washingtoniennes?”

  2. Patrick September 29, 2004

    Grays or Nationals.

    But Comics would be good.

  3. Schwerv September 29, 2004

    What was the Expos??

  4. Pat September 29, 2004

    I’m with you, Kevin. The Senators. I remember the team well and what a great team they were!

  5. Laurence Simon September 29, 2004

    Washington Hoagies.

  6. caltechgirl September 29, 2004

    “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?

  7. LargeBill September 29, 2004

    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.

  8. Madfish Willie September 29, 2004

    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???

  9. Nathan September 29, 2004

    I have to go with the Grays. In fact, make it totally historical and call them the Homestead Grays.

  10. david September 29, 2004

    How about “The Supremes?”

  11. Jess September 29, 2004

    “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.

  12. Dear Johns September 29, 2004

    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

  13. Master of None September 29, 2004

    How about the Washington Interns?

  14. VerukaSalt September 29, 2004

    how about the Washington Barrys

  15. Aaron September 29, 2004

    The Lewinsky’s, since they blew so much in Montreal.

  16. -S- September 29, 2004

    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.

  17. arb September 29, 2004

    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

  18. McGehee September 29, 2004

    The Georges?

    My wife suggests, “The D.C. Current.”

  19. pennywit September 29, 2004

    I gotta go with the Senators. If nothing else, at least people will recognize the teams in Damn Yankees again.

    –|PW|–

  20. zipity September 29, 2004

    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

  21. Dear Johns September 29, 2004

    Hey zipity,

    Quit bitin’ my rap

    🙂

  22. Jeffrey Boulier September 29, 2004

    The Washington IUEDTSYPFMS – “I’m Using Eminent Domain To Seize Your Property For My Stadium”.

    Thank goodness they’re not winding up in Virginia.

  23. Rollins September 29, 2004

    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?

  24. Jeff September 29, 2004

    Schwerv,
    The 1967 World’s Fair in Montreal was called Expo 67.

    I’m guessing it had something to do with that.

  25. tony September 30, 2004

    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*

  26. Jim in Chicago September 30, 2004

    Great. Now we can revive that oldie but goodie:

    Washington: first in war, first in peace . . . last in the American, er National, League.

  27. Macker September 30, 2004

    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.

  28. El Jefe September 30, 2004

    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.

  29. McGehee September 30, 2004

    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.

  30. murdoc September 30, 2004

    The 527s.

  31. MahaRichie September 30, 2004

    The Washington Lewinski’s

  32. MahaRichie September 30, 2004

    I just noticed someone beat me to the Lewinski’s so I’ll go with:
    The Empty Shirts

  33. Bamolalo October 1, 2004

    Three serious names to consider….

    1) D.C. Diablos
    2) D.C. Demons
    3) ***D.C. EAGLES***

    What do you think?

  34. Bob Timperio October 6, 2004

    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

  35. Don Stewart October 6, 2004

    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.