Rename the Expos

“Since both Senators teams left town, they need a different name.

Off the cuff ideas:

The Deficits
The Evil Doers
The Deep Throats
The Plumbers
The Interns
The Bureaucrats

Help me out here folks ...”

“How about the slap d i c k s?”

“The Lobbyists”

“Little Monkeys

(to get Lyra to the games)”

“Right aero, ... I can see that one going over in DC real well (coughing).”

“Greys, after the old Negro League team.

ESPN did a poll last night, Senators was the most popular choice, however the Texas Rangers own the rights to that name.

Remember the old saying:

Washington, first in war, first in peace, last in the National League.”

“The Interns. Their team cheer could be "We're the Interns and we suck!".”

“The Scandals!”

“Washington, first in war, first in peace, last in the National League."
ChuckD


Close Chuck, but they were in the American League.”

“DC DIPS (Local(?) slang for diplomat)
DC Crackhos
Washington Metros

Washington Reaganites!

Playing at Reagan Stadium. Please take Reagan metro Line to Nancy stop and the "Defender of America" Shuttle”

“They could call themselves the Bushies but they’d strike out every time because they would try to preemptively strike the ball. Which is of little consequence because they’d only have a plan as to how to get on first or second but not one on how to get home.”

“I'm not sure a major league team would want to be labled bush. But the reasoning sounds good. The more they screwed up on the field the more fans would come to see them. They'd be the most popular team in baseball.”

“The team should be named for the individuals most responsible for them ending up where they are now.





America, I present to you, the Washington Lorias.”

“bearmagnet, say it ain't so!!!

They didn't name the stadium for Reagan, huh?

Senatoes?”

“I think it's still RFK Stadium. The new one may be named for Reagan.”

“Washington Wakos.”

“New stadium???

And who the hell will pay for it?

Are they gonna tear down D.C. Stadium?

I still think of it as D.C. Stadium.”

“Geobeet,

I updated the quote to modern day, since they'll still be in the NL East.

Bring back Frank "Capital Punishment" Howard.”

“Frank Howard, oh yeah!

Hmmmmm,

Paul Casanova

Eddie Brinkman

Those guys must be about 100 years old by now.”

“Washington Exposes.

(Sorry, don't know the ascii code for the accented "e".)”

“They will be playing at RFK for a few years until the new stadium is built on the SE waterfront.

Mostly warehouse but "some" residents will be dislocated.”

“This is the perfect opportunity for the experiment that I've been advocating for many years. We all know that some people, including myself, think that DC's football team name (Redskins) is deragatory. However, I have an open mind, and am willing to accept that maybe I'm being too sensitive. So here's what we do. We select a team name for the baseball team that some people would consider a deragatory name of a racial group, while others might say is representative of the proud history of that group. Then wait to see if there's a reaction. Big outcry = change both team names. No outcry = leave the Redskins name alone and either keep the baseball team name or not, whatever. DC has a large African-American population, so that might be the source of an appropriate experimental team name. Whaddya think?”

“What, like the "Mandingoes"?

Name of a tribe in Africa, BTW.”

“Jeez, if only I could spell derogatory... deragatory? diroggatory? aw ferget it!”

“Tell ya what Bowlder, go make that announcement inside the district line, and if you're still alive afterwards we'll give it serious consideration.”

“de·rog·a·to·ry
Pronunciation Key (d-rg-tôr, -tr)
adj.
1. Disparaging; belittling: a derogatory comment.
2. Tending to detract or diminish.”

“Well, technically, "Redskins" is simply a word describing the tone of many Native Americans' skin color, so is not literally a negative term. So one option might be The Coloreds - it's descriptive, and some could argue that it recalled a time of civil rights struggles for African-Americans. Others would argue that "colored" was a put-down that white folks used to describe them. I dunno....”

“Anybody want the stadium? Up here we call it the 'Big Owe' because of cost overruns in its construction and because it's still not paid for.

We're good at messing up up here.”

“Well, geo, one of my points is that African-Americans often complain, rightfully so, about discrimination and put-downs because of their race. But doesn't it seem strange that that community in DC isn't outraged by their own football team's name? As I said, maybe I'm just being too sensitive, and if so, I'll be the first to admit it.”

“Grem, I don't think you could give that stadium to a rookie league team. But it was sad to see the fans holding up signs at the end of the last game. Montreal got rooked big time.”

“Others would also suggest that "colored" isn't derogatory at all, since the foremost civil rights organization in the US is called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Personally, I think that naming the team after the old Negro League team would be great.”

“Frank Howard
Eddie Brinkman
Paul Casanova
Mike Epstein
Del Unser
Jimmy French
Aurelio Rodriguez
Joe Coleman”

“Wait, you have to think of Congress! It should be the Washington Fat-Balding-Caucasian-Bureaucrats.”

“The two Senators from CA (Diane and Barbara) would not appreciate that team name....”

“To answer Bowlder's rhetorical question, WWSBNCD?



What would Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell do?”

“Easy! Switch parties!”

“Just call them the Washington (I don't know who you are and really don't give a #&%!$ what you want) Senators.”

“I like Bowlder's idea. But maybe we pick an up and coming minority group?

Washington Aztec's?

then again, the stadium is going into a predominitely black community (coinkeedink?) so........

Washington Browns! Oops. never mind.

How about The Redbones?”

“Dang Fritz, ya beat me to it.

Expose's

The Redskins started as the Boston Redskins and moved to Washington in '37.

I still think Washington Warriors would be good......"Hail to the Redskins.......FIGHT, for old D.C."

In the '60s they had the "Spear Chucker" logo on the helmet.
It resembles the Florida State(?) spear and feather.

Warriors makes no reference to race and the "Spear Chucker" logo comes from the glory days of Sonny Jurgensen and company.

That would go nicely with Warriors”

“The bes thing about baseball is naming a new team.
I like...

Washington Generals... George was

Capital Cocks... Politicians are

D.C. Maul... Great way to get the pop culture crowd to the game. Everyone likes going to the mall! See if the "no child left behind" people notice the diference in spelling.”

“Why not call them The Reagans?”

“Reagans would be fine also. Everything else has been named after him. Wonder when they'll blast Lincolns head from Rushmore to make way for him.”

“Call them the Clintons - the sportswriters would have fun with all the "Close but no cigar" references.”

“But if you call them the Reagans then there might be some insensitive sicko's out there saying things like:

"The Reagans didn't score any runs because they couldn't remember where home was".

Stuff like that of which I would never condone.”

“Shucks bearmagneto, like it ain't nice to make fun of the dead/braindead?”

“If they were named the Generals, wouldn't generals feel offended?”

“Another Nixonian reference: The Enemies”

“The Cover-ups
The Baseball Team Formerly Known as The Expos”

“I like the Promise Breakers or the Unscrupulous. Or maybe the Vote Mongering Whores. What about the Baby Kissers or the Bribe Takers?”

“If they are called the Senators I've got the team logo nailed: $”