The Expos are going to DC

[MrScorpio]

I can tell you, DC is happier than a clam.

[JohnKleeb]

1. that we are

:beer:
I'll have a cool place to hang out when I transfer to GWU.

[JVS]

2. When will you transfer to GWU?

[JohnKleeb]

3. a year or so after comm college

[JVS]

4. Is this a done deal or a plan that is not yet certain?

[JohnKleeb]

5. its probably likely

NVCC is one of the best community colleges in the nation. Not yet certain but I am a cocky mofo so I give myself a good chance.

[JVS]

6. Be careful Kleeb. I knew lots of people who planned to do CC then Uni ...

to save some money. I ended up not seeing them again.

[JohnKleeb]

7. I know

acutally its not to save money, my GPA couldnt get me in to GWU so I decided to give NVCC a shot.

[JVS]

8. Don't forget to apply to Pitt. They have nice merit-based scholarships

5 years of free tuition never did anyone harm

[JohnKleeb]

9. I may just do that

Pitt happens to be my grandfather's alma mater and that of my late godmother. Do they have a good political science program? Thats what I want to major in. I want to go to school either in a city which preferably has a subway system or near the ocean shore.

[JVS]

10. You should probably ask PittPoliSci, the DUer. He'd know.

Pittsburgh has a small subway system that may be extended to the Pitt campus within our lifetimes but don't count on it. The Erie shore is just about 100 miles away

[JohnKleeb]

11. I'll ask him

Thanks.

[JVS]

12. I totally jacked your thread

[JohnKleeb]

13. well what do you think of baseball in DC man?

[JVS]

14. I guess it's cool, but I wish it had been another team that moved

I would have liked to go to montreal and enjoyed a nice day of baseball followed by cheap strippers. I wish it were Atlanta that were losing its team

[Yupster]

15. They need to call them the Senators though

I heard the mayor didn't like the name.

There's too much history there to be abandoned.

"First in war
First in peace
and last in the American League"

Actually a pretty unfair slogan as much of Washington's history was pretty decent. They were terrible toward the end which I guess is what people remember, plus they always had the Yankees in their league.

[JVS]

16. They won't be in the American league though. Expos are NL IIRC

[JohnKleeb]

18. yep so Angelos' points were shit

[JohnKleeb]

17. very true

and Walter Johnson kicked ass.

[soothsayer]

19. The damn Rangers still own the Senators name. Just like when the

cowboys hijacked the Redskin's fight song (they bought the rights to it!). Seems like texas is always messin' with us.

Frank Howard is still around--maybe he could come back and work with our new Senators. (sigh)

If not the Senators, I'm ok with the Nationals.

[JohnKleeb]

21. fuckin texan bastids

I read some stuff today in the papers and Howard really liked DC as did most of the players.

[JVS]

24. FUCK TEXAS

[SaveElmer]

20. Washington Grays

Washington had a great Negro League team called the Homestead Grays in the 40' and 50's. Alot of history there too!!!

[meow2u3]

22. What about the Washington Admirals?

or on a lighter note, the Washington Bandits? or the Washington Gridlock? or even the Washington Pundits?

[JohnKleeb]

23. Admirals?

If the team was playing in Norfolk, Virginia I'd see the validness of that being that's a Navy town.

[JVS]

25. That was in Pittsburgh

[JohnKleeb]

26. yeah but later went to DC I believe

Great team though, imagine if Josh Gibson had made the majors, too bad he died so young, he was only 36 years old.

[JVS]

29. Actually it appears that they were always of pittsburgh but also had...

a home field in Washington

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/treasure/autont2004a.shtml

And I thought the Packers had a strange arrangement

[SaveElmer]

30. They played all over the place

But had alot of their success in Washington. Since the Pirates aren't gonna use it, I think Washington has a good claim on the name.

It is about time the Negro leagues were recognized more publicly...I think this would be a good way to do it

[JVS]

27. The Washington Presidents (or Prexies as they are called in Wash. PA)

I don't know how the Highschool in Washington PA dealt with having a football team officially named "the Little Prexies". Why not just call them the Washington Candy-asses

[JVS]

28. Maybe they could call them the monuments