Opening Day "Optimism" in DC....

[TZ]

Nats won't be as bad this year

By CHRIS NEEDHAM

Woo! It's baseball! After a long, cold, dark, miserable winter, our attention can focus right back where it belongs: on the Nats!

Oh, sure, they lost 1,200 games last season. Oh, sure, their GM resigned in disgrace. Oh, sure, the free agents they wanted went elsewhere.

But enough with that negativity! It's Opening Day!!! (Yes, it's a three exclamation point kinda day!)

There's a lot to be excited about for Nats fans. That warm feeling in the pit of their stomachs, is a glimmer of hope -- something they haven't felt since 2005.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/sports/baseball/Opening-Day-Optimism.html

I figured all you lizards who give me a hard time about the Nats..*cough* madinmaryland *cough* Tommy_Carcetti *cough* flvegan would get a kick out of this story...Its sadly true about my team...woohoo .500 baseball! :rofl:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. The Nationals highlight of the year will be five minutes before their first home game starts.

President Obama will throw out the first pitch. I don't think the Nationals will be able to top that this year given their "talent".

[madinmaryland]

2. Opimism abounds in Pittsburgh, also....

Baseball 2009: The march begins to 17?

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09096/960821-63.stm

ST. LOUIS -- Anyone complaining about the Pirates' seemingly eternal losing streak, stand in line behind Jack Wilson.

Way behind.

From Peoria to Potomac to Pittsburgh, the franchise's most tenured player has known nothing but losing in 11 professional seasons, all of the teams that employed him in that span for the majority of a summer finishing up below .500. And there is a large difference between watching it and living it.

"Story of my life," he said the other day. "Have to go all the way back to ju-co.

That would be Oxnard Junior College in California.

"Now, that was a good team. Been a long time."

:evilfrown:

[TZ]

3. Yeah I was amused to see that the Pirates have much longer odds

to win the WS than the Nats.....

[BOSSHOG]

4. The Nats are tied for first place right now TZ

Go Nats, I wish them well and hope they sweep the Mets in 09!

[flvegan]

5. The Phillies have lost every game. .000 looks pretty poor.

A Nat victory today gives you a lot of bragging rights.