baseball in Washington/Expos relocation thread

Update

DC Eyes Waterfront Baseball Stadium
M Street site for ballpark
Owners reportedly want Expos in DC
Washington chooses a stadium site for Expos

 

DC is too fluid to draw too many home town fans for basically anyone except the Redskins. All sports teams in the area have been terrible for ages and can't secure a fan base.

Are DC area people O's fans. they used to be, but Peter Angelos has been such a pain in the ass for them for so long that most of them have given up their O's fan status and are waiting for DC to get a team.

If they do get a team, i'd imagine that there would be enough interest and ticket sales for the team to make enough money to start buying better players. They'd also draw a lot of curiosity seekers, and fans from other teams (cubs, cards, dodgers, giants etc.).

I myself am an O's fan, but they've been putting out such an inferior product for 7 years, that i'd be interested in seeing a DC team. If anything it'd force the O's front office to field a better team to attract DC area fans

 

I dont think there are that many Orioles fans in Virginia as people think there are. The state of Maryland itself has like what 4 or 5 million people ? Dont forget Delaware too. So that coupled with all the people in Washington DC and Northern Virginia I think there is enough base for 2 teams.

 

expos and drays should just relegate to aaa.

 

Its official

 

Apparently the Rangers still own the rights to the name Senators, so they'd have to work a deal with them to get that name back. Listening to the sports talk shows in DC this morning, it seems like they'll try to go back to senators or come up with a new name. I've heard the name grey's tossed around because that's what htey were long before the senators. I'd doubt that would happen as it could be seen as a reference to the confederacy.

 

The Senators, Grays or Monuments (I hope its not Monuments) will draw big crowds whenever the Mets or Phillies are in town (with a good chunk of the crowd rooting for those teams).

I am not sure how well they will do otherwise.

 

They'll draw the first year or two just because of the novelty. no one expects them to be a big contender their first year. 'd also expect larger crowds for cards, cubs giants and dodgers games too. DC is full of transplanted people.

 

Yes but, NY & Philly are close enough for visiting fans to travel.

I've seen the buses from Long Island @ the MCI Center when the Islanders are in town. I am sure that its the same for other East Coast teams.

 

Anybody expect them to "succeed" in DC? I know succeed is a relative term but what's different this time as opposed to the first two times there was a team in DC?

 

For first, I went with Perez. Didn' play there long, but he was the master of the clutch hit.

Starter I went with Pedro, closer I went with Reardon.

RF was a real strong position, Ellis Valentine wasn't even nominated, and he was a damn good player until he got beaned.

 

They'd have probably met Buck's Boys. The dynasty could have begun two years earlier.

Interesting to think that if the Yanks were there in '94 and won, how would things have shaken out later. No Joe maybe?

 

CASHMAN DENIES HE'S D.C. BOUND from the New York Post:

September 30, 2004 -- Yankees GM Brian Cashman yesterday quickly dismissed a rumor he could be the Expos' next GM.

Next season, the Montreal franchise is moving to Washington, D.C., where Cashman went to college at Catholic University. The Expos have a GM opening with Omar Minaya's departure to the Mets, and there have been rampant reports that Cashman's life as Yankees GM is less than ideal.

However, Cashman's contract runs through the end of next year. The rumor that the Expos covet Cashman was published on ESPN.com yesterday.

"No, I wouldn't be so bold to assume I'd be a candidate for anything," Cashman said. "Plus, I have a job." On what will happen beyond that time frame, Cashman said, "It would be inappropriate to speculate."

 

I'm totally disgusted by this. This is terrible for the game of baseball. Washington should have a team, but not at the expense of a 35 year old team, and not at the expense of baseball losing its only non-English speaking MLB city.

 

The Rangers would have won the World Series with a 73-89 regular season record

 

Just imagine, if they had moved to Mexico we could have had a thread called "I Hate Monterrey Rayados."

 

They're still English-speaking American cities. My point here is that the baseball universe is shrinking, though I'm even more upset about getting rid of a team with 35 years of history.