DC Sporting teams suck.
What's worse is DC fans who believe that each of their respective teams are going to win it all each and every season for each respective sport. What's worse than that? That those same fans are the ones who will call for coach's firings, roster changes, and who will overnight, change team allegiance to any given Baltimore team (unless of course said Baltimore team is sucking worse).
Redskins, Wizards, Capitals, and DC United all made it to the playoff tournaments for their respective leagues. Even Georgetown left the NCAA tournament rather early for being such a highly ranked team. All Blew it by making boneheaded mistakes and pretty much taking the day off in crucial situations. This seems to me to be Modus Operandi for DC Sports teams.
I am instantly reminded of Mother's Day at Nationals Park (which is looking for corporate sponsors... which means they'll rename it after some big business... Don't get me started).
Shawn Hill Goes deep into the Seventh inning, Aaron boone misses out on only a double to hit for cycle, no fielding errors, and except for some missed double plays by Ronnie Belliard at Second base, they played an overall excellent game against a Surging Florida Marlins team on a six game streak, for six innings. Problme is; baseball games last nine. So after a very refreshing Miller lite and seventh inning stretch Luis Ayala gets comes in in the eigth for the setup to dominating Jon Rauch. This is when i find out the this mid-reliever's record is 1-2... a mid reliever has a 1-2 record? This pretty much means at least twice this guy has been called in for either the setup or save, and he gave it up. After i come up with this realization, Florida ties the game with back-to-back homers to Centerfield, which means they pretty much hit the piss out of the ball.
I recall screaming for the Nats to stop sucking. no such relief is given.
After a verrry long inning, Rauch comes in to stop the bleeding, and the Nats cometo bat with the bottom of the line up. or at least 6,7,8... pretty much not the clutch hitters you need to come back on a one run defecit. With a man on base, our hopes get high that the tying run is on, and perhaps, superior manager Manny Acta will call in some MUCH needed experience at late game hitting by someone like Dmitri Young or hell, someone with a better batting average than .000
No such luck, and we pretty much give it up. Metaphor not to be lost, just as the last out is called, the skies open up for what is a two day rain storm. God is even sad that DC sucks at Sports so badly. We are now left with the DC Divas, and DC rollergirls as our last hopes for sporting victories. With this many sports teams, the odds of accidentally winning something should have happned by now.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Stop sucking DC!
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Yes, the Nats suck. Eventually the "
newness" of the team will wear off and fans will actually start demanding some success on the field. This will be the 4th straight year where they have not been better than .500 (most likely). They have been getting a free pass in the media and by the fans because they are still new to town and the new owners have only had the team a couple years, but we seriously need to start seeing some improvement in this team.
However being a Seattle fan (recently named the 2nd most miserable sports city by Forbes) just having ONE of our teams make the playoffs on any given year is cause for great celebration and success. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like if all but one of our teams made the playoffs.
I thouroughly enjoyed the line about God being sad about the Nats sucking. Well put, Superfudge.
In half an hour, I'm meeting up with our favorite comically-oversized headed mascot T.R. to discuss some serious strategy. Both he and his team are due for a W.
Good thing the DC Rollergirls rule so much ;)
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