Realgeorge
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Suddenly White:
Last year's worst franchise, the Washington Nationals, made a startling discovery over the summer: White Baseball Players. Over the past year the Nats dumped their high-profile gang-bangers (Lastings Milledge and Elijah Dukes] and have brought in a nearly all-White pitching staff. The new coach, Jim Riggleman, is a no-nonsense order-giver, who takes no guff from anyone on the team, most especially any uppity Af-frikan who's getting benched for poor performance. The heart and soul of the team are the three big boppers, all White, 3B Ryan Zimmerman, 1B Adam Dunn, and LF Josh Willingham. They're all three having great seasons. The pitchers are pitching, the relievers relieving, and everyone is listening to Jim Riggleman. The result: The Nats are 16-14 and very much a competent force in MLB.
But what an interesting bait-and-switch played by the cunning Lerner Family what owns the Nats. In order to successfully move the Expos franchise to DC, the ownership had to woo the ultra-leftist, White-hating, Negro-Uber-Alles Washington political scene. They did this by making the earlier Nationals an overwhelmingly Black thing. Egregiously they brought in the two Black criminals and made them the cornerstone of the franchise. Only after a number of last-place finishes and an often empty stadium did the owenership see the light: White Baseball players.
And suddenly: The 2010 Nats look like the 1969 Senators. Only Teddy Ballgame and Frank Howard are missing.
Last year's worst franchise, the Washington Nationals, made a startling discovery over the summer: White Baseball Players. Over the past year the Nats dumped their high-profile gang-bangers (Lastings Milledge and Elijah Dukes] and have brought in a nearly all-White pitching staff. The new coach, Jim Riggleman, is a no-nonsense order-giver, who takes no guff from anyone on the team, most especially any uppity Af-frikan who's getting benched for poor performance. The heart and soul of the team are the three big boppers, all White, 3B Ryan Zimmerman, 1B Adam Dunn, and LF Josh Willingham. They're all three having great seasons. The pitchers are pitching, the relievers relieving, and everyone is listening to Jim Riggleman. The result: The Nats are 16-14 and very much a competent force in MLB.
But what an interesting bait-and-switch played by the cunning Lerner Family what owns the Nats. In order to successfully move the Expos franchise to DC, the ownership had to woo the ultra-leftist, White-hating, Negro-Uber-Alles Washington political scene. They did this by making the earlier Nationals an overwhelmingly Black thing. Egregiously they brought in the two Black criminals and made them the cornerstone of the franchise. Only after a number of last-place finishes and an often empty stadium did the owenership see the light: White Baseball players.
And suddenly: The 2010 Nats look like the 1969 Senators. Only Teddy Ballgame and Frank Howard are missing.