Nationals Anthems

Take the total debt load and divide by gross attendance
Then subtract front office payroll, stamps and paperclip expenses.

As usual, this piece first appeared as a comment on Nationals Journal. Poster dargregmag (affectionately known as dargramps) wrote, “The “Hawk” was a six tool player what was his sixth tool? the brutha looked good in his uniform.” Too good to pass up – this one’s for you, dargramps.

Andre Dawson, The World’s First [...]

Zim and Adam Dunn
Took a little BB gun
Out to a field for a drunken test run…

Over on the Nationals Journal blog on WaPo, there is a recurring meme that Ronnie Belliard is a) to blame for everything that goes wrong with the Nats and b) if we bash him then the Nats will win. Obviously some good material there to work with. I posted this and immediately got [...]

On the Nationals Journal post about the Red Sox coming to town for the interleague series, there was a lot of complaining about the mythical “pink hat” that supposed Red Sox bandwagon fans wear. I married into a Red Sox family so I know first-hand that die hard 3rd and 4th generation fans buy [...]

Hi – thanks for dropping by Nationals Anthems, my sports blog.  I’m a fan of the local pro teams here in DC, with most of my love geared toward the Nats.  Maybe the Redskins will win me back someday, but that’s another story.  I was fortunate to marry into a Boston family in 2002, so [...]