Posted on 02/18/2005 6:22:34 AM PST by johnny7
VIERA, Fla. -- The red jerseys and blue caps had an interlocking "DC" logo on them. The players wearing them were real, live major leaguers. And the setting was pure spring training: lush, green fields beneath a gorgeous blue Florida sky.
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While they'll preform the same as they did in Monteal, at least they've been reborn in the nation who invented the game. That's a victory in itself!
Yesterday, Curt Shilling wore Pats Linebacker Tedy Bruschi's jersey to practice to show support. (Tedy had a slight stroke Saturday).
Yawn. Wake me for the World Series.
Dang! That would tick me off something fierce, if somebody stole my jersey right after I had a stroke.
Take me out to the fall game (football is America's favorite sport).
Yawn. Wake me when the team begins demanding more money, DC discovers it's been suckered, and the franchise moves to the Sun Belt.
That's what it sounds like when the media mentions his name.
Yes. When I've gone to the Pats home games, when Tedy takes the field the folks in the stands all yell "Brewwwwwwwwwwww-skieeeeeeeeeee!"
Yeah. I'd have gone for your wallet.
"Rescued from hell" to be planted in D.C.?
LOL.
The major leagues need to close down or move to AAA at least 4 teams in each league, the old Montreal franchise being one of them. This would have the effect of making the rest of the teams stronger and bring back some competition from the smaller market teams. I would love to see Kansas City, Pittsburgh, or Cincinatti being competitive again.
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