Source: Montreal Expos >>> Washington Nationals

[PennSkinsFan]

Link (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-expos-namechange&prov=ap&type=lgns)

[ShaggySkins]

Not surprising, its been rumored to be the name for a while now.

[dj_stouty]

I like it....and I'm on board.

Apparently 10,000 people have placed deposits on tickets already!

[IowaSkinsFan]

Where are they going to play next season? RFK?

[Axegrinder]

I like it too!

[BRAVEONAWARPATH]

Where are they going to play next season? RFK?
Yes

[CarMike]

I'm down with Nationals! Beats the heck out of the Expos

[IowaSkinsFan]

I'm down with Nationals! Beats the heck out of the Expos

I just hope they don't call them the Nats! It reminds me of being down on the river in the summer time trying to keep the bugs off!

[LATrueRedskin]

I like it. That was my choice to rename it.

[bfauble83]

That was my favorite choice, lets PLAY BALL!

[Spence]

I just hope they don't call them the Nats!I've got bad news for you, Robert. That's exactly what they'll be called most of the time. They used to do it with the Senators, too.

[IMALILTEAPOT]

i like the logo. imma try to get the fitted

[PGiddy18]

This puts them in the division with the Phills... maybe I'll be able to catch a game or two... I'll come down to DC... this time I'll be the enemy... you guys don't throw stuff like in Philly do you? :D

[IMALILTEAPOT]

This puts them in the division with the Phills... maybe I'll be able to catch a game or two... I'll come down to DC... this time I'll be the enemy... you guys don't throw stuff like in Philly do you? :D
ur close to 1,000!

[LATrueRedskin]

That's a damn nice logo too.

[RedskinsVision]

i concur with the name and logo.. it's pretty nice. some ppl complain about it looking like the All-Star logo or for being too conservative looking but it represents the nation's capital with due respect.

Wilbon on PTI did say that they're going to release an alternate logo pretty soon and that it's better...

[Emmanouel8]

I prefered the senators but I can live w/ the Nationals, I actually like it.

I can't say I like the logo at all. It looks like a conference logo not a team logo. And what will the mascot be? Put a colonial face, a monument, something that can be the 'face' of the team. It's a baseball and stars?!

DJ where can get my tickets and how much? I wouldn't mind paying RFK a visit.

[JoeDaSchmoe]

I like the team name. I like the logo. I like the script W. I like the colors. They're on a roll right now. Can't wait to see the jerseys, this "alternate logo," and a few different-colored hats (like white).

[RedskinzDude]

All I can is that I love the fact that DC got a baseball team. Now that DC has a baseball team, they are just like some city that have four major prosports teams such as Philly, Chicago, and Boston. As for the new name, I like it. Besides watching a game, I look forward to going to RFK Stadium and absorb the atmosphere which was once the home of our beloved Redskins. Baseball at RFK will be great as far as I'm concerned. Washington, D.C. is a lovely city.

[hail2skins]

I heard on the radio today that back in the old days they were called the Nationals as well as the Senators. Then in 195? they became just the Senators. I didn't know that before.

[IowaSkinsFan]

I've got bad news for you, Robert. That's exactly what they'll be called most of the time. They used to do it with the Senators, too.

It's inevitable, I suppose. It's one of those things I dislike about sports these days, nearly every team nickname has a nickname. The only ones that don't are the ones where the nickname is too short to begin with, in which case, they make a nickname that is longer than the original, i.e. Cubs becoming Cubbies. I am not a big fan of catch phrases, other than Censored by Spence, so I don't know why team nicknames need nicknames themselves.

Think about it.

BoSox
Yanks
Cards
Nats
'Stros
Phils
Boys (appropriate, but irritating nonetheless)
Jints
9ers
Hawks
Nats
Sens
'Spos

and the list goes on.......

Feel free to add your own.

Finally, I would like to add that my favorite truncation of a team nickname is definately COCKS, short for the USC Gamecocks. Now that is one I can live with.

[IowaSkinsFan]

I like the team name. I like the logo. I like the script W. I like the colors. They're on a roll right now. Can't wait to see the jerseys, this "alternate logo," and a few different-colored hats (like white).

White baseball hats? They won't be white for long. They will look like a bunch of college frat boys after the first homestand.

[dj_stouty]

DJ where can get my tickets and how much? I wouldn't mind paying RFK a visit.

Only 81-game season tix are currently available. Single game and multi-game plan tickets will be sold in the near future.

Check out the seating/pricing chart.

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/was/ticketing/seating_pricing.jsp

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/was/images/ballpark/stadium_seatingpricing.gif

[dj_stouty]

Feel free to add your own.


Skins ;)

[IowaSkinsFan]

Skins ;)

I thought that went without saying! ;)

[Emmanouel8]

I thought that went without saying! ;)


Maybe in a cowboy's forum. :rolleyes:

Thanks DJ,...

[Emmanouel8]

Soooo just to be sure if me and a guest want to sit in the grey infield I have to pay $40 x 2 x 81? I can scalp the one's I don't go to right? :D

[hail2skins]

Soooo just to be sure if me and a guest want to sit in the grey infield I have to pay $40 x 2 x 81? I can scalp the one's I don't go to right? :D

Yeah, I think that's the case.

[RedskinsDave]

I'm getting anyone I know who owns a business to buy season tickets. I get a seat when I want and they can deduct the cost.