As this year's return of Redskins coach Joe Gibbs demonstrates, nostalgia alone is no formula for sports success. But since Washington hasn't had a baseball team since I was in diapers, some optimism is forgivable.
Meanwhile, Mark Gauvreau Judge, grandson of Washington Senator Joe Judge, proposes how to improve the game itself: enlarge the field, bringing back "the game of stand-up doubles, triples and inside-the-park homers."
Without further ado, here are my - hopefully original - name proposals:
1. Flying creatures
Who says only Baltimore can be the Birds?
Bald Eagles
The national bird; some of them nest in the Washington area, including along the Potomac River near Great Falls.
Blue Herons
A majestic bird common to the region.
Bats
It's about time baseball had a team called the Bats, no? And what location is more appropriate?
2. Government creatures
Washington has had too many government-themed team names already: The Senators, the Nationals, the Capitals, the Diplomats, the Federals. Some have proposed the Presidents - boring!
Washington Insiders
Everyone wants to be one.
Washington Spooks
I could tell you why, but then I'd have to kill you.
Washington Buzz
What Washington's really about.
Washington Intrigue
Abstract nouns are in, they say.
Washington Subcommittees
Where the real power lies.
3. A capital city
Capital Crimes
Capital Offenses
Grim but accurate.
Capital Letters
They could play on Sesame Street.
4. The land of the free
The Freebasers
Overtones of baseball - and Marion Barry.
The Freeloaders
Speaks for itself.
4. Alliteration
Washington Wombats
Appropriately nonsensical.
Submit your own name suggestions to WTOP radio.
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