Wizards Getting Ready

By dfunzy on 6/25/10 1:09pm
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John WallJohn WallI have high hopes for the Washington Wizards under the stewardship of new owner Ted Leonsis. The Wizards team President Ernie Grunfeld is making the right sounds too. He said among the team's top priorities in this draft was to add toughness. He is putting the team in position to fill its roster with the toughness the team needs. Kudos to Leonsis and Grunfeld.

The big buzz is John Wall, the first number one overall pick from Kentucky going to the Wizards. See the video. Hopeful about Wall.

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McNabb Reflects On The Past / The Future?

By dfunzy on 6/13/10 11:53am
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The Washington Redskins new quarterback Donovan McNabb, who last season was with the Philadelphia Eagles, and who will have his first season with Washington this year, talks about the good and the bad of his long association with the Eagles, about the highs and the lows of being a quarterback, and about the pressures for successful seasons. He looks at the past with the future very much in mind. See the video.

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Ted Leonsis, Officially 'The Man'.

By dfunzy on 6/9/10 2:04pm
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To the expectations of everyone the National Basketball Association, (NBA), Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Wizards and Verizon Center to Caps owner Ted Leonsis's Lincoln Holdings, making Ted Leonsis 'the man" in Washington basketball.

The NBA Commissioner, David Stern, in a statement said, "We have long admired what Ted has done with the Washington Capitals in terms of sales, marketing and outreach in the community, and we look forward to him bringing those skills to bear for the Wizards."

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The District Doofuses

By dfunzy on 6/8/10 12:59pm
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Item: Associated Press, June 07, 2010 --"The Washington Nationals selected junior college slugger Bryce Harper with the No. 1 overall pick in the baseball draft Monday. The 17-year-old year old hit .443 with 31 home runs and 98 RBIs at the College of Southern Nevada."

Among the very worst of the worse in sports, the lowest of the low game dwellers, the most unremarkable, the bottom of the barrel, the District of Columbia's dismal doofus plural, the team terrible, the disgrace of the beltway, one of the biggest bunch of under achievers in all of baseball, if not in all of the world of sports, on all of the -- Yes, on the entire planet! -- got to pick one of the better draftees, to chain his future to their sorry, incompetent, and miserable organization. Oh, the horror of it. The horror, the horror. My sympathy, to the young draftee.

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Looking Forward

By dfunzy on 5/23/10 11:41am
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Ted LeonsisTed LeonsisSo Ted Leonsis  the Wizards "pending owner" likes the Wizards' future? Is excited, hopeful, about happy tomorrows for the Washington basketball franchise? The Associated Press reports, "Ted Leonsis is excited about the team's victory in Tuesday's NBA draft lottery and says the franchise will follow the blueprint that has led his Capitals to become one of the NHL's best teams." See the video.

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Jason Campbell Traded

By dfunzy on 4/24/10 9:13pm
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Jason CampbellJason CampbellEven before the closed of last season, another disappointing year, in the off season, the Washington Redskins have been expected to clean house, re-tool, et.al, et al.  Maybe this Saturday afternoon, April, 24th, the house cleaning has begun. The Skins sent Jason Campbell to the Raiders.

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Donovan McNabb to DC

By dfunzy on 4/5/10 4:24pm
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Donovan McNabbDonovan McNabb33-year old,  veteran Eagles Quarter Back, Donovan McNabb  was traded to Washington for a second-round pick this year, and a third- or fourth-rounder next year, what does this  mean to the Washington Redskins? The talk in DC is wait and see .McNabb is a proven veteran and he is old at 33. Is he just another aging star whose past impressed Dan Snyder, but whose future is suspect?   As a very active Redskins fan during the pre-Snyder era, when the franchise had a great leader in Jack Kent Cooke, I can only hope for the best. Maybe McNabb will be another Doug Williams for the Redskins. But those where the days back when the Washington team had magic with Joe Gibbs in his first term as coach.

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Gilbert Arenas -- 30 days In A Halfway House

By dfunzy on 3/26/10 9:27pm
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Gilbert ArenasGilbert ArenasSuspended Washington Wizards three-time All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas was sentenced today, Friday, March 26th,  to 30 days in a halfway house for bringing guns into the team's locker room.  Arenas pled  pleading guilty on January 15 to felony weapons possession. In addition to the halfway house detention, Gilbert Arenas was sentenced  to  two years' probation, four hundred hours of community service,  and a five thousand dollars fine. Gilbert Arenas apologized in court for his actions, saying, "Every day, I wake up wishing it did not happen." (The Associated Press)

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Washington Nationals Roster

By colormejosh on 3/7/10 1:21am
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NO. NAME POS
64 Luis Atilano SP
99 Collin Balester SP
43 Miguel Batista SP
57 Jason Bergmann RP
2 Roger Bernadina CF
32 Brian Bruney RP
10 Eric Bruntlett SS
-- Michael Burgess RF
13 Jamie Burke C
17 Sean Burnett RP
-- Seth Bynum 2B
55 Matt Capps RP
47 Matt Chico SP
36 Tyler Clippard RP
-- Michael Daniel CF
-- Leonard Davis 3B
6 Ian Desmond SS
48 Ross Detwiler SP
34 Elijah Dukes RF
38 Chris Duncan LF
44 Adam Dunn 1B
67 Jesse English RP
-- Daniel Espinosa SS
56 Shawn Estes SP
26 Jesus Flores C
68 Victor Garate RP
12 Alberto Gonzalez 2B
18 Eddie Guardado RP
15 Cristian Guzman SS
22 Willie Harris CF
61 Livan Hernandez SP
69 Devin Ivany C
63 Juan Jaime SP
20 Adam Kennedy 2B
50 Logan Kensing RP
31 John Lannan SP
21 Jason Marquis SP
-- Chris Marrero 1B
51 J.D. Martin SP
39 Shairon Martis SP
60 Ryan Mattheus SP
30 Justin Maxwell CF
-- Kevin Mench OF
49 Garrett Mock SP
-- Tyler Moore 1B
1 Nyjer Morgan CF
28 Mike Morse SS
23 Wil Nieves C

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Stephen Strasburg vs an MLB Veteran

By jemanji on 4/11/09 5:16am
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Slow week going on. How bout dis.   As you know, Sandy and I have a spirited discussion going on Strasburg. (Dr. D has quite a few POTD's up on the lad.)

As always, Sandy has an avalanche of ingenious arguments .... that make a silly position look almost plausible. Just kidding bro'. ;- )

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I'd like some feedback on this, just to test how crazy I really am, that people (or, Dr. D!) can't get this.

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