Kudos to Will for pointing this out to me.
Over the years, I've condensed sports news out of Washington into small factoids:
* Redskins pay out the ass for washed-up, asshole Free Agent
* Capitals upset in 2nd round of playoffs despite excellent regular season
* Wizards have stupidest name ever (and stole the Bullets from the better city)
But today, I was treated to a special tidbit of information. Apparently, the Nationals' prized prospect was not who or how old they thought he was:
[Rob Neyer]
Just how dumb is this mistake? The Nasty Nats paid him $1.4 million. For reference, in 1989, the only player getting paid more than that by the Orioles was Cal Fucking Ripken, Jr. Honestly, there's not much to say about this, except the Nationals almost make the Pirates look like a well-managed franchise. Just kidding, the Pirates are pretty much the worst club ever.
In other, happier news, I'm going to sign up for the MLB Gamecenter whatever the hell they call it thing. This means I'll be able to still watch O's games this year, and thus occasionally write a recap. In case you're unfamiliar with my writing style, it will be extremely sarcastic and openly question the heterosexuality of any opposing pitcher, as well as imply they itch their bellies.
Big news expected out of Brian Roberts tomorrow. Since this is a rumor I read on Orioles Hangout's message boards, I won't bother linking. If I took message boards seriously, I'd think Jordan Staal was getting traded to Atlanta every 40 seconds.
Root for anyone playing the Panthers, Hurricanes, Canadiens, Sabres, or Rangers, in that order.
- Matt
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For the whiners who insist Ovechkin should be the "face" of the NHL, whatever that means. My primary argument against this is that Ovechkin is an NBA personality in the NHL world. I think a lot of the appeal in the NHL is it's not like football and basketball, with glory-hogging a-holes caring more about dunks/touchdowns than their teams doing well. AP pretty much validated my fears:
Who cares about the final score? The only thing to remember from the Washington Capitals' 4-3 shootout victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night will be Ovechkin's league-leading 42nd goal of the season.
Most telling first line of the season right there. Sorry, I'd rather care about my team, not any one player on it.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Details later today. Will, feel free to make a post about it.
On a positive note, the ex-capital, Gonchar had a nice slap shot goal against Montreal. It was a solid first game and a great win for Bylsma( ps what a terrible name). If you combine Bylsma's name and Malkin's looks you have the ugliest name and person in the nhl.
Sunday's game of Caps vs Pens looks to be a good one with the new honeymooners Ove and Malkin. Lets see if Ovechkin can add to his highlight reel. Also, lets hope Crosby doesnt limp off the ice again, I'm pretty sure Washington owns him by now.
Go Philly(ew im actually rooting for a Pennsylvania team who'd a thought), Go Caps, in that order.
In the immortal words of Patrick Roy:
"I can't hear [you] because I have two Stanley Cups plugging my ears"
Joke.
WOW. What a human, this Ty Wigginton fella:
[MASN]
That's a dude I want on my team.
Washington Post paints a rosy picture of BRob's future with the O's, stating "Roberts tried to contain his enthusiasm yesterday as he prepared for the first full workout with the squad."
Having a solid player like BRob through 2013? That's at least one cherry on top of the crap sundae the O's are still going to endure during the rebuilding.
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