Countdown - 944

a strong last two perfomances makes 1000 actually look possible...which is a lot.

on the smaller and lesser things, i have to sit in a room with no windows, computer or fan or anything and go through 7 boxes. I did two yesterday in 10 hours. This is not a fun task. The worst part is, I have a radio up there, but the station I listen to, Sportstalk 980, plays the same commercials over and over again. There is this one where a guy calls up Comcast and asks to get MASN, which for those that don't know is the station Nationals games are played on. MASN is the anti-Comcast sportsnet, so Comcast refuses to air the games. This is just one of the major problems I have with baseball in this area. A second is the fact that barely anyone here knows the baseball season has started. No owner = no promotion. Now everyone who hosts a sports radio show here says the team is weak this year and that the honeymoon has worn off and now the fans aren't going to come out as much. To me, this is the best thing that could happen. MLB owns the Nationals. Everytime we go and watch a Nationals game, MLB makes money. Instead of giving more money to the 29 or so owners that own the team, why not boycott all of the games until an owner is in place? MLB has been dragging its feet for sometime now when they should have been picking a new owner. I bet if no one goes to the games they will get a new owner in here right away. Just a thought.

Also, I don't really like the team name "Nationals" but I can live with it. I hate the expression "Nats" though. "Let's go Nats" This is terrible. First of all, it sounds like "mets" when cheered at games (been there, heard that, trust me), secondly, that's a horrible name...it's a fucking annoying bug that no matter how hard you swat it, it comes back for more...that isn't necessarily a good thing since the NATIONALS have a subpar pitching staff and getting swated is really the opposite thing you want to happen to your baseball club.

I want to organize a group of Nationals fans who stand outside games and hold signs that say "Welcome to the NATIONALS game" or find some other way to drill this into the thousands of casual baseball fans we have in the area...because to be honest, if you are a Nationals fan, you must not be that big of a baseball person. The team is brand new to the area. If you know much about baseball, it is likely because you have a favorite team. Now i am all for rooting for the brand new local team, but I could give a crap if the Nationals lose. To be honest, I'd be mildly disappointed. If you have seen me after a Yankee loss or seen Papa Spudapolis after a UNC loss, you know what a fan is like.

Then there is Dr. Bongzilla, who doesn't know what to feel like after a his NCAA team loses, or his purple shirt basketball team loses or what to even do when the alarm clock goes off, because he's all "hey man, how'd i get here, man" and shit. that's right you cheese eating, volvo wagon driving, jeffery dahmer house address knowing, geoff jenkins jersey wearing, changing my middle name to Jamal because "I got it like that" pimpinology lesson in towanda's.....you get the point. here is your shout...

in conclusion, 944