Bring it back. I mean, this is the closet they will get to representation, despite their taxation.
Washington Taxation-Without-Representation-ers
Washington Trail of Tears…
Yep, a team of Minnesotan businessmen conspired and cajoled to have the Washington Senators move to the Twin Cities (but really just Minneapolis) and become the Minnesota Twins.
We even had a statue of the leader of those businessmen and former Twins owner, Cal Griffith, erected at the latest version of the stadium where the Twins play. To tie into some other threads, we just realized that that guy was a racist asshole and so we tore the statue down. And he wasn’t even a Confederate!
Anyway, the Washington Lobbyists. (Edit: d’oh, beaten by @DeForrestation. The Washington Posts, then.)
The Canadian Football league had for many years the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Ottawa Rough Riders.
Washington Gators. It’s an easy name/mascot to promote and accurately reflects the swamp that D.C. has become.
KevinC
2786
Washington Aisleanders would be my vote, if they were a hockey team.
I like Gators. They’d call the field the Swamp,. They could put in a moat around the field next to the stands and have live gators in it. Every once in a awhile a fan would get drunk and fall in and be eaten. It would add to the excitement!
Someone in a media outlet (can’t recall who) suggested The Washington DC Department of Football.
LOL - I like it!
Thrag
2790
This is perfect.
For a laugh, google “orangeskins”.
There were actually two Washington Senators franchises in MLB. The first one moved to Minneapolis and became the Minnesota Twins. The second moved to Texas and became the Rangers. I know the Rangers own all the trademarks and branding and such from both versions, I think because Griffith or whoever sold the rights to the expansion team after becoming the Twins.
rowe33
2792
Yep, one of our old neighbors was on the Rangers for a few years as a kid when they first moved to Arlington in 1972. Those are the Senators I’m familiar with - had forgotten about the one that went off to Minnesota.
Timex
2793
Call them the washington Jackasses, and then use Ivanka holding a can of beans as the logo without their permission.
RichVR
2794
The Washington Carpetbaggers.
Stop bringing up the painful history of the Washington Senators. I am old enough that I actually attended at least one Senators game (in 1970, their last year here) with my dad.
As for football team names I thought to celebrate bureaucracy we could call them the
Washington Red Tapers
alternatively…
The Washington Red Tapirs
that should fly here!
