What should the new Washington baseball team be called?

In My Humble Opinion
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Hooray and huzzah, my town is finally getting a Major League Baseball team!! But now we have to get down to the business of picking a name. Although I like The Washington Senators on its face, the name now has something of a taint on it, thanks to the fact that two teams with that name have skipped town. So maybe it’s time for something new. Here are a few suggestions already tossed around my workplace:

**The Washington Fat Cats

The Washington Federals

The Washington Insiders

The Washington Alerts** – complete with different uniform colors based on whatever the terrorist alert level is!

Anyone got any other ideas (joking or legitimate)?

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The Washington Liberal Media:D

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OK, I’m officially The Washington Goofball.

I see there’s already a thread with this premise.

Mods, you know what to do.

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I like this one. It was the name of one of the former USFL teams. The team was lousy, but it had a cool logo and uniforms, IMHO.

I also like “Washington Generals”, but I wonder if the Harlem Globetrotters owns that trademark.

Other possibilities – Admirals, Colonels, Capitols (probable confusion w/NHL Capitals?)

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The ExExpos

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The Filibusters!

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Longest 9th inning ever:D

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How about the Washington Whiteskins. Then all of the people who object to the “Redskins” name can finally shut up.

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Something like “The Washington Highrollers” so when the team is moved to Las Vegas in 3 years they don’t have to worry about reprinting so much stuff.

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The Lobbyists?

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The Bud-Selig-And-Jeffrey-Loria-Can-Bite-My-Cranks

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Well, if the Washington Generals are no good, how about the General Washingtons?

If that doesn’t work, we can always try:

The Washington Gridlocks
The Washington Filibusters
The Washington Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States of America
The Washington Beltways
The Washington Washingtons
The Washington Republicans
The Washington Democrats

Zev Steinhardt

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Instead of “The Capitals” how about “The Murder Capitals?”

–The Political Action Committee. I just would like to hear the announcers say, “The Pirates faced off against The PAC last night…”

Instead of “Whiteskins” try “The Honkeys” or “The Rednecks.” It’s supposed to be offensive, after all.

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The Bushwackers!

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When they finally select “Monuments” as the team name, you can all say you heard it here first.

Well, in the other thread first. In this thread second.

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[Nitpick]The first incarnation of the Senators wasn’t actually named the Senators. Their real name was the Washington Nationals; everybody just called them the Senators.

I’d be for Nationals, since the OP precludes Senators.

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The Washington Booker T’s.

Salutes a giant of American history, and the composer of “Green Onions” to boot.

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Ooh, I like this one. I was going to say the Washington Gridlock, but Zev beat me to it.

The Washington Supremes
Washington Fogbottoms
D.C. Disenfranchised

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bup, the last 2 releases of “Washington Senators” were in the AL. You might know the saying, “Washington: First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.” But now, “Nationals” might make sense.

Defunct team names are fair game: Federals, Bullets, Diplomats, Ambassadors come to mind - but they’re as associated with failure as Senators.

A few more:

The Washington Freddy “Boom Booms”.
The Washington Carvers.
The DC Current.

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The Washington Memorial Dragons.

That way, Dubya can finally find the WMDs…