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Don’t rush to buy your Washington Nationals merchandise just yet. A rumor going around is that the Baltimore Orioles have asked for, as compensation for another team moving into their territory, a switch to the National League East, so they can get away from the ridiculous Yankees-Red Sox arms race. So in effect the Orioles and Expos would switch places.
I like “Washington Grays,” too.
How about, “The Washington” people that refer to Washington D.C. as Washington, with no regards to the state of Washington.
I’m more interested in the local nicknames the team will get than in the official name. They’ll be the Beltway Bombers when they’re good, and sportswriters will play off the D.C. to call them the Dizzies when they’re bad. If they can work out the copyright issues, they could call them the D.C. Comics, which could lead to some interesting uniforms. Or, since the team is moving from Montreal, they could just call them the Washington Canadians. I suppose people are too partisan to allow the team to be called the Washington DemoCrats, which would work the D.C. nicely into the logo. How about DeaCons? DeClarations? DynamiCs? DeliCatessens? Dry Cleaners? Well, maybe not.
How about the WASHINGTON EXPOSÉS? That way they honor the city’s history of political corruption and they just have to stitch two more letters onto the old Montreal uniforms. 
Seriously, I also really like the name Washington Grays because it honors the city’s baseball history and the majority black population.
The name of “Slackers” comes to mind… You know, I heard the new stadium won’t have lights. Surely, you don’t need lights when there won’t be any night games played at home! What do I mean? I mean, every game will be a “Congressman” special - entry exclusive for those “whining” and dining their elected officials! 
I bet the new staidum will have a retractable dome atop it, which can flip open during sunny weather…much like that old political cartoon of the Teapot Dome! 
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OK, that would do it. That would make me lose my affection for the O’s. I hope that is an unsubstantiated, ill-founded, made-up rumor.
The more I think about it, the more Washington Grays grows on me. I think I like it.
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The First 3 that come to mind…The Washington:[ul][li]Maller’s (sic)[]Slime[]Pork[/ul][/li]
In honor of the Washington Redskins, a few non-PC suggestions:[ul][]Chickahominies[]Mattiponis[]Monacans[]Nansemonds[]Pamunkeys[]Rappahannocks[]Unamis[]Assateagues[/ul]
Barry’s Brigade!
I think it was the Post that ran a poll when the Bullets were searching for a new name. One of the suggestions was “Anacostia Apple Pickers”. 
I remember a few years ago when the Bullets were changing their name, a Washington Post columnist (Tony Kornheiser? don’t remember) suggested this name:
The Washington Justice
I liked it, and still do. I bet they could come up with some cool uniforms for that.
If they’re crashing and burning, you could call them the D.C. Tens.
Since it’s a baseball team, they would be the DC-9.
The Sherrod Brown who wrote that column is actually a Democratic US Congressman in northern Ohio.
Count me in for the Grays. Not only is it a terrific gesture - but it’d be named for a team that actually won a lot of games. To me that outweighs the fact that they weren’t really a home-town team.
The other nice thing about Grays is that it sounds like a proper baseball nickname. The best nicknames are plurals that refer to the city or area, rather than singular nicknames like “New York Liberty” or the usual boring array of aggressive animals.
Cool Old Nicknames:
Dodgers (in my opinion the best of all team nicknames, and I’m not even a fan)
Yankees
Red Sox
White Sox
Reds
Cardinals
Orioles
Cubs
Athletics
Cool Expansion Team Nicknames That Took That Approach, Or Actually Used Old Names:
Royals (named in honor of a Negro League team)
Padres
Blue Jays
Mariners
Rockies
Mets
Angels
Not So Good:
Devil Rays (ugh!)
Diamondbacks
“Grays” just sounds… baseballish.
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