Board up the windows, hide the women and children...
"...wherever they go, they have 10,000-15,000 fans."
(Willie Harris, via Nationals dot com, 6/23/2009)
Sorry: try 25,000-30,000 tonight through Thursday, Willie.
Prepare to be overrun, NatsTown.
Legions of Drunk Barbarians from Red Sox Nation at the gates, ready to descend on Nationals Park tonight. At least the Nationals finally had the good sense to kill Sweet Caroline at Nationals Park.
Meanwhile, in this morning's Boston Globe, Adam Kilgore rehashes the 2009 Nationals Nightmare, complete with fun quotes from YOUR Washington Nationals:
"One thing I’ve learned in Washington," Kasten said, "is they’ve invented no new insults."
"It’s not fun," reliever Julian Tavarez said. "I can tell you that."
"It’s definitely not fun," outfielder Willie Harris said. "We go on the road, and the fans for that team are screaming, ‘You suck. Your whole team sucks.’ Our record sucks. We don’t suck."
"It’s not fun," reliever Julian Tavarez said. "I can tell you that."
"It’s definitely not fun," outfielder Willie Harris said. "We go on the road, and the fans for that team are screaming, ‘You suck. Your whole team sucks.’ Our record sucks. We don’t suck."
It's not fun. Definitely. But just take 2 of 3, Willie; now THAT would be fun. Definitely.
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How many "pink hats" will be in attendance? (both literally; and figuratively, meaning the people who have become Sox fans after the winning began)
Posted by: ckstevenson | June 23, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Well, this should be fun. For the first time all year I think they'll have to dig into the standing room only tickets (according to the guy I spoke with earlier today), so at least those of us who decided to brave the swarm later won't bend over to do so.
Posted by: Big Oil | June 23, 2009 at 03:58 PM
The only thing that matters is Old Man Lerner must have been happy seeing all those Red Sox fans' fannies filling those seats. After all, the bottom line is all that cheapskate cares about and Red Sox fans' money is still green after all. Although I hate the Red Soxs, I respect their brutality as they ran up the score against the Nats.
Posted by: El Rey | June 24, 2009 at 09:19 AM
Hey, no complaints here, as long as Mr. Lerner spends some of that Pink Hat cash signing Strasburg!
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | June 24, 2009 at 11:14 AM
So, what's a bigger waste of time? Standing in a long, long beer line on Tuesday night only to find, when you reach the front, that it is "Cash only?" OR, taping some very out of tune Red Sox "fans" (Real Red Sox fans wear Yaz shirts) singing "Sweet Caroline?"
Posted by: Patt Frankerson | June 24, 2009 at 06:33 PM