NY Post Headline Gaffe: ‘Game 6 Sends [Caps] Home For Summer’
By Jamie Mottram | May 10, 2012
Today’s Dewey Defeats Truman-esque moment (via @bruce_arthur):
Update: The Rangers are also selling tickets to the conference finals. Oh, and the Boston Herald ran a similar headline before Caps-Bruins Game 7.
Topics: Capitals, Media Bird Doggin', New York Sucks | 7 Comments »
DMV: Caps Force Another Game 7
By Jamie Mottram | May 10, 2012
The Caps, thanks to Holtby and co., force a Game 7 in NY. [Japers' Rink]
Ovechkin nearly scored from the seat of his pants. [Russian Machine]
Unlike Game 5, the Caps’ penalty kill came up big. [Caps Insider]
More screengrabs of Braden Holtby’s mom freaking the fork out. [Bog]
An interview with the Caps’ “forgotten man,” Dmitry Orlov. [RMNB]
The Nats lose a weird one in Pittsburgh, struggle to hit. [Nats Journal]
Danny Espinosa isn’t hitting, but he should keep playing. [Nats Baseball]
Jordan Zimmermann propably didn’t hit Hamels on purpose. [Nats Journal]
Phily’s Citizens Bank Park appears to have attendance problems. [Bog]
RGIII is trademarking his name and stuff, as he should. [Hogs Haven]
Here’s the first Redskins fan RGIII tattoo known to man. [Bog]
Roy Helu will now have “Helu Jr.” on his jersey. Great. [Real Redskins]
John Beck has signed on with the Houston Texans. [Hogs Haven]
JaVale McGee chucked his TNT game ball into the crowd. [BDL]
ACC and ESPN strike up a new TV deal for more money. [Testudo Times]
Sounds like Kornheiser’s show’ll be on 980 for a couple more years. [Bog]
Topics: Capitals, DMV, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Spotted: Ovi’s Ridiculous Mercedes, With a New Paint Job
By Chris Mottram | May 9, 2012
We were first made familiar with Ovi’s understated 2010 Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG Black Series by Steinz a couple years ago. Then it was covered with a flat black paint job. But now it has a new look, as spotted by the youngest Mottram on Thursday morning:
Still an amazing vehicle, although could do without the Rangers colors right about now. Another photo of the car, and Beef’s account of his run in with it after the jump.
Topics: Alexander Ovechkin, Beef, Capitals | 5 Comments »
Nats PR Says America’s Most Beautiful City Is … Pittsburgh
By Jamie Mottram | May 9, 2012
As tweeted by @NationalsPR, which is “the official Twitter page of the Washington Nationals Baseball Media Relations Department,” during last night’s Nats-Pirates game at PNC Park (via D.C. Sports Bog):
Now, PNC Park is a beautiful ballpark, and I don’t find Pittsburgh itself to be particularly ugly, but really? You’re the PR arm of the Nationals and you’re hailing Pittsburgh as “America’s most beautiful city”? Seems “off-message,” which is a thing PR people say.
We tweeted this from @MrIrrelevantDC and are having some fun with it over there, but it seems right for the website too, so kick it around a little. Can’t wait to see what the Nats tweet when visiting Philly.
Topics: Nationals, Pittsburgh Is for Whores, Web 2.0 Is Not for Dorks | 3 Comments »
DMV: First-Place Nats And O’s Felled By Awesome Home Runs
By Jamie Mottram | May 9, 2012
Nats lose in Pittsburgh on walk-off HR as Zim and LaRoche return. [WaPo]
Josh Hamilton hits four two-run HR against the Orioles. [The Sun]
MLB fines Rizzo for his comments on chickenshit Cole Hamels. [Nats Journal]
The brothers Ripken agree with Rizzo’s assessment of Hamels. [Bog]
Rizzo keeps talking about Hamels, being “old school,” etc. [Jason Reid]
Nats to rely on Bernadina-Nady platoon in Werth’s absence. [Nats Journal]
Choosing to believe the Caps will win Games 6 and 7. [Japers' Rink]
Ovechkin went shotless in Game 5 for just the second time. [Caps Insider]
A Caps blog interviews Caps sniper Alexander Semin. [Russian Machine]
RGIII gets the Onion treatment to hilarious effect. [Hogs Haven]
Fans keep mistaking other Redskins for RGIII, which is awkward. [Bog]
A Redskins blog interviews rookie RB Alfred Morris. [Burgundy Blog]
JaVale has big game vs. the Lakers, gets praise from Kobe. [Wiz Insider]
Topics: DMV, Nationals, Orioles, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
DMV: Caps Fans Kicked In The Nuts, Again
By JP Finlay | May 8, 2012
Caps lose heartbreaker, give up goal w/ 6 secs left in OT loss. [WaPo]
A guide to decompressing after Game 5, which is pretty hard to do. [RMNB]
Silver lining: maybe the Caps play best with backs to the wall. [HMcFB]
Craig Laughlin watches the Caps from his hospital bed. [DCSBN]
Tonight’s Nats lineup to be w/o Werth, w/ Zim, LaRoche. [CSNW]
Figuring out where the Nats rank among DC sports. [Washington Times]
O’s still tied for best record in majors, even with Texas loss. [WaPo, MLB]
Coach Shanny rear-ends Brian Orakpo in a golf cart, w/ video. [Bog]
Trent Williams ready to play full year, not get high. [Washington Times]
Dave Aldridge wants the Wizards to hire Nate McMillan. [NBA]
Terps put full-court recruiting press on B-More schoolboy stud. [WaPo]
Any bros up for some LAX? NCAA Tourney features many locals. [WT]
Chuck Brown suffering from pneumonia, but certainly not dead. [WaPo]
Topics: Capitals, DMV | 5 Comments »
See You In August, Jayson Werth
By Chris Mottram | May 7, 2012
The news on Jayson Werth’s broken wrist gets worse. According to Bill Ladson, he will be out “at least 12 weeks” after undergoing surgery on Monday. This puts his return at the beginning of August. Werth’s been the team’s second best hitter with an .810 OPS this season. So yeah, pretty awful news there.
But on the bright side, Zimmerman and LaRoche are both set to return to the lineup Tuesday. And Michael Morse is apparently progressing well, and could be back in time for the series against Boston, which starts June 8. So even without Werth, the Nats offense could go from horrible to just not good!
Topics: Jayson Werth, Nationals | 2 Comments »
Rizzo Calls Out Hamels’ ‘Chicken Shit’ Beaning Of Harper
By Chris Mottram | May 7, 2012
Cole Hamels intentionally hit Bryce Harper on Sunday night because … he’s a rookie? He’s getting too much attention? No one’s really sure. But we are sure that it was intentional, because Hamels admitted as much Monday morning.
This caused Nats GM Mike Rizzo to react. And react in the most awesome way possible. Via Adam Kilgore at The Post:
“Players take care of themselves. I’ve been I’ve never seen a more classes, gutless chicken shit act in my 30 years in baseball. Cole Hamels says he’s old school? He’s the polar opposite of old school. He’s fake tough. He thinks he’s going it intimidate us after hitting our 19-year rookie eight games into the big leagues? He doesn’t know who he’s dealing with. He thinks he’s sending a message to us of being a tough guy. He’s sending the polar opposite message. He says he’s being honest, well, I’m being honest. It was a gutless chicken shit fucking act. That was a fake-tough act. No one has ever accused Cole Hamels of being old school. This goes beyond rivalry and all that stuff. This points to, you take the youngest guy in baseball. He’s never done a thing. And then Hamels patted himself on the back. Harper’s old school. Hitting him on the back, that ain’t old school. That’s fucking chicken shit.”
This rivalry is getting really fun. Also: The Nats are 4.5 games ahead of the last place Phillies. Can not wait til they play again in two weeks.
Topics: Bryce Harper, Philly Sucks | 4 Comments »
3 Ridiculous Things Said About RGIII After Redskins Minicamp
By Jamie Mottram | May 6, 2012
“He’s the starter. Period.”
That would be Mike Shanahan, impressed with young Robert Griffin III’s performance through five practices during the Redskins’ three-day rookie minicamp. It’s not a surprising sentiment when you consider that every QB taken in the top five since 2008 has started in Week 1 (via Real Redskins), but the timing caught me off guard. As Matt Terl said, “The surprise is that the cagiest coach south of NE didn’t even try to create doubt.”
“Best arm I’ve seen on Redskins since Sonny Jurgensen.”
Topics: Redskins, Robert Griffin III | 7 Comments »
Nicklas Backstrom Decks Artem Anisimov, Scores Goal (VIDEO)
By Jamie Mottram | May 5, 2012
It’s going back to New York 2-2, folks. Game 5 at MSG Monday night.
Topics: Capitals, New York Sucks, Nicklas Backstrom | 1 Comment »