Monday, November 15, 2004

Nice Sports Town for Us

Washingtonpost.com is running a brutal poll on its site asking voters to select which pro team will win the next championship in Washington. The obvious choice is the D.C.United, who picked up another MLS trophy yesterday, though only 55.6% of the 20,000+ voters targeted the United. Somehow, 43.9% (9,180 votes) believe the Caps will bring home the next title. Yes, that'd be the Washington Capitals, who may never play another game again. Beyond that, it's comical enough to make me think the numbers are screwed up. The Skins, despite playing in the parity-filled, up-and-down NFL, garnered just 39 votes (0.2%), probably because it's fresh in people's minds how awful they are, plus the Curse of Snyder. The Expos/Nationals received 33 votes, which seems optimistic in this era of baseball economics. The Mystics got 24 votes, which pretty much mirrors the number of fans at the last Mystics game. And then there are the Wizards . . . 6 votes, a Blutarsky-like percentage of 0.0. It's funny 'cause it's true, to quote a certain H. Simpson from Springfield.

7 comments:

T.J. said...

I was one of those votes for the Wiz. Looks like I'm in good company.

Jerry said...

If they were including off-season hype championships, the Redskins are overwhelming 1:10 favorites to defend their 5 consecutive titles.

Jerry said...

Nice Blog for you. Should we take a poll on when the next post will appear?

T.J. said...

I'm working on my picks...oh wait, wrong blog...damn it

Jerry said...

urgay

amanda young said...

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Whitney said...

Amazingly, it was the Washington Capitals, followed closely by the Mystics and Nationals. As of this writing, Redskins/Commanders and Wizards haven't even gotten to the conference finals since then.