It appears that an outfit called Bygone Sports owns the trademarks and wants a lot of money from MLB to give up the name.
So let's see, the team has no owner, no new stadium on the horizon, an unpleasant, self-righteous manager, Jose Guillen, Cristian Guzman AND Royce Clayton, Jim Bowden as GM.
Speaking of Frank Robinson, in the history of major league baseball only Jimmy Dykes has managed as many games as Robinson and had a worse winning percentage.
I have a student by the name of Cristian Guzman in my economics class and his current GPA mirrors the batting average of his Washington Nationals namesake...
Since I'm the self-anointed expert around these parts on the WBC, I'll try to write up previews next week. Right now, I think Pool A should be Japan and Korea. China likely won't win a game and Taiwan will likely just beat China.
Figuring out the tournament won't be easy until the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico set their rosters.
I hate companies that take advantage of patent/copyright laws. These guys owned the name to the Nationals, which had almost no value, since no team was currently called the Nationals. They reach an oral agreement with MLB(which is legally binding), then after MLB rolls out the new name, they try to hold MLB hostage for more money. Frickin' lawyers. Cheney needs to shoot more of them.
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Expect Jim Tracy to be suddenly managing an NL East team in 2007 though.
Figuring out the tournament won't be easy until the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico set their rosters.
5 - You mean those evil-yet-cool-looking Chinese hats won't win them at least one game? Not even through sheer intimidation?
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