Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Wow. We might be a real team now. . . or maybe not. On the one hand, the Post this morning came out with a pull-out section "Nationals 2005." Wow. There it is in black and white, a real team. On the other hand, turn to page H2. Top Ten Nationals. Uh, they've got Pittsburgh cast-off JJ Davis and some prospect who hasn't pitched above AA. No disrepect meant to Mr. Davis and Mr. Harrisburg PA, but we can't even get ten interesting guys on the major league squad. Yuck. Then again, we are a real team -- the Post shows that we have uniforms, a schedule, and a spring training site. But . . . the spring training site is in Viera, Florida. Enter that into MapQuest. The response? "Your search for "Viera, FL" did not match any locations. Please check the spelling or enter a different city." Like what, Montreal? OK, but, really, we must be a real team -- tickets were so hot that some VIPs are already steamed -- see, e.g., David Brooks' column in Saturday's NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/12/opinion/12brooks.html). I guarantee you that kind of coverage wasn't had in Montreal, not even in the day of Le Grande Orange.