Presidents Mock Milwaukee with “Un-Racing Sausages “

They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, but perhaps the Milwaukee Brewers didn’t get the memo. In the narrow world of racing baseball mascots, it’s widely acknowledged that the Milwaukee Brewers’ famous racing sausages are the one-and-only originals. But in recent seasons, it has been equally recognized that the Washington Nationals racing presidents [...]

Teddy tackles Milwaukee’s racing sausages

Since the Washington Nationals racing presidents burst onto the scene 3 years ago, they have been host to a range of mascots from other teams, but the Nationals Park grounds have never been visited by the original racing mascots — Milwaukee’s Racing Sausages. With the Milwaukee Brewers in town for a weekend series, it appeared [...]

Twitter turns out to be Teddy’s downfall

2009 has been a big year for the Washington Nationals Teddy Roosevelt in the world of social media, as the team has made Teddy its official voice on Facebook and Twitter. But last night at Nationals Park, it turned out to be Teddy’s downfall. Teddy had an early lead in the 4th-inning presidents race, then [...]

Nationals offer $1.00 tickets for Friday’s game

The Washington Nationals announced that they will offer tickets for $1, based on availability, in the LF/RF Corner (Sections 108 through 110 and 135 through 137), LF Box (Sections 103 through 107) and LF/RF Mezzanine (201 through 205 and 223 through 235) for Friday evening’s game vs. the Milwaukee Brewers. Tickets go on sale today [...]

Presidents Race Results: The Readers Take Over

I am en route to London, where needless to say we are unable to attend the Nationals six-game homestand that starts tonight vs. the Marlins and Diamondbacks. As we did for one homestand last summer, rather than recruit somebody to update the blog, we’re going to ask the loyal Let Teddy Win readers to take [...]

Teddy Roosevelt leveled by racing pierogie at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park

The Nationals’ racing presidents and the racing pierogies of Pittsburgh have a 2-year tradition of traveling to each others’ ball parks when the teams play each other; but after May’s debacle in which the racing pierogies tricked the presidents and won a race at Nationals Park, fans were left wondering whether the embarrassed presidents would [...]