Nationals racing president Abraham Lincoln has been on a tear recently, riding a four game winning streak into Friday night’s presidents race at Nationals Park. But Teddy Roosevelt brought a new character onto the field to disrupt Abe’s rhythm. As the fourth inning race began, Roosevelt was in front of the bullpen with a new … Continue reading Teddy’s sicks his pet moose “Bullee” on the competition, punches Mr. Met
The Nats Shark Week homestand continued Saturday night with the racing presidents trotting out another shark-themed twist for the fourth inning race. Teddy Roosevelt held a big lead until Presidents Race newcomer “Sharky” showed up, startling the Rough Rider and causing him to reverse direction and flee in retreat. Abe Lincoln took the win to … Continue reading Video: Shark Week Teddy runs away from Sharky
The Shark Week absurdities reached new heights Friday night at Nationals Park, as the Sharknado returned to wreak its own brand of havoc on the Washington Nationals presidents race. Sharknado popped out of the home bullpen and took out front-running William Howard Taft, then spun its way along the warning track toward the rest of … Continue reading Abe Lincoln dons Batman costume to take down the Sharknado
Shark Week continued Tuesday night at Nationals Park as George Washington stole another presidents race victory, appearing from the bullpen with a short “shark,” who proceeded to take out all of Washington’s competition. “He’s given up his hunting hound for his pet shark, Sharky,” intoned Nationals Park P.A. announcer Jerome Hruska. As his pet mowed … Continue reading Video: “Sharky” takes out George’s competition as shark week continues at Nationals Park
Teddy Roosevelt kicked off Shark Week by donning a shark mask for Monday night’s presidents race at Nationals Park. The Rough Rider raced furiously from behind, slowly catching up to front runner William Howard Taft and attacking from behind. It was the first time Teddy has donned the makeshift shark teeth since Shark Week 2011. … Continue reading Teddy kicks off Shark Week with attack on Taft
Blame the team. Blame Twitter. But the seven year conspiracy against Teddy Roosevelt seems to have been resurrected. The Washington Nationals’ struggles have prompted hundreds of Tweets tallying the team’s total record since letting Teddy win at the end of last season, with some even calling it “the curse of Let Teddy Win.” After suffering … Continue reading Video: Nats get superstitious, reverse presidents race direction and put a stop to Teddy victories
Pittsburgh’s racing pierogies and Washington’s racing presidents have a history of bad blood, including most famously a vicious hit on Teddy Roosevelt by the retired Potato Pete at PNC Park, and one of only two instances in history when the presidents race was sabotaged by a non-president. On Monday night the pierogies returned to Nationals … Continue reading Videos: Teddy ambushes Pittsburgh’s Pierogies, who return the favor
The Washington Nationals returned home Friday night expecting to face the Los Angeles Dodgers’ newest baseball phenom Yasiel Puig. They didn’t expect Los Angeles to bring along their even newer L.A. phenom, the Sharknado. In just over a week since premiering on the SyFy Network, the made-for-TV disaster flick about a freak hurricane that hits … Continue reading Video: Sharknado takes out Nationals racing presidents
The recent Washington Nationals homestand was characterized both by an offensive explosion on the field and a cheating explosion in the Nats’ fourth inning presidents race. During the fourth inning Sunday at Nationals Park, the week of presidential cheating reached a crescendo, with everybody getting into the act as presidents fell like dominoes. George Washington … Continue reading Chain reaction of presidents race cheating leaves George Washington Standing
A week of non-stop presidents race cheating continued this weekend at Nationals Park, with William Howard Taft taking a few lessons from long-time cheater Abe Lincoln. On Friday night, “Honest” Abe returned to old form, emerging from the bullpen to plow into Teddy Roosevelt mid-race. As Teddy tried to recover, Taft and Jefferson each piled … Continue reading Videos: Abe Lincoln returns to his cheating ways, and Taft takes notes
The cheating is getting out of hand in the Nationals presidents race, and if that sounds like nothing new, the difference vs. previous years is that now even Teddy isn’t getting disqualified. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights at Nationals Park, Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft escalated their 100 year-old war, taking each other out … Continue reading Videos: Taft competes with Teddy for Twitter followers, Abe slams him with a folding chair, and more
The Nats racing presidents hopped on the latest viral sensation Wednesday night at Nationals Park, introducing Prancersize to the home crowd. On Wednesday, with Abe Lincoln in the lead, the presidents were interrupted mid-race when the ubiquitous Prancersize fitness video appeared on the Nationals Park HD scoreboard (if you haven’t seen it, see below). The … Continue reading Video: Racing presidents prancersize to the finish line
With the Nats trailing early Sunday at Nationals Park, the team needed a rally, and got inspiration from the most unlikely of places. When the presidents race began in the middle of the fourth inning, Teddy Roosevelt lined up near the finish line, bringing with him the same giant cicada that invaded Nationals Park on … Continue reading Video: “Rally Cicada” leads Teddy to victory, inspires reserves
On a forgettable Saturday for fans at Nationals Park, the racing presidents ran a forgettable presidents race, with Abe Lincoln returning to his form of previous years by pacing the field. In victory, the Great Emancipator waved a tiny Swedish flag as he paraded before the confused fans along the first base line. He was … Continue reading Video: Abe Lincoln pays homage to… Sweden?
William Howard Taft got some unlikely assistance as the Nationals racing presidents kicked off the first day of summer in style Friday night at Nationals Park. With Stephen Strasburg mowing down the Colorado Rockies to lead the team to its third straight victory, the nearly 35,000 fans in attendance were able to celebrate the change … Continue reading Video: Presidents welcome summer as Taft enlists Kool-Aid Man to take out competition
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