Since Teddy Roosevelt’s historic first victory at the end of last season, the Nationals have been promising some new twists for the season ahead. A giant John Kennedy was spotted outside Nationals Park after the final playoff game of 2012, leading some to speculate about expansion of the Rushmore Four. Rumors also swirled about retirement … Continue reading Nationals “presidential announcement” planned for Saturday
The Washington Nationals racing presidents let loose on Saturday evening as the Rushmore Four warmed up for Katy Perry and Usher, and Michelle Obama, then traded in their racing shoes for cowboy boots to kick off inaugural weekend. The DC Convention Center hosted its first unofficial presidents race early Saturday evening as the Nationals mascots … Continue reading Video: Racing Presidents on the Inaugural Ball circuit
With the availability of new “Curly W” Nationals license plates in the state of Virginia, look for clever Nats fans to quickly take advantage of the team’s Curly W logo to create previously unavailable vanity messages beginning with the letter W. The “good” ones, depending on your point of view, should go quickly, but as … Continue reading New Nationals license plates invite”Curly W” wordplay
Virginia drivers will finally have the option of a Washington Nationals vanity license plate, provided that at least 450 people sign up for prepaid applications. The cost of a Washington Nationals license plate will be $25 and a portion of the payments will support the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation. Virginia drivers have long had the … Continue reading Virginia drivers to finally get Washington Nationals plates
Every few years, every major league baseball team gets a new batting practice cap design. ESPN’s Uni Watch has published a sneak peak at all of the new team caps, including the new Nationals cap, shown here. The white cap with contrasting brim replaces the previous red cap which was distinguished only by its blue … Continue reading New Design for Nationals BP Caps
The Nationals racing presidents continued a three year old tradition on Thursday by appearing in The Washington Ballet’s annual production of Septime Webre’s The Nutcracker. The racing presidents took the stage one at a time to perform ballet’s famous Russian Dance, with Teddy Roosevelt making the final entrance and of course drawing the loudest applause … Continue reading Video: Racing Presidents in Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker
What does Teddy Roosevelt have in common with Honey Boo Boo, Gangnam Style, and Binders Full of Women? They all made Yahoo!’s new video tribute to the Most Buzz-Worthy Moments of 2012. Watch the video at Yahoo! News (including the Blog’s finish line video by regular contributor lfahome). Continue reading Teddy’s Presidents Race Win Makes Most Buzz Worthy Moments of 2012
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center is holding its Seventh Annual Gingerbread House Contest in its Bethesda headquarters, and alert reader Cindy Smith Clinton shared this photo of one notable entry — a DC Mall scene featuring Teddy Roosevelt winning a presidents race on the National Mall. The meticulously decorated gingerbread creation includes the … Continue reading Presidents Race Gingerbread House at NIH
The Washington Nationals presidents race has been named Best On Field Promotion in Sports for 2012. The award is bestowed annually by Gameops.com, a web site which connects sports teams and event producers with ideas and tools for on-field promotions. This is the third time that the Nats’ racing presidents have nabbed the award, having taken the … Continue reading Racing Presidents named Best On Field Promotion of 2012
The Washington Nationals have announced the return of NatsFest, an off-season fan festival featuring meet-and-greet opportunities with players, staff, and future prospects, plus interactive sessions, family activities, memorabilia, and of course racing presidents. The winter weekend event was a hit with fans in previous years, but was poorly attended after being moved to a weekday … Continue reading Natsfest returns January 2013 at DC Convention Center
Turns out General David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell were members of the Let Teddy Win movement. According to a new article by Dave Kindred, Petraeus, a known fitness freak, was asked about Teddy before a planned visit to Nationals Park on the team’s Military Appreciation Day in September. Communicating through Broadwell, Kindred asked if Petraeus … Continue reading Petraeus and Broadwell: Teddy fans
Major League Baseball has nominated Teddy Roosevelt for a 2012 Greatness in Baseball (GIBBY) award. It’s not MVP or even Comeback Player of the Year, but Teddy Roosevelt’s historic first victory has been nominated in the “Oddity of the Year” category. The Nationals seem likely to take the category. Teddy’s big moment is competing against … Continue reading Teddy Roosevelt Nominated for MLB Greatness in Baseball Award. Voting is Open.
Teddy Roosevelt’s unprecedented post-season winning streak apparently doesn’t extend beyond the Nationals Park presidents race, but the Rough Rider’s popularity clearly does. The University of Virginia Cavaliers basketball team visited the George Mason Patriots Friday night, and the Patriot Center crowd was treated to a dance competition between Nationals racing presidents Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt … Continue reading Teddy loses to GMU Patriot. Crowd boos.
For the third time since his historic first win last week, Teddy Roosevelt scored a victory in the Washington Nationals postseason presidents race. Unfortunately, after the St. Louis Cardinals completed the biggest comeback in MLB playoff elimination game history, the race would prove to be Teddy’s last of the season. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and … Continue reading Video: Grounds crew pummels presidents. Teddy wins again. Nats don’t.
After suffering blowout losses in games 2 and 3 of the National League Division Series playoffs, Nats fan and “Rubber Chicken Man” Hugh Kaufman announced his plans to sacrifice a chicken at Nationals Park before Thursday’s Game 4. Apparently, it worked. The videos below show Kaufman leading a crowd including two stilt walkers (!) in … Continue reading Video: Chicken sacrifice precedes Nats Game 4 victory
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