September 30, 2004
Talkin' baseball
There's been a lot of chatter between supporters of bringing the Expos to D.C., mostly (in these circles) against ponying up for a stadium and in favor of one or another hilarious team names. That being said, there are plenty of arguments from all sides both in favor of and opposed to the team and the stadium. For those of you not fortunate enough to have anyone to argue with, we present a list of every point of disagreement and its rebuttal.
ARGUMENT: The stadium will displace residents from surrounding neighborhoods.
REBUTTAL: Perhaps then we'll have people desperate enough to live in the Ellington, provided they drop the rents.
ARGUMENT: Nobody will go to Baltimore for sporting events anymore.
REBUTTAL: What, professional lacrosse doesn't count?
ARGUMENT: Parking will be a nighmare.
REBUTTAL: The Kiddie Car Thieves won't prey on your block anymore, as 20,000 SUVs with Virginia tags await by the waterfront.
ARGUMENT: The stadium will require the demolition of Nation.
REBUTTAL: The goths deserve a reason to be so damn miserable. It's only fair.
ARGUMENT: The stadium will require the demolition of two popular gay nighclubs.
REBUTTAL: It looks like the House and Senate are looking more and more like alternatives.
ARGUMENT: RFK is a functioning existing stadium that we've already paid for.
REBUTTAL: But we can't name it after Ronald Reagan, and if you can't do that, why build it?
ARGUMENT: The city's calculations on how revenues will pay off the bonds don't add up.
REBUTTAL: They don't add up on any calculations the city does. Umm, shut up!
ARGUMENT: There are too many people who are loyal to their hometown teams.
REBUTTAL: If the NeoSenators are anything like the Expos, people should want to see future stars of their hometown teams before they're traded off to find fame and fortune elsewhere.
ARGUMENT: Tickets and concessions will be too expensive for the average person to take their family.
REBUTTAL: Ditto for the Redskins, Wizards, Caps and Lauriol Plaza.
Posted by rj3 at September 30, 2004 11:25 AM
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Comments
I'll give you numbers 3 and 6.
Posted by: Michael at September 30, 2004 4:20 PM
i enjoyed this, thanks.
Posted by: nm at September 30, 2004 5:15 PM