There is no feud between the Caps and the Nationals. We are close friends. We work together. We care about each other’s success. I am a Nationals season ticket holder. Mark Lerner is a minority partner in the Capitals as well. We are close family friends.
We want each other to be successful at the gate and in the standings.
The Caps re-branded and re-launched our new jerseys. Our home uniforms are red now not white. We used to have white jerseys and hence “White Outs” for years and years when we played big games and in the playoffs. When we went to red uniforms, it all changed to ”Red Outs”. And most of the fan adoption was virally and organically activated. End of story.
The town is big enough to have multiple teams wear red or burgundy and gold or grey and blue or teal and whatever color is best suited for that team.
Thom: Ever notice that both the Washington Times and the Washington Post are black and white and red less and less all over? 
Has anyone considered that the whole idea of eggs as deployment is a bit of a mess as well? I haven’t profiled, but a lot more work must be happening to traverse more numerous, deep directory structures, many of whom are mirrors of each other, confusing the always-beautiful packages-are-directories meme that makes Python so easy to deal with at a large scale, or should.
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Ted: it seems to me that you should be taking shots at the Nationals marketing person who made the comments, not Loverero. He’s one of the more pro-hockey guys in the local media and is a good columnist.
I think you’re all taking Thom’s article a little too seriously. He’s just trying to make a little lighthearted jab at the Nats and stir up a little something. No big deal. Deep down, I doubt he really cares who wears what colors.
It wasn’t a fantastic column, but Ted doesn’t need to take it personally or recycle the “newspapers are dying” cliche.
This article is ridiculous. I struggle to find reasons to watch the Nationals, but they stem far more from the fact that, through my life, I’ve been a Cardinals fan until the Nats came to DC. And I try really hard to maintain a fan-ship status with the Nats as the season lumbers on. If anything, the two teams wearing red white and blue with red as the primary color does nothing but encourage my support for both. Look around the league, really. Pittsburgh’s sports teams(Ugh, hate using this reference) are all black and gold. Boston’s baseball and football teams are both Red White and Blue. St. Louis even had two teams called the Cardinals for a while, as did New York have two Giants clubs. This is a poor argument, that does nothing but attempt to stir up controversy. I won’t be purchasing any Wa-Times papers in the near future, or reading from their website.
Funny, I’m a Nationals and Capitals season ticket holder. I don’t recall a Nats ‘Get Your Red On’ theme. I think the Nats’ marketing staff is about as effective as its players — not very.
could that article have been more negative? i sense an unhappy nats fan writing that one. I mean granted the last game (against the kings) wasn’t the best effort but listening to that author’s take on the capitals made it sound so much worse. not cool, especially when you consider they are the only team in town this season worth watching!