Posts Tagged ‘Washington Nationals’
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Here is a sweet documentary about baseball in Washington, DC.For those of you who grew up here, I believe you will truly enjoy this film.
We are so pleased to bring you these unique and important films on SnagFilms.com. Check this one out this weekend. Go Nationals!
Tags: Baseball, SnagFilms, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington DC, Washington Nationals
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Way to go Washington Nationals.
This signing is such great news. It gives the community hope and dreams for a better day. Pitching is how teams win in MLB and this young man looks to be a future historic player. I am so excited to see him pitch and am so happy for the Nationals and for the Lerner family. Play ball! Kudos all around.
Click here to read this front page story in the Washington Post.
Tags: MLB, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Nationals
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Go Morgan, go!
Here is a fun piece about the Nationals and a new player’s love of the game of Hockey and Alex Ovechkin.
Consider it done. Click here to enjoy this article.
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Hockey, MLB, Nyjer Morgan, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
I went to see the Red Sox play our Washington Nationals last night. It was a beautiful night and a perfect setting for baseball. The Red Sox have a great team - and I mean team. They have strength throughout the lineup with great pitching and a great bull pen. They beat the Nats but it was a fun and well played game.
Last night’s crowd set all-time attendance records at Nationals Park and I bet more than two-thirds of the crowd were Red Sox fans. In my row, my son and I were the only Nationals fans.
When Ortiz hit his home run, I looked around and it seemed like everyone in the park was standing and cheering. Red Sox Nation was out in full force.
I know the Nationals can build up a big and loyal following and sell the place out on their own one day but more than 100 years of tradition have served the Red Sox well and winning a few World Series doesn’t hurt either.
Tags: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, MLB, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Nationals
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Jake Gyllenhaal and me. We are everywhere together it seems, Father’s Day at the Four Seasons and last night at the Nationals game.
Maybe I can join his posse? Jake, Lance, Matthew and me. :-)
Click here to see our photos. Thanks Simply Sensational. Too funny.
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Jake Gyllenhaal, MLB, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Nationals
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
I went to see
this great documentary film on Monday night and met the directors, producers and the star of the show, Luis Tiant. The film was a sports film - produced in conjunction with ESPN - but, more importantly, was a film about family, coming home and politics as well.
My family and I really enjoyed it. It brought back lots of memories to me about growing up in Lowell, Mass; going to Red Sox games; and then watching the Sox play the Reds in the World Series from my dorm room at Georgetown University. Luis Tiant was truly then “EL TIANTE”.
I am going to the Nationals game tonight to see them play the Red Sox. I will be rooting for the home team but a little bit of me smiles when I see the Sawx play!
Tags: "The Lost Son of Havana", Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Luis Tiant, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Nationals
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Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Twas great to see that BOTH Alex Ovechkin and Mike Green were named first team All Stars by the Sporting News. Click here to see the voting and lineup. I don’t think the Washington Capitals have ever had two players in the top six first team All Stars in the league in our history as a franchise — so kudos to our young core of players for being recognized by the experts and the league itself.
This vote follows on the news of Alex Ovechkin being voted NHL player of the year in the NHL — which I provided a link to the story last week. (more…)
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Carolina Hurricanes, Economy, Evgeni Malkin, Mike Green, NHL, Night at the Museum 2, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby, Terminator, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals
Posted in Films, General Interests, Hockey, Movies, Sports, The Economy | 9 Comments »
Saturday, February 7th, 2009
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? 
Tags: Baseball, Hockey, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals
Posted in Hockey, Sports | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The team will coalesce. It will be built the right way. The Lerners will build a winner for the long term. The fans will come and the ratings will increase. The team will be healthy. Rome wasn’t built in a day. DC is a great sports market. It is big enough and lucrative enough for many teams to prosper across many sports.
Winning will help; building a tradition will help; more media marketing will help; and activating more of the blogosphere will help. The Nationals will be a huge success. This is a good article on some short term issues but long term I believe in the Washington Nationals and how successful they will be here in the DC marketplace.
Tags: Baseball, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Nationals
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Wow - big money ball here in DC. The Lerner family has paid $450 million for the Nationals and $50 million in stadium improvements. The city has paid $600 million plus for the stadium and more than $1.1 billion invested to bring baseball to DC. It is a good thing that the stadium was built when it was in today’s economy. This effort would have been looked at with great skepticism. We are fortunate to have the Nationals in town. I look forward to going to some games this Memorial Day weekend.
Tags: DC, MLB, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Nationals
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