Osler's Razor

There is an exciting new addition to the blogoverse-- The Washington Post has started a blog for the Washington Nationals, and IPLawGuy is one of the bloggers! You can see the blog here. It is really an honor that Tom was invited to be a part of this. You may be surprised by two things related to this: (1) Washington has a baseball team, and (2) that a Republican like IPLawGuy would be affiliated with the Post. As to the second point, it is important to note that unlike the New York Times the Washington Post is a local paper. It has lots of comics, and a big, wonderful sports section that includes lots of coverage of high school sports. Even if you are kinda conservative, it is hard not to like big gobs of the Post for the local content.

As to the first point-- yeah, DC does have a team again, something that was a huge thing to DC baseball-lovers like IPLawGuy. Over the years, Washington has had several pro ball teams, but they have all left for greener pastures. Early on, there was a National League team called the Plutocrats, but they relocated to Hagerstown, Maryland in 1897. Later, there were several teams known as the "Senators," but they all decamped for other places-- in 1939, for Rehobeth Beach, Delaware to become the 32ers (now defunct); in 1948, to Milwaukee to become the Brewers; in 1958 to Anaheim to become the Mighty Ducks (now just the Ducks); in 1966 to Japan to become the Nippon Ham Fighters and in 1967 to Dallas to become the Rangers. During this period, two other teams departed DC's baseball scene as well: In 1971 the Dolphins left for Miami, and in 1954 the Hamburger Clowns left for McDonaldland (they later became the New York Mets).

Anyways, it is great to see IPLawGuy combining his love for baseball with the medium of the internet. And I'm not the only one who thinks so-- check out this post, which garnered 28 comments! I think that's pretty cool.

UPDATE: Justin Scott provided a better description of this blog than I did.