{"id":20067,"date":"2013-02-21T13:02:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=20067"},"modified":"2013-02-21T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:02:30","slug":"redskins-will-be-1-team-in-d-c-for-a-long-time-nats-caps-currently-jockeying-for-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/02\/redskins-will-be-1-team-in-d-c-for-a-long-time-nats-caps-currently-jockeying-for-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Redskins will be #1 team in D.C. for a long time; Nats & Caps currently jockeying for #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DC<\/a>
\nMike Rizzo: D.C. could become ‘primarily a baseball town’<\/a> – DC Sports Bog, The Post<\/em>
\nI think that every professional sports team ought to be “aspirational” in everything they do. An example is trying to be the #1 team in a market. Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo seems to think so too:<\/p>\n

“I think that Washington D.C. could become primarily a baseball town, with the Redskins always being right there in the picture also,” he continued.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s the right thing to say, but I doubt he believes it. The Redskins 75 years in D.C. and the overall popularity of the NFL are too much to overcome. The Nats, Capitals, Wizards and DC United are all fighting to be the second most popular team in the area. My guess is the current overall ranking looks like this:<\/p>\n

1. Redskins
\n2. Capitals
\n3. Nationals
\n4. Wizards
\n5. DC United<\/p>\n

I think the slumping Caps are just hanging onto the #2 spot and will probably be surpassed by the Nats this spring if they haven’t been already. The Nats are certainly in the best position to win D.C.’s next major championship, a spot the Caps occupied for about 5 years.<\/p>\n

My personal rankings look like this:<\/p>\n

1. Nationals
\n2. Redskins
\n3. Capitals
\n4. DC United
\n5. Wizards<\/p>\n

With me, everybody is fighting to be #2 too — the Nats are my favorite D.C. team even during extended periods of awful<\/a> seasons<\/a>. Prior to last fall, I’d have put the Caps at #2, but a few things changed:<\/p>\n