{"id":4365,"date":"2009-07-02T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/07\/capitals-6-for-bang-for-your-buck-in-espn-ultimate-standings-other-d-c-teams-in-90s.html"},"modified":"2009-07-02T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T16:45:00","slug":"capitals-6-for-bang-for-your-buck-in-espn-ultimate-standings-other-d-c-teams-in-90s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/07\/capitals-6-for-bang-for-your-buck-in-espn-ultimate-standings-other-d-c-teams-in-90s\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals #6 for bang for your buck in ESPN Ultimate Standings, other D.C. teams in 90s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">ESPN The Magazine<\/span> compiled the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/news\/story?id=4297274\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ultimate Standings<\/span><\/a>&#8221; a ranking of all of the teams in the traditional four major sports. &#8220;The eight major categories that make up the Ultimate Standings were created based on feedback from fans about what they want most from their favorite teams (<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/news\/story?id=4297571\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">click here<\/span><\/a> for a more detailed account of the method to our madness.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Capitals led the way for Washington teams, coming in <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/news\/story?id=4288851\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">6th<\/span><\/a> overall and behind the Carolina Hurricanes and Detroit Red Wings amongst NHL teams. After that though, it gets really rough for Washington fans as the Redskins, Nationals and Wizards come in <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/news\/story?id=4294637\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">92nd<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/news\/story?id=4294637\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">97th<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/news\/story?id=4294636\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">98th<\/span><\/a> respectively in the overall survey. The Nats are 27th in baseball, the Skins 25th in the NFL and the Wiz are 21st in the NBA. The Nats came in higher than I expected and the Skins maybe a little lower than they should be. I think the Wiz got a bum rap in this since they were a perennial playoff team until they had two all-stars miss most of last season.<\/p>\n<p>While far from being scientific, this certainly interesting and ought to be reviewed by the front offices. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonCapitals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonWizards\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Wizards<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonRedskins\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Redskins<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN The Magazine compiled the &#8220;Ultimate Standings&#8221; a ranking of all of the teams in the traditional four major sports. &#8220;The eight major categories that make up the Ultimate Standings were created based on feedback from fans about what they want most from their favorite teams (click here for a more detailed account of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,50,85,104,106,109],"tags":[377,1222,1906,1912],"class_list":["post-4365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capitalsnhl","category-natsmlb-2009","category-redskinsnfl","category-washington-capitals","category-washington-nationals","category-wizardsnba","tag-capitals","tag-nats","tag-washington-redskins","tag-washington-wizards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Capitals #6 for bang for your buck in ESPN Ultimate Standings, other D.C. teams in 90s - William F. 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