My new toothbrush confirms the Nats need to change hats

This April, I wrote to the Nationals and pleaded with them to change their hats permanently to the DC logo and away from the cursive W.

The cursive W was the hat for their irrelevant Senators past and they should embrace a brand new identity, starting with the arrival of Strasburg.

But alas Strasburg pitched in the loser hat.

Well this morning I realized another reason I don't like the cursive W.

I have a new toothbrush. I got it from Walgreens. I was about to open it up when I looked at the label.

Yup.

The cursive W.

The Nationals look like the company softball team for a company that sells 99¢ toothbrushes!!

Look, I am sure I am not the first to make this revelation, but it is not often that something like this stares you in the face before you even brush your teeth!

Right now, the Nationals play in a stadium that doesn't have a corporate name. It's just Nationals Park.

But I am telling you, if they stick with the cursive W, then they should just go all in and call the place Wallgreens park.

There's money to resign Strasburg and you can do it one 99¢ toothbrush at a time.

I don't approve of all the uniform decisions in the Beltway Series

The rivalry between the Orioles and the Nationals could be pretty cool in a few years if all of their prospects work out... and let's hope by the time both of these teams are good, they've worked out their uniform issues!

What's with the O's hats? Granted, these hats aren't as bad as the ornithology correct bird hats... but it's still kind of lame.



Besides, the Orioles HAD one of the coolest hat logos in all of baseball.

I've been BEGGING the Orioles to bring back the smiling bird hat. If they don't want to have the white front to the cap, then fine. Have it all black with the smiling bird. But neither the boring sideways bird nor the O's say to me Baltimore Orioles.

It's an easy fix, Baltimore.

As for the Nationals... what are these red tops?

You know when you go into clubhouse store for your favorite team and they have toddler uniforms or onesies that aren't exactly the team uniforms? That's what these red tops look like.

That's right... I am saying the Nationals look like toddlers.

I told them to get rid of the cursive W and I already praised their regular home uniforms... so don't mess around making them look like babies.

By the time those babies can walk, with Strasburg on the hill, this could be an awesome clash of talent.

Look the part!

Some more uniform suggestions for the Nationals

The Nationals didn't play a pretty game last night. They let the Mets jump ahead to a 10-1 lead and their comeback fell short as they lost 10-7.

But they LOOKED good playing ugly.

Color me a fan of the Blue Jerseys, DC caps with the American Flag inside the logo.

It is a cool looking design. It isn't overly traditional nor is it trying to connect with a past that the franchise doesn't have.

It's the kind of unique uniform that I wish the Astros would adopt instead of turning their back on their identity.

The one problem I have with the uniforms is I don't think they make good home threads.

To me, dark blue says "road jerseys."

Besides, I like their home uniforms.

It has a cool modern looking font. Isn't a ripoff of anyone else's uniforms.

Although, as I said before, they need to ditch the cursive W and stick with the DC hat. No need to remind fans about the Senators. If they were any good, they wouldn't have left town... TWICE.


But look at these road uniforms!

Dullsvile.

No imagination went into these.

Wow... cursive with a flourish. Man, never seen a uniform like THAT before... unless you count I would guess 75% of all the uniforms in baseball!

Not to get all Civil War on their ass, but ditch the Gray and go with the Blue!

It has its own distinct look and that will go a long way for a team like the Nationals.

They shouldn't look like losers of generations past.

They are a new team and a new identity.

Plus, any nanosecond King Strasburg will be arriving and Bryce Harper will be in the Nation's capital not long after that.

They deserve uniforms fit for superstars.

MAKE THE DARK BLUE UNIFORMS THE REGULAR ROAD JERSEYS!

And short of that, at least make sure when the Nats wear the blue unis, have the batting helmets match them.


Poor Willie Harris looks like he had to borrow a helmet from the other team.

Might be time to change hats in Washington

When the Montreal Expos moved to Washington just before the 2005 season to become the Nationals, there wasn't a lot of time to come up with a look for the team's cap.

So basically they dusted off the Senators hats that have been sitting in a warehouse since they left town in 1971 and call them Nationals caps.

Heck the Mets took the old interlocking NY from the New York Giants, so there is a precedent for stealing from the past.

They of course could just flip the old Expos "M" upside down... but that would have been too radical.

Besides I guess they wanted to put the Montreal experience behind them.

But the why embrace a Senators past?

The Senators who, over two franchises between 1901 and 1971, won exactly 3 pennants... the Senators who between the 1933 AL Pennant and leaving for Texas after the 1971 season finished as high as second place two times, and both of those seasons were during World War II when the best players were fighting fascism.

They embraced the history of the Senators, a team so bad that a musical was made about them winning the pennant... and it involved a deal with the Devil!

But I already covered that in my post about Long Suffering Nationals fans.

Believe it or not, this is the beginning of the 6th season of Washington Nationals baseball.
That's more than enough time to develop a winner. The Diamondbacks won a World Series title in their 4th year (and nearly bankrupted the team.) The Marlins won in the 5th season, dismantled that team, and won it again in their 11th.

Now nobody is saying the Nationals should have a World Series contender by now... but an identity would be nice. That is, an identity other than "the worst team in baseball."

Well that identity might be on its way.

They have a young star in Ryan Zimmerman. The Nats have talented Ian Desmond at shortstop and some young arms like John Lannan, Jordan Zimmermann and Craig Stammen already on the big league squad and Drew Storen is on his way.

Plus the Nationals have the #1 pick over all this spring and can pick a potential star.
Am I missing anyone?

Hmmm...

Oh yeah!

The Messiah of Washington baseball!

The only player on the Nationals that most baseball fans have heard of... and he has yet to throw an actual game for the Nats!

The last time I remembered such an anticipation for one player to change the culture of a team, it was LeBron James looking to become the savior of Cleveland.

And do you remember what they did before King James arrived?

They changed their look!

Gone were the blue wave across the belly look.

Gone were the tops with CAVS across the top.

Those were the uniforms of a losing team.


In came a new logo...

A new color scheme...

New font on the uniform...

All fit for a king!

And none reminding the fans of the dreadful years that led to the lottery pick!


So before Strasburg becomes part of the big league team, let me suggest it might be time to ditch the cursive W.

Even Hall of Famers like Ted Williams and Frank Robinson couldn't manage a contender with that logo on their head!

I say go to the DC logo full time.

Yeah I know they use the DC hat as a practice hat and on some days as an alternate uniform.

Heck with that. Go full time! Ditch the cursive W all together.

The Strasburg era is coming up... and if he is as good as advertised, then maybe a young Washington pitching staff might blossom JUST as the Phillies run slows down.

Maybe there will be a contender in Washington without the aid of the devil.

And if that is the case, then I want them looking the part of a winner... and that cursive W just doesn't cut it.