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Growing up around and now living just outside DC, most incoming free agents/draft picks usually handle their initial press conference and first weeks in town either awkwardly or poorly. DC is not New York, not LA, Boston, Philly, or Chicago - but it IS a major market, with a lot of money, but it has a completely different feel than the other "big" cities. Its a city fueled by politics and government, and most athletes seemed confused by it.
DC does have TON of transients - people move in and out of the area a lot (again, mostly due to gov't jobs/military), so maybe that's why newcomers are so quick to fly the colors of their respective hometown teams. Why they decide to do it at press conferences in front of the DC media is beyond me, and its always bothered many other DC fans. I'll let the Post's Sports Bog take it from here:
When John Wall arrived in D.C., he told reporters he liked the Cowboys. When Bryce Harper signed with the Nats, he told reporters he liked the Cowboys, the Lakers and Duke. Clinton Portis wore Phillies hats, and John Wall wore Flyers hats, and even Fred Smoot came to Verizon Center to root for the Cavs.
And on and on. Its happened my entire life, and its a little thing that has always irked me. Enter the latest Nats free agent, Gio Gonzalez.
On his first night in Washington, he went to a Caps game wearing red.
“I was at the Capitals game and I got all the love in the world from all the fans,” he told reporters.
Later that night, he ran up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. And on his second day in town, he did an interview with ESPN 980, whose hosts ended the interview in typical fashion by wishing him well.
“Hey guys, one more thing before I go,” Gonzalez then interrupted. “I just want to say Hail to the Redskins.”
Running up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial? Hail to the Redskins? Short of kicking a Cowboys fan in the nuts, I have no idea how Gio could have made a better impression with me. Hail to you, Mr. Gonzalez.On the flip side, Bryce Harper seems like a monumental jerkface. Cowboys, Lakers, and Duke??
Geez Bryce Harper, talk about your all-time front runner. Can't get much douchier (it's a word) than that.
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is douchier french? like messier? douchier?
Deletebryce harper will wind up on the yankees at some point..... like a 'douchier'
speaking of the douchees, did anyone catch the comments made by newly pintripe'd michael pineda?
he said "i never thought i'd be a yankee this early in my career" with the unmistakable tone of 'but i knew if i'd be one eventually'
f'n yankees...
and f gio gonzalez too.. guys a phony. a big fat phony. look, his hat comes right off!