It's a Blog-o-versary!

One year ago today, this blog was born of skepticism about the prospect of major league baseball in Washington, D.C. If all you looked at was that post ("Why We're Here (Hopefully)") and the current state of affairs explained here, here and here, you might conclude that the skepticism remains justified.

In taking that approach, however, you would a miss a year's worth of Linda Cropp, Jim Bowden, DC City Council, Vinny Castilla, Cristian Guzman, no owner named, the Home Opener, ERV Scoring (well, 3/4 of year's worth of that), the mud ball, Gary Bennett!, Danny Kolb!, 20-6, 10 in a row, Bang! Zoom!, John Patterson, Gary Majewski, pine tar, Chief!, Rick Short, Ryan Church in May!, that awful lineup against the Dodgers, Jeffrey Hammonds' game-winner, Brian Schneider picking off a Cub at third base, winning with Wil Cordero in the lineup, 50-31!, first place!, one-run domination (or SAVE IT, PYTHAGORAS!), 150 pitches!, Jamey Carroll's hustle, oh those bunts!, botched hit and runs, beating Pedro!, still no owner, walk off balks, Welcome Preston Wilson!, where's Tomo Ohka?, Baerga "running" around third, ¡Livan! will "shut it down", 14 innings against the Astros, the Braves :(, July, p3wnd by Pythagoras, Brandon Watson's dinger!, Patterson's 2-hitter against the Dodgers (there's still hope -- we swept the Rockies!), the effin' Reds, for crying out loud, still no owner, combacks agains the Phils and Braves, Chief gets tired, 3-man rotation, Frank hates pitchers, still no owner, Where's Sunny Kim?, Dutch Zimmerman!, the Saturday Night Massacre in San Diego, Barry Bonds p3wns RFK, still no owner, Phils and Mets sweep, sweep up the memories, 31-50, 81-81, last place, Jim Bowden, DC City Council, still no owner ...

to be continued (hopefully).