As monumental as the Washington Nationals’ first trip to Major League Baseball’s playoffs has been, this news may come close in importance for some fans in the nation’s capital:
Teddy, one of the team’s four presidential mascots, finally won a “race” today.
For seven seasons and 525 home games, Teddy had always lost in races around the Nats’ stadium against the faster and seemingly smarter Abe (as in Lincoln), George (Washington) and Tom (Jefferson).
A fierce debate had grown. Should the team Let Teddy Win! (as the blog by that name demanded) or would that tempt fate and ruin the rapidly rising Nats’ fortunes?
The White House got involved — spokesman Jay Carney called Teddy’s losing streak an “outrage.” Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, gave Teddy a pep talk — and said he was the victim of a “vast left-wing conspiracy by the commie pinko libs in this town.”
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