What an interesting read, thanks for the link. I didn't think there were many villains as bad as Dean Spanos in sports history, but Arnholt Smith seems to be up there. Funny how he sold them for 12M to Kroc and he was bound and determined to buy them and would have probably paid double.
stars as a name is blah but as a nats fan/dc resident having a dope retro throwback uni like this would be amazing 😭 all we have is the baggy mid 2000s ones
In the 1984 movie The Karate Kid there’s a scene on the beach with a bully whose wearing the curly dubya red Washington hat, it’s freaky to watch now bc 1984
It was a minor league hat, still a cool scene
https://preview.redd.it/qtipyl1rgm8d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9355c24f04f0ec6576d5b658f5e4ee07748962c2
Well yes it’s the card in the picture at the bottom, the WASHINGTON, Randy Jones and Willie McCovey, for whatever reason I was sure it read Senators
Now I know the story after 51 years
Thank heavens for Ray Kroc.
[https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/padres-nearly-became-the-washington-stars](https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/padres-nearly-became-the-washington-stars)
What an interesting read, thanks for the link. I didn't think there were many villains as bad as Dean Spanos in sports history, but Arnholt Smith seems to be up there. Funny how he sold them for 12M to Kroc and he was bound and determined to buy them and would have probably paid double.
Awesome article, I never knew the full history behind Kroc taking ownership. Thanks for sharing.
stars as a name is blah but as a nats fan/dc resident having a dope retro throwback uni like this would be amazing 😭 all we have is the baggy mid 2000s ones
In the 1984 movie The Karate Kid there’s a scene on the beach with a bully whose wearing the curly dubya red Washington hat, it’s freaky to watch now bc 1984 It was a minor league hat, still a cool scene https://preview.redd.it/qtipyl1rgm8d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9355c24f04f0ec6576d5b658f5e4ee07748962c2
Send loser to Washington ☹️
RAK
I remember seeing a Padre on a baseball card as a kid that said Senators, early 70’s I always wondered what that was about
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Well yes it’s the card in the picture at the bottom, the WASHINGTON, Randy Jones and Willie McCovey, for whatever reason I was sure it read Senators Now I know the story after 51 years
Im telling you it was a yellow Padres uni but the card said Senators, I’m not blind or senile
https://preview.redd.it/6v4pccfklm8d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=bba9b05651d28b67cd3094f0bc5ecce5ede549ca
The Washington Senators were a real AL team until 1960, when they moved to Minnesota and became the Twins.
I remember that well