The new Washington DC baseball team

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:40 PM -0400 10/12/04, Page Stephens wrote:
>Now that the Montréal Expos reside in DC does anyone out there remember the
>old parody of  the saying about George Washington which read, "First in war.
>First in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen" which went "First
>in hearts. First in Peace and last in the American League"

the version I remember (for both versions of the Senators, the ones
now in Minnesota and the ones now in Texas) went "first in war, first
in peace, and last in the American League"

>A variant of this about the St, Louis Browns went as follows: "First in war.
>First in booze. First in shoes and last in the American League."
>
That one I don't remember, but the Brownies were a bit before my time.

Larry