The new Washington DC baseball team

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Alice Faber wrote:

> Standings, standings, standings. The Mets were *not* in last place
> this year, no matter how badly they played.

It wasn't for lack of trying.

Fred Shapiro


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