The new Washington DC baseball team

[James A. Landau]

Fred Shapiro writes:

> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, David Bowie wrote:
>
>  > I guess now it'll have to read "First in war, first in peace, and last in
>  > the National League."
>
>  Not as long as the Mets are around.

Is he suggesting that the Mets should change their name to "Les Miserables"?