The new Washington DC baseball team

[Alice Faber]

Laurence Horn said:
>At 8:32 AM -0400 10/14/04, James A. Landau wrote:
>>
>>A name that would complement the existing Redskins, as well as the Bullets,
>>is the "Washington Warpath".  Too political, though.  "Washington Doves?"
>>
>The Bullets are no longer extant.  They've been the Wizards for some
>time; owner Abe Pollin changed the name because of the association
>with the high rate of violent crime in D.C.
>

I seem to remember Pollin making some statement about the
assassination of Itzak Rabin, whom he described as a good friend.

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