Is this SERIOUS?

[pixburgher66]

Alex Ovechkin vs. Stephen Strasburg: Who is the District’s No. 1 sports star? - Capitals Insider - The Washington Post

 

[pixburgher66]

Oh Washington media...you're just laughable.

 

[ritari330]

Dispite it being a stupid topic, the article wasn't that bad fwiw

 

[flyersfan4706]

 

[pixburgher66]

Dispite it being a stupid topic, the article wasn't that bad fwiw

I agree, they made valid points. But the topic is laughable. Do they really think Washington is that fickle? Certainly if the Nats somehow won the WS in miraculous fashion he'd probably vault ahead of OV (if he were sans a Cup)...but he's ONE person, and in baseball, that means literally nothing.

 

[TiLoBrown]

but he's ONE person, and in baseball, that means literally nothing.

I think thats why I love baseball, with hockey a very close 2nd. You really need an entire team to do well most of the time.

 

[ritari330]

That said, the starting pitcher has the ability to controll the game, but every 5 games...

 

[Rossinole]

Yeah, I'm really surprised to see the Redskins mentioned in a discussion about "professional" sports teams, too.

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

If someone can guarantee me that Strasburg stays healthy over the next 5 years, I might put him right up there with OV.

The tough thing here is that OV is established as one of the best in the game. Stras, if healthy, will be one of the best pitchers in baseball.

 

[pixburgher66]

I guess maybe this just speaks to the fragility of the sports media in the US...that they'd so quickly turn on a bonafide hockey star in OV for a baseball guy who had a few stellar starts, got injured, and has been absent since. I'd thought we'd come a bit farther (even in DC) but, aparently not. (This isn't to say the fans would suddenly turn, but that the media would divert it's attention elsewhere).

 

[Darkstone42]

Jeff Karstens > Strasburg > Ovechkin

Thus, Jeff Karstens > Ovechkin.


That's what I took from this.

 

[elocomotive]

Oh Washington media...you're just laughable.

It's not the Washington media... it's just ONE sports writer. All the others are saying it's OV and the poll on that page shows Ovechkin at 89% and Strasburg at 10%, though it is a Capitals blog (so not exactly scientific).

I think Washington has a pretty tremendous sports media. Two of our own host the most successful sports talk show on television. Though like just about any other town, hockey is just not as important as sports like football and baseball. This is just one bad column by a writer who is, frankly, kinda new to DC.

 

[pixburgher66]

It's not the Washington media... it's just ONE sports writer. All the others are saying it's OV and the poll on that page shows Ovechkin at 89% and Strasburg at 10%, though it is a Capitals blog (so not exactly scientific).

I think Washington has a pretty tremendous sports media. Two of our own host the most successful sports talk show on television. Though like just about any other town, hockey is just not as important as sports like football and baseball. This is just one bad column by a writer who is, frankly, kinda new to DC.

That's fair...but using 'those two' as people to argue for a good sports sector in Washington isn't a good idea (I assume you're talking about PTI).

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

Strasburg is a phenom that did take the city by storm .... I don't think the article is as ridiculous as some of you make it out to be...plus....we all love hockey here but baseball is America's game....

 

[devs30rko]

Anyone else take the poll at the end? So far its OV 88 % stras 11% lol

 

[pixburgher66]

Strasburg is a phenom that did take the city by storm .... I don't think the article is as ridiculous as some of you make it out to be...plus....we all love hockey here but baseball is America's game....

Baseball was...it's really a football country now.

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

Strasburg is a phenom that did take the city by storm .... I don't think the article is as ridiculous as some of you make it out to be...plus....we all love hockey here but baseball is America's game....

Strasburg did single handedly fill up an entire stadium before he threw his first major league pitch. For OV, that took some time....partly due to lockout partly due to crosby's shadow, partly etc.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Washington DC sports currently rank like this:

1. Redskins (will never be replaced, it is a Redskin town)










2. College Basketball (G-town, UMD, GW, and now GMU and VT get more coverage than the pro teams)
3. Nationals (Baseball is still bigger than Hockey in all but a few US markets)
4. Caps
5. CFB (Hokies and Terps actually get larger DC radio and TV share than Caps or Nats but play much fewer games less often)
5. Wizards (nobody cares)

I would bet that even here in Pittsburgh if the Pkrates re-emerged they would eclipse the Pens. Baseball is just a bigger sport than hockey in the US.

 

[thedddd]

Washington DC sports currently rank like this:

1. Redskins (will never be replaced, it is a Redskin town)










2. College Basketball (G-town, UMD, GW, and now GMU and VT get more coverage than the pro teams)
3. Nationals (Baseball is still bigger than Hockey in all but a few US markets)
4. Caps
5. CFB (Hokies and Terps actually get larger DC radio and TV share than Caps or Nats but play much fewer games less often)
5. Wizards (nobody cares)

I would bet that even here in Pittsburgh if the Pkrates re-emerged they would eclipse the Pens. Baseball is just a bigger sport than hockey in the US.

I agree without a doubt. Not only because baseball is a bigger sport the fact that most people in Pittsburgh over 35 were Pirate fans before they became Penguin fans(outside myself I don't know anyone else in the area that went to a Penguin game first). Heck look at all the national attention the Pirates got for this season along with the sale outs at home!

As for the article I don't have an issue with it. All media is fickle and for the "whats hot now" notion. OV has been in DC a lot longer and the media assumes fans are "used" to him whereas Strasburg is new so the tendency of the media is to follow along.

 

[awaz]

Jeff Karstens > Strasburg > Ovechkin

Thus, Jeff Karstens > Ovechkin.


That's what I took from this.

i wanted to rep this.. but i'm apparently out..

jeff karstens ftw.