An Expo, By Any Other Name

Emperor Selig says that the Expos will have a new name and new uniforms next year. Huzzah! Major League Baseball these days plays a leading role when teams change their identities anyway, so it should not be a problem for the league to design a new look for 2005. And besides, only the name has to stick; logos and uniforms can change from season to season.

So what should Expos be renamed? Not the Senators, of course. That would be downright un-American. It's right there in the Constitution, Article I, Section 3:

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State.

Washington has already had two Senators; it can't have a third. So what else could we call the Expos?

I'll hug them and squeeze them and call them George.

BallWonk's choice is the Federals, or Feds for short. Ms. BallWonk prefers to sell naming rights to a local sports-facility-sponsoring delivery company to make the FedExpos. Mayor Williams likes the Grays. Voters at the Washington Baseball Club lean toward the Monuments.

Post your non-Senators suggestions in a comment and BallWonk will put the names on the primary ballot; the top vote-getters will move on to a second poll to determine a winner.