This Is All Wrong

Think back to, say, March 2007. The Wizards and Gilbert Arenas were red-hot. The Capitals were... not (Oh, I'm sorry; the correct term is "rebuilding"). The Orioles were a few months away from giving up an obscene number of runs to the Rangers.

Reading the comments on the site today, it's clear how much has changed over the last year.

Here, listen to this while you check out the following reader comments:

On the Wizards fine-tuning their game before the playoffs begin:

SkinzNWiz: Gil coming off the bench for the last 5 minutes of every quarter is working well for this team.

This guy? Off the bench? And what's this about Darius Songaila starting games?

On the Capitals' goalie situation:

rjma: If the Caps go deep into the playoffs. . .

I know the Capitals are a different (better) team this year. But seriously, when's the last time you heard "Capitals" and "deep into the playoffs" in the same sentence? Okay, other than, "_____ swept the Capitals early in the season, and later went deep into the playoffs."

On the Orioles' early-season success:

Poopy_McPoop: O's are showing who the REAL dominant team in the Mid-Atlantic Region is. Go O's.

Not at all an unusual statement from this commenter, who is constantly picking fights with Nationals fans about how much better the Orioles are (which is kind of like getting a D on a test and making fun of the student who got a D-minus. Really? C'mon!). This is just odd because, well, it's true -- the Orioles are in first in the AL East. No joke!

Though I should say, going with the school metaphor here, that the Orioles have gotten five out of six problems right on a 162-question exam. Plenty of room for failure.

So what's next in this bizarre year for Washington sports? Will people start talking about how Ralph Friedgen needs to put some meat on his bones? How the Redskins suddenly can't fill a seat in their stadium (okay, that might actually not be so much of a stretch)?

By Lindsay Applebaum |  April 8, 2008; 1:15 PM ET  | Category:  Orioles , Wizards
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