Is Alex Ovechkin the most beloved Washington athlete?

[Anonymous]

I was think Cal Ripken too. Baltimore was the DC team for the entirety of Cals career

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carl Ripken still. Not close. Ovi great but it is hockey.

Hello? Ripken played for Baltimore.

The question is about athletes in Washington.

Everybody knows that from 1972-2005, this town's baseball team was the Orioles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^#"Joe Thiesman"

Keep trying, PP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carl Ripken still. Not close. Ovi great but it is hockey.

Hello? Ripken played for Baltimore.

The question is about athletes in Washington.

Everybody knows that from 1972-2005, this town's baseball team was the Orioles.

Doesn’t count in the context of the question!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carl Ripken still. Not close. Ovi great but it is hockey.

Hello? Ripken played for Baltimore.

The question is about athletes in Washington.

Cal is definitely beloved by Washingtonians. The O’s was out team before the Nats. Quit pretending DC does not include the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Dexter Manley too

[Anonymous]

And what about Bad News Barnes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carl Ripken still. Not close. Ovi great but it is hockey.

Hello? Ripken played for Baltimore.

The question is about athletes in Washington.

Cal is definitely beloved by Washingtonians. The O’s was out team before the Nats. Quit pretending DC does not include the DMV.

Keep talking, PP. So much credibility! Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carl Ripken still. Not close. Ovi great but it is hockey.

Hello? Ripken played for Baltimore.

The question is about athletes in Washington.

Cal is definitely beloved by Washingtonians. The O’s was out team before the Nats. Quit pretending DC does not include the DMV.

Keep talking, PP. So much credibility! Lol.

So how long have you lived here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carl Ripken still. Not close. Ovi great but it is hockey.

Hello? Ripken played for Baltimore.

The question is about athletes in Washington.

Cal is definitely beloved by Washingtonians. The O’s was out team before the Nats. Quit pretending DC does not include the DMV.

Keep talking, PP. So much credibility! Lol.

So how long have you lived here?

Third generation Washingtonian.

But that is not relative to PP’s stupid statement about DC - or is it Baltimore? - and what comprises the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Yes Orioles was DC’s team before the Nats came along. I still like Orioles over the Nats. Cal, Brady Anderson, Jim Palmer days

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes Orioles was DC’s team before the Nats came along. I still like Orioles over the Nats. Cal, Brady Anderson, Jim Palmer days

Regardless, Baltimore athletes are not eligible for OP’s question about the most beloved Washington athlete.

And I am not OP.

And don’t let PP’s dumb statement about DC and what is the DMV slide.

[Anonymous]

The most beloved Washington athlete is Cal Ripken. 6ft20” the reason why Ovechkin chose #8 most likely. Also - try going into the office 2131 times in a row. Pandemic wouldn’t have stopped Cal and neither did Kevin Costner. That is the end of the discussion.

But if I check my own ballot box I’ll find: #28 Darrel Green. Then Brady Anderson. Then Dale Hunter/Adam Oates. Then Coach Gibbs

I am a Washington Native. I cannot even describe how important Baltimore Orioles were from the beginning of my youth right up until Jeffrey Mayer stole the ball over Tony Terasco’s head. That night I learned just how evil the Yankees were and how life is often unfair and we should just grab whatever we perceive to be ours - regardless of respect for others.

And that is how you know I’m a true Washingtonian.

[Anonymous]

Ovi loves Putin too much to be DC’s most beloved athlete.

But congratulations on a legitimately historic achievement. No one thought that record was approachable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes Orioles was DC’s team before the Nats came along. I still like Orioles over the Nats. Cal, Brady Anderson, Jim Palmer days

Regardless, Baltimore athletes are not eligible for OP’s question about the most beloved Washington athlete.

And I am not OP.

And don’t let PP’s dumb statement about DC and what is the DMV slide.

I'm the OP, and I meant to include just DC.

That being said, I know how important the Orioles were to DC, especially during those times when DC didn't have a baseball team - which also happen to coincide with the Ripken years. So I would put Ripken and Ovechkin on equal footing, giving Ovi the edge because he actually played in DC.

My second choice would be Darrell Green.