I'm convinced Teddy will never win

After four straight years of seeing Teddy going without a win in the President's Race at Nationals games, I decided to pose the question today of his chances during Tom Boswell's Washington Post chat.

Arlington, Va.: Will Teddy ever win a President's Race?

Tom Boswell: He won on Tuesday but was disqualified for cutting the corner illegally in RF. This drove Chico Harlan over the edge. He bought it! For a second, he thoughty he'd seen Teddy win. Now he's bitter. I'm trying to bring him around. Obviously, he will NEVER win until __1) a post-season game, 2) a Series game or 3) an All-Star game.

Well, an All-Star game shouldn't be more than 10-12 years away. I wouldn't wait: whichever come first.

It pains me to admit this, but I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that Teddy will never win a President's Race. Let's think about it for a minute! Teddy has had multiple golden opportunities to win—the final game at RFK, any of the home openers, the inaugural game at Nationals Park (which I think would have been the best time for a Teddy win)—yet the Lerners in their wisdom have maintained Teddy's losing record. I can see how it would have been a draw in years past, but seriously, the novelty of Teddy being the underdog wore off long ago. And incidents like last Tuesday's serve as little more than a tease to the fans. So I say to the Lerners, either let Teddy win finally, or just fess up to the fact that Teddy will be the perennial loser in the President's Race.