The big question about the Washington Nationals is, why did they choose to call the team the Nationals at all? Washington had TWO baseball teams depart, after all: From 1901 to 1960, there was an American League team called the Washington Senators who eventually took off to become the Minnesota Twins. From 1961 to 1971, there was another team called the Washington Senators brought into existence to replace the original Senators. In 1971, they left and became the Texas Rangers. Nationals? What gives? … more