Washington Redskins: Mr. McNabb Goes To Washington or…A Tale of Two Cities

September 21, 2010   ·   Michal Goldstein   ·   Jump to comments

April 4th, 2010 marked Major League Baseball’s annual opening day, on which the Boston Red Sox battled it out until the last innings of an evening game with their New York nemeses, the Yankees. Each team slugged for the fences for the better part of nine innings at Fenway Park, eliciting all the excitement that baseball can muster these days—towering talents hammering away at a storied ballpark under hot, bright lights.
 But April 4th was a curious and notable day on the sports calendar for other reasons, much to the chagrin and annoyance of baseball commissioner Bud Selig.  2,300 miles away from Boston, a 33-year-old veteran quarterback was being notified by his agent and former football team that he had been traded to a division rival.  He was napping at the time, resting up on an otherwise peaceful Easter weekend.
That the Philadelphia Eagles would one day trade Donovan McNabb was practically a foregone conclusion to both those who admired and de...

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