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Cheap Seats Daily: Swooning for Ted Leonsis, DeAngelo Hall; Free Preakness Tout Service!
A day after the crushingest defeat of his Capitals ownership, Ted Leonsis went on "The Sports Reporters" on WTEM-980.
He was awesome.
Hosts Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin brought up the rumored but unspecified injuries to Alex Ovechkin and Mike Green, giving Leonsis an opportunity to blame his team's ouster from the Stanley Cup playoffs on mitigating factors.
He wouldn't take it.
"All teams are banged up," Leonsis said.
Leonsis thanked the fans and sounded sorry for letting them down. He said he's capped the number of season tickets at 13,000 for next year so folks who have been loyal for years but can't afford to buy for every game can still get in.
Not that the cap will hurt his wallet: He said he expects all games in the 2009-10 season will still sell out anyway.
Why do fans like him so?
Leonsis said it's because his organization is "transparent" and "honest" with the fans.
The Leonsis interview will be repeated on WTEM on "The John Thompson Show."
On a related note: WTEM is owned by Dan Snyder. If I'm not mistaken, Snyder has NEVER been interviewed by Pollin and Czaban, hosts of the best and top-rated show produced by the station, which runs in afternoon drive time.
Leonsis: Honest, transparent, beloved.
Snyder: Meh. Nah. Bah humbug.
