Everyone is entitled to their own taste of course but FWIW I think the block W is pretty dull and ugly and represents the Senators.
The Senators are gone, folks.
No. They were Nationals then, and everybody also called that team the Senators. It's been so since the 1880s...teams often called the Nationals, and the fans routinely call them the Senators. Always Nats for short.
In fact, I have a 1952 Topps baseball card for Mickey Grasso, who was my favorite player. I was four, so I can't explain why I was fascinated by Grasso, except that it fit with Mickey Vernon (two-time AL batting champ for the Nats), Mickey Mantle, Mickey McDermott (Yankee and then Washington pitcher).
The team was officially the Nationals. Grasso's card identifies him as a catcher for the Senators.
It's a Washington habit...like the way the city's second river is pronounced "Ana-cos-cha", while new-comers (like NPR reporters) call it the "Ana-cos-tee-ya". Or the way the city's name is pronounced "Warsh-nin", rather than "Wash-ing-ton".
Finally, the team needs to connect with Washington's baseball tradition. Cecil Travis played on that 1936 team, which was managed by Bucky Harris. You won't find a better SS ever in the AL. A legend who would be in the HoF except that he became a war-hero.
Look at
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/travice01.shtmlThink: he's part of our tradition.