Sports: Expos announcement might come Thursday
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NEW YORK Several baseball officials say an announcement on the relocation of the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC could come Thursday.
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With or without an agreement with Peter Angelos, baseball appears ready to officially award the Montreal Expos to Washington.
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Baseball&#39;s decision to move the Montreal Expos to Washington gave officials in San Jose reason for optimism in their bid to acquire a major league team.
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The Montreal Expos have received legal notice from Major League Baseball that the team will move Nov. 30, TQS television reported yesterday.
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Washington decided on where to build a ballpark for the Montreal Expos if major league baseball moves the team to the nation's capital
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NEW YORK Thursday will be exactly 33 years since the Washington Senators played their final game, and that&#39;s the day the nation&#39;s capital may learn that the Expos are coming.
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Washington, D.C., remains the No. 1 choice to become the new home for the Montreal Expos, but issues remain, according to two people with knowledge of the relocation process.Major League Baseball's relocation committee met with representatives from the nation's capital for 11 1/2 hours Wednesday to discuss the city's proposal, but the committee isn't ready to make a recommendation to Commissioner Bud Selig.Bob DuPuy, MLB president and chief operating officer, said the Tuesday victory by ex-Washington mayor Marion Barry in the Democratic primary for City Council should not affect the city's proposal to build a stadium for the Expos. Barry opposes taxpayer funds for it.Selig has vowed the team, now owned and operated by the other 29 owners, will have a new home for the 2005 season. He hopes to have an announcement before the postseason begins Oct. 5."We have no reason to believe the elections have changed the proposal unless we're told otherwise," said DuPuy, who also believes a suit by former limited partners of the Expos will not delay moving the team.Lawyers for the partners said Wednesday they plan to ask a judge to block MLB from moving the team.In their lawsuit, 14 limited partners claim former Expos owner Jeffrey Loria and stepson David Samson conspired with baseball officials to dilute the partners' share of the team from 76% to 6%-7% and had no intention of keeping the franchise in Montreal."In my view, the lawsuit is irrelevant," DuPuy said.The relocation committee also met this week with would-be owners from Northern Virginia, who hope to put the Expos in the Washington suburbs.
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Exactly 33 years after the Washington Senators played their final game, the US capital might learn on Thursday that Major League Baseball plans to return next season.
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NEW YORK - Major League Baseball will attempt to finalize negotiations within a week to move the Montreal Expos to Washington next year, a high-ranking baseball official said Thursday after a meeting of the sport&#39;s executive council.
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Major League Baseball yesterday officially announced that the sale of the yet-to-be-named Washington baseball team is under way and that prospective bidders have until Nov. 1 to throw their hats in the ring.
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The deal to move the Expos to Washington, DC, is, as Mayor Anthony Williams puts it, &quot;in jeopardy.&quot; If it falls apart, baseball will not resume talks with other cities until after Dec. 31, and it&#39;s unclear where the Expos would play this season.
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Major League Baseball is poised to cancel the move of the Montreal Expos to Washington after the District of Columbia Council on Tuesday amended the agreement
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Views you can use to get clues on Thursday's news.
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We're down to what seems like weekly visits from Major League Baseball's Relocation Committee, dueling polls in Washington and sniping news conferences between competing D.C. and Virginia agencies. All for the privilege of obtaining the Montreal Expos, 55-73 through Friday, and to give them a place to play next year, a new stadium in the near future and a community to love them.
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com. Almost 33 years to the date of the Senators&#39; final game in Washington, DC, the District and Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced that the Montreal Expos are moving to the nation&#39;s capital.
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Major League Baseball finally did what many expected: It announced Washington, DC, will be the new home of the Expos. The best choice?
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Amid rumblings a decision was forthcoming, the Montreal Expos aren&#39;t moving to Washington. At least, not yet.