In a flash, DC baseball deal is near collapse
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The news was stunning as it came out on Wednesday morning. After two years of the city selling itself to baseball, after all that time spent on finally landing a baseball team in the District for the first
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Wednesday, Washington&#39;s newest baseball team shut down operations indefinitely, after an unforeseen council vote left the deal to bring the Expos to the nation&#39;s capital on the brink of collapse.
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Baseball is about to be offered some much-needed help pulling its head out of the sand.
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For Anthony Williams, the mayor of Washington, this week&#39;s deal to return Major League Baseball to the nation&#39;s capital after
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Anthony Williams said today that he was deeply pessimistic about salvaging the deal to bring the Expos to the city.
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The price for convincing Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos to allow the Expos to move peacefully into Washington, DC, will be a minimum yearly gross of $130 million for the Orioles and a minimum $360 million should Angelos sell his team, both
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At some point in a hard baseball season, it must occur to even the best manager that the fate of his club is out of his control, that the future is in the hands of the players and dumb luck.
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Dousing a flicker of hope that Las Vegas could land the Montreal Expos baseball team, the Washington, DC council on Tuesday finalized a last-minute deal to bring the franchise to the nation&#39;s capital.
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Is the nation&#39;s capital on the verge of losing baseball again - this time without even playing a game? The move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC, appeared close to falling through Wednesday after
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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia leaders announced an agreement Monday night that they said would bring the deal to move the Montreal Expos to Washington back from the brink of collapse.
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The deal to bring Major League  Baseball back to Washington, D.C, was described by Mayor  Anthony Williams as close to dead Wednesday after the City  Council changed the plan to require private financing.
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It's time to talk about the serious risks and potential benefits of building an expensive ballpark in Washington.
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WASHINGTON Washington DC leaders and baseball officials have reached an agreement on financing for a new ballpark that would be the future home of the Washington Nationals.
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Baseball returned to the nation&#39;s capital Wednesday, but the larger question for Major League Soccer is where will that leave DC United, one of its most successful franchises at the gate.
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District of Columbia Council Chairman Linda Cropp, left, and Washington Mayor Tony Williams announce a baseball stadium financing agreement they say is acceptable to Major League Baseball during a news conference in Washington, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004.
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams said today that the deal to bring Major League Baseball to Washington is in &quot;great, great jeopardy&quot; because of significant changes the DC Council made to a stadium financing agreement.
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District of Columbia leaders announced an agreement Monday night that they said would bring the deal to move the Montreal Expos to Washington back from the brink of collapse.