Nationals christened in Washington
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Seventy-three-year-old former Washington Senators public address announcer Charlie Brotman wrestled a protester out of the way, clearing the stage for the Montreal Expos to be rechristened the Washington Nationals. With approval from baseball owners and a ballpark funding package still pending, the franchise forged ahead yesterday with a splashy ceremony before hundreds of fans in the grand hall at Union ...
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Major League Baseball has chosen Washington, DC as the new home of the Montreal Expos, a city official has told The Associated Press.
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The Nationals' starting rotation, littered with cheap retreads and fringe prospects a year ago, has upgraded across the board with a group of solid prospects.
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The wait for a baseball team is over. The debate over the name begins. With the Montreal Expos headed to the nation&#39;s capital, ideas for a suitable nickname for a baseball team at the seat
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Major League Baseball will announce today that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, the Associated Press has learned.
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The Nationals announce a series of appearances by Manager Manny Acta and a few players at various events throughout the region.
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The Nationals agree to trade second baseman Jose Vidro to the Seattle Mariners for two prospects on Wednesday.
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Description: Major League Baseball has reportedly chosen the nation&#39;s capital as the new home of the Montreal Expos. An official announcement is expected today.
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Washington Nationals baseball caps are offered for sale on the first day of the Nationals team store at RFK Stadium in Washington Friday, Dec. 3, 2004.
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WASHINGTON - Major League Baseball will announce Wednesday that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, bringing the national pastime back to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years, The Associated Press has learned.    A city official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Washington has been notified by Major League Baseball of the impending announcement...
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STILL without approval from baseball club owners or the city they plan to call home, the Washington Nationals were born yesterday in a sea of red, white and blue.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - The official move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC is more certain than it was a week ago.
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The D.C. Council gives its blessing to a deal to bring the Washington Nationals to the city, approving financing to build a baseball stadium along the Anacostia waterfront.
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Major League Baseball's Washington, D.C. franchise finally  got a name Monday, nearly two months after the team relocated  from Montreal. Team officials, including president Tony  Tavares, also unveiled a color scheme for the team, which is  red, white and blue.
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Nationals gear with the team's logo popped up on eBay this week.
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WASHINGTON - It was more pep rally than news conference, with the mayor and city officials wearing red Washington Senators caps, the ones with the curly "W" on the front.   "After 30 years of waiting and waiting and waiting," said Mayor Anthony Williams, adding dramatic pauses for emphasis, "and lots of hard work and more than a few prayers, there will be baseball in Washington in 2005!"   Baseball returned to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years Wednesday, with an announcement from Major League Baseball that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington next season...
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The long wait for baseball in Washington will prove worthwhile as fans begin a rewarding relationship with the Nationals.