Expos' Move to D.C. on Verge of Collapse
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Washington's new baseball team shut down business and promotional operations indefinitely Wednesday as its move to the nation's capital teetered on the brink of collapse.
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Washington's new baseball team shut down business and promotional operations indefinitely Wednesday as its move to the nation's capital teetered on the brink of collapse. The decision by major league baseball followed the D.C. Council's decision Tuesday to require private financing for at least half the cost of building a new stadium.
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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.
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MONTREAL (CP) - The Montreal Expos will probably leave the city after this season and the league will overcome any remaining hurdles that could keep the franchise in town, team President Tony Tavares said Tuesday.
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Fans of the Montreal Expos prepared to  bid adieu on Wednesday, as Major League Baseball said Canada's  first big league team was to be relocated to Washington for  next year's season.
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Baseball&#39;s plan to move the Expos to Washington might come apart after the District of Columbia Council voted Tuesday night to require private financing for at least half the cost of a new ballpark.
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The Expos president has lists prepared and plans in place to close up shop in Montreal and rebuild the franchise in Washington. He&#39;ll begin to act once Major League Baseball confirms the club&#39;s move, something which could happen as soon as Thursday.
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NEW YORK (Ticker) -- The Montreal Expos have a home and Washington DC once again has a team. According to numerous reports, Major League Baseball formally will announce Wednesday that the Expos will be relocated
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Washington's new baseball team shut down business and promotional operations indefinitely yesterday as its move to the nation's capital teetered on the brink of collapse.
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Washington, DC, Mayor Anthony Williams on Wednesday said the deal to bring Major League Baseball back to the US capital was close to dead after the city council changed the plan to require private financing.
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The deal to bring baseball back to Washington DC has been described as close to dead by city mayor Anthony Williams. His pronouncement came after the city council insisted a new ballpark be part-funded by
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Baseball&#39;s most star-crossed franchise is either on the verge of purging its demons or setting this town up for the ultimate tease and fall.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Washington&#39;s wait is over for the return of a Major League Baseball team, as it was announced on Wednesday that the Montreal Expos will be relocated to the nation&#39;s capital in 2005.
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Major League Baseball is expected to announce tomorrow that the Montreal Expos will move to the District, and anticipation yesterday surged in Washington that the city&#39;s 33-year baseball drought is finally at an end.
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The plan to finance a new stadium for the relocated Montreal Expos has exposed a schism within the District of Columbia's City Council and among its citizens.
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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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WASHINGTON : Major League Baseball is expected to announce that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington for the 2005 season, North American media reported.