No Decision on the Expos, but a Sense of Urgency
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ajor League Baseball&#39;s relocation committee met with its executive council and Commissioner Bud Selig yesterday in Milwaukee about the future of the Montreal Expos.
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The vote is Tuesday - but it looks as though there will be no meeting between Major League Baseball and DC officials before the City Council&#39;s second vote on the stadium bill.
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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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The remaining Expos staff work in quiet offices at Olympic Stadium and are sadly awaiting the final days of the franchise in Montreal.
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It&#39;s never too soon to lobby for anything in this city, and Laura Meissner didn&#39;t wait for Wednesday&#39;s confirmation that the Montreal Expos are moving to the nation&#39;s
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Baseball fans in the nation's capital were anxiously awaiting formal word on Wednesday that the financially beleaguered Montreal Expos would relocate to the city for the 2005 season.
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The Expos will announce how to purchase season tickets Wednesday, even as the team's future in the District is again unclear.
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Every team seems to have a chance to win a division championship in the National League, but no team appears to want to take advantage of the opportunity.
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One week left, nothing decided. That doesn't mean the National League pennant race has been uneventful lately.
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Instead of rubber-stamping the Expos' move to D.C.  as expected, baseball owners make the surprise decision to table Thursday's vote.
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If anything, there will be a little more sizzle around the ballpark. There won't be so much focus on Julio Lugo's slump, or J.D. Drew's batting average, or Curt Schilling's injury, or the fact that there's not much of a race in the American League East right now.
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WASHINGTON (Sports Network) - Owners of Major League  Baseball's more than 30 teams did not vote as scheduled  Thursday on the proposed move of the Montreal Expos franchise  to Washington, DC.
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As baseball finds itself struggling to control the steroid issue, its past serves as a cautionary tale.
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No longer the Montreal Expos, not quite the Washington Nationals, baseballâs sad, homeless ballclub-in-limbo ought to hit the road and barnstorm through the season.
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The lights go out on baseball at Montreal&#39;s decrepit Olympic Stadium on Wednesday night and even though the last rites for the Expos are long overdue, there&#39;s sadness.
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The World Series has been over less than 48 hours and already I can&#39;t wait for the free-agent signing period to commence, for the Winter Meetings to unfold, for tensions between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees to escalate to unprecedented levels.
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In the coming months and the coming baseball season, there are a number of questions seeking answers.