MLB Statement: DC Baseball Business Activities Cease Until Further ...
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Bob DuPuy, who is Major League Baseball&#39;s president and chief operating officer, issued the following statement Wednesday regarding the legislation passed by the DC City Council late Tuesday night.
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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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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams on Wednesday said the deal to bring Major League Baseball back to the U.S. capital was close to dead after the city council changed the plan to require private financing.
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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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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's plan to move the Expos to Washington might come apart after the District of Columbia Council voted last night to require private financing for at least half the cost of a new ballpark.
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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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Major League Baseball&#39;s plan to move the former Montreal Expos franchise to Washington DC appears to be falling apart. Washington Mayor Anthony Williams said Wednesday the deal was almost dead after the city
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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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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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Expos president Tony Tavares told reporters of the move after the Expos&#39; final home game. That news was later confirmed to Washington mayor Anthony Williams by MLB officials.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Just two weeks after the Washington Nationals shut down business and promotional operations over a ballpark financing dispute, mayor Anthony A. Williams signed a funding bill Tuesday that officially brings major league
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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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WASHINGTON - The president of Major League Baseball called Washington DC&#39;s legislation for a new stadium &quot;wholly unacceptable&quot; on Wednesday night and halted all business and promotional activities for the Washington Nationals until further notice.
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As Major League Baseball&#39;s deadline for funding a Washington stadium nears, the debate has gotten down and dirty. For months, Northern Virginia officials had been good sports about losing the Montreal Expos to the District of Columbia in September.
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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'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.