Expos To Get New Team Name
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WASHINGTON -- The new team name of the Montreal Expos is expected to be revealed at Union Station today at a noon ceremony. Several reports indicate that the club will be called the Washington Nationals.
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WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia Council voted 7-6 yesterday to approve legislation that clears the way for the Montreal Expos to move to Washington next season and be renamed the Nationals.
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WASHINGTON - On the day the Montreal Expos got a new name, they also bolstered the offense with the acquisition of outfielder Jose Guillen from the Angels.
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Fans cried. Players, too. The Expos bid farewell to Montreal on a touching night at Olympic Stadium, losing 9-1 Wednesday to the Florida Marlins just hours after baseball announced that the 36-year-old team will be moved next season to Washington, D.C.
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Los Angeles officially now has two major league baseball teams. On Monday, the Anaheim Angels announced they have changed their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This change is effective immediately.
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The Nationals may get between $4 million and $10 million for the naming rights to their new stadium, which would be one of the most lucrative in baseball.
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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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The Montreal Expos have received legal notice from Major League Baseball that the team will move Nov. 30, TQS television reported yesterday.
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WASHINGTON -- Canada&#39;s loss is a capital gain. After three years of uncertainty, the Montreal Expos will have a new home in Washington.
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Major League Baseball team owners have approved the Montreal Expos&#39; move to Washington next year, but the deal is still subject to a stadium agreement.
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Baseball&#39;s decision to move the Montreal Expos to Washington gave officials in San Jose reason for optimism in their bid to acquire a major league team.
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com. The Washington, DC-bound Expos are reportedly set to name Jim Bowden as their new general manager on Tuesday afternoon, according to The Washington Post.
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Major League Baseball informed Washington today that the Montreal Expos would relocate to the city in time for Opening Day in 2005, returning baseball to the nation&#39;s capital after a 33-year absence.
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MLB owners have voted 29-1 to approve the proposed move of the Montreal Expos to Washington for the 2005 season. The decision is still subject to the District of Columbia government enacting funding for a new stadium.
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Major League Baseball selected Washington, DC, as the new home for the Montreal Expos on Wednesday, bringing the iconic American sport back to the US capital after a 33-year absence.
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City and team officials announced at a Monday press conference at the Main Hall in Union Station that Washington, DC&#39;s baseball team would be named the Nationals.
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The Montreal Expos are about to get their new name: the Washington Nationals. A city official and a baseball official, both speaking on condition of anonymity, said Friday that the team will reveal its new name, cap and red-white-and-blue color scheme during a news conference Monday.