Baseball Announcement Could Come Thursday
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According to several baseball officials, District residents could learn on Thursday that Major League Baseball plans to return to the national capital next season.
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The former governor of Virginia is expected to announce his plans on Thursday.
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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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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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Instead of rubber-stamping the Montreal Expos' proposed move to Washington as expected Thursday, Major League Baseball owners made the surprise decision to table the vote. Commissioner Bud Selig said the move will still take place, with a vote by owners coming by Dec. 6.
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A local group is still upbeat about luring another major league franchise to Hampton Roads. Major League Baseball will announce the move today, a city official told the Associated Press.
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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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The Yankees didn&#39;t officially announce their Game 4 starter on Thursday, but it looks like Javier Vazquez is the leading candidate to get the ball on Saturday afternoon at the Metrodome.
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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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Exactly 33 years after the Washington Senators played their final game, the nation&#39;s capital might learn on Thursday that major-league baseball plans to return next season.
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The Anaheim Angels called a news conference Friday at baseball's winter meetings, and it was expected they would announce the signing of center fielder Steve Finley.
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We're down to what seems like weekly visits from Major League Baseball's Relocation Committee, dueling polls in Washington and sniping news conferences between competing D.C. and Virginia agencies. All for the privilege of obtaining the Montreal Expos, 55-73 through Friday, and to give them a place to play next year, a new stadium in the near future and a community to love them.
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The Washington, DC, baseball team has scheduled a news conference for Monday, at which time the ballclub will get its new name, according to numerous published reports attributing unnamed sources in baseball and DC government.
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Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Mondayâs postponed game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays will be made up as part of a doubleheader today, and said the Yankees had withdrawn their request for a forfeit.
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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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The O's await approval from commissioner Bud Selig for the acquisition of Sammy Sosa to be made official and that decision will be made Wednesday at the earliest.
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The 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