Washington Mayor: Baseball Deal Nearly Dead
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The deal to bring baseball back to  Washington, D.C, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as  close to dead Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan  to require private financing, a move Major League Baseball  (MLB) called unacceptable.
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This is definitely not the closest that Washington has come to getting a major league team to return to the District. In early 1974, Topps ran off baseball cards of 15 San Diego Padres, including
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony  Williams on Wednesday signed a nearly $1 billion stadium  funding package, clearing the way for the city to begin work on  a ballpark for a Major League Baseball team.
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By staff. A deal to bring Major league Baseball to Washington has potentially been saved by a generous offer from an online poker site.
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Advocates and opponents of a publicly funded baseball stadium in D.C. say there are big inequities in the details of the business tax that Mayor Williams has proposed.
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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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Mayor Anthony Williams (website - news - bio) says the city has returned to a bad habit of not honoring its commitments. He says he made the agreement with the council and baseball to cut this deal.
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Citizens' groups, residents and some  Washington, D.C., councilmen on Tuesday protested Mayor Anthony  Williams' proposed $440 million baseball stadium plan, calling  it a "giveaway" to Major League Baseball.
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WASHINGTON - Baseballâs response to Washingtonâs lawmakers was strong, swift and ominous. Or, as Mayor Anthony A. Williams put it: âThe dream of 33 years is now once again close to dying.
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DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams Signs Legislation to Bring Major League Baseball Back to Nation&#39;s Capital. Washington, DC Mayor Anthony Williams, is all smiles after signing into law a financing package for a
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The deal to move the Expos to Washington, DC, is, as Mayor Anthony Williams puts it, &quot;in jeopardy.&quot; If it falls apart, baseball will not resume talks with other cities until after Dec. 31, and it&#39;s unclear where the Expos would play this season.
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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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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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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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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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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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If Major League Baseball and the District of Columbia Council fail to reach an agreement to keep the Nationals in Washington, baseball would be faced with the difficult question